Lesson 60
Romans Chapter 5 -
Results of Justification by faith.
Review:
5:5 "and
hope does not disappoint,"
Our hope is the assurance that all
that Christ died to provide us is ours and what do we have as the pledge, the
promise that our hope will be realized?
Indwelling Holy Spirit!
Your hope is sure because of the
one who guarantees it and as you work through the pressures of life using the
divine enablement available it develops your character and strengthens your
hope, your assurance in the future; that's a direct benefit to you right now.
Observations on
Hope:
Definition:
Hope is certitude with regard to the future, there is no doubt in it.
We are
certain as to what the future holds for us, that is big picture - our eternal
destiny.
Content: All the things secured by the cross but are
future in bestowal.
Rom
Scope:
#1. Coming: Titus 2:13
#2. Conformity
to Christ: Phil 3:20-21; 1 Jn 3:2;
#3.
Coronation: 2 Tim. 4:8
#4. Companionship: Col. 3:4; Jn 17:24;
Imperative of Hope:
related to your minds, your thinking;
getting your vpt and thinking lined up with God's thinking.
- If you're to realize the assurance of this hope the
foundation of your thinking is crucial.
Col. 3:1-4
Since
your hope is in Christ, you can say with
confidence that you will never be put to shame as to your eternal standing
before God! Never!
* How do
we know this?
Our hope is certain because it
rests on objective grounds!
"the
love of God" (Inventory of
blessing #7 )
Here in context it is clearly His
love of us; much of the rest of the
immediate context gives us strong proofs of this. 5:6,8 are good example;
- As we grow and mature this love becomes the motivation
for our life.
In 2 Cor
- As we learn more and more about who Christ is what He
did for us it should increasingly compel and motivate us, just as it did Paul.
In the last part of vs:5 we have the first mention of the
work of the Holy Spirit in the life of the Christian and it teaches us some
important lessons.
1. The Holy Spirit is a gift to all believers; to all who
are justified. [#8 asset that flows from our having been justified.]
2. It also teaches that the holy Spirit was given to us at
a particular time (di,dwmi - aor tense), namely when we
believed in Jesus Christ.
3. Must recognize that when we are justified by faith we
are regenerated by the Holy Spirit and then indwelt by the H/S.
4. One of the distinctive ministries of the Spirit to the
believer emphasized here is to pour God's love into our hearts and minds.
- You as a believer have the love of God poured into you by the Holy
Spirit when you believe and as Paul makes clear later in chapter 8 that there
is absolutely nothing or no one who can separate us from that love; Rom. 8:35-37
?? How do
you know that you have the Holy Spirit?
That He is in you?
Scripture
tells you! Rom 8:9; 1 Cor