All of Romans 5 tells us what God does for us, but the four verses we will examine gives us a vivid picture of what He does for us.
I. Verse 8 - He loves us. "But God commends His love toward us, in that, while we were yet sinners Christ died for us." He loves us in spite of the fact that we are sinners. We are all sinners. No one is exempt. Christ died on the cross out of God's great love for us. John 3:16 II. Verse 9 - He saves us. "Much more then being justified by His blood, we shall be saved from wrath through Him." God's wrath is a terrible thing. Think of Sodom and Gomorrah as an example. Only through Christ can we escape it. III. Verse 10 - He reconciles us. "For if, when we were enemies, we were reconciled to God by the death of His Son, much more, being reconciled we shall be saved by His life." Without Christ, people are separated from God, which is a terrible place to be. We are saved by His death and reconciled by the life of the resurrected Christ. IV. Verse 11 - He gives us joy. "And not only so, but we also joy in God through our Lord Jesus Christ, by whom we have now received the atonement." John 15:11 Notice that He gives us all of this through Christ.
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