Romans Chapter 5 Vs. 1

 

Peace with God Through Faith

Therefore being justified by faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ: Rom 5:1

justified by faith... We have seen three things that save the soul:

we have peace... Ten Blessings of Rom. 5:1-21

1. Justification (Rom. 5:1, 5:9)

2. Peace with God (Rom. 5:1)

3. Access by faith into grace (Rom. 5:2)

4. Standing in grace (Rom. 5:2)

5. Joy in God (Rom. 5:2-3, 5:11)

6. Grace in tribulations (Rom. 5:3-5)

7. Love of God in the heart (Rom. 5:5)

8. The Holy Spirit (Rom. 5:5)

9. Salvation from wrath (Rom. 5:9-10)

10. Reconciliation by blood (Rom. 5:10-11)

Justified: means just as if I had never sinned.

Being justified underscores that justification is a one time legal declaration with continuing results, not an ongoing process.

Gal. 2:16 “Knowing that a man is not justified by the works of the law, but by the faith of Jesus Christ, even we have believed in Jesus Christ, that we might be justified by the faith of Christ, and not by the works of the law: for by the works of the law shall no flesh be justified.”

Peace comes when we are assured of our salvation. It is not an internal sense of calm and serenity, but an external, objective reality. God has declared Himself to be at war with every human being because of man’s sinful rebellion against Him and His laws. The first great result of justification is that the sinner’s war with God is ended forever and this scripture refers to the end of this conflict as a person’s being reconciled to God.

Provided righteousness enjoyed

The apostle now turned to a presentation of the experiential results (suggested by the connective oun, trans. therefore) of the believers’ justification — God’s declaring them righteous — on the basis of faith (cf. 3:21-4:25). The participial clause since we have been justified (cf. Rom. 5:9) through faith describes antecedent action to the main clause, we have peace (echomen) with God. Some of the important Greek manuscripts read, “Let us have peace (echōmen) with God.” This seems to be the preferred reading. If so, then the sense is, “Let us keep on having (in the sense of enjoying) peace with God.” Peace has been made by God through our Lord Jesus Christ (cf. Eph. 2:14), which fact is demonstrated by God’s justification. A believer is not responsible for having peace in the sense of making it but in the sense of enjoying it.