Lesson 13
background notes
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doctrinal / teaching points
- God’s package of salvation includes peace
with God.
- God’s package of salvation includes favor
with God.
- God’s package of salvation include hope
of glory.
- God’s package of salvation includes joy
in tribulations.
- God’s package of salvation includes assurance
of salvation.
- God’s package of salvation includes our
reconciliation.
practical application
- Let’s not forget to thank the Lord for
more than fire insurance.
questions
- What does it mean to have peace with God?
- What does it mean to have favor with God?
- What does it mean to have the hope of glory?
- What does it mean to have assurance of salvation?
- What does it mean that God’s package
of salvation includes our reconciliation?
answers
- It means that the believer is no longer at
odds with God or alienated from Him. Peace has
been declared because of what God has done for
you in Christ.
- It means the believer has access to the Father,
being in the family of God. This is their position
before Almighty God; it is the standing of the
believer.
- Believers look forward to heaven, being with
the Lord in glory.
- The subjective proof of assurance is that you
have the Holy Spirit indwelling you. The objective
proof is that Christ died for us when we were
sinners. Will He not finish the job and keep
us safe and secure?
- We are brought into a wonderful, beautiful,
harmonious relationship with God.
discuss / consider
- A quick review and preview:
- Romans 1-3: the whole world is shown
to be guilty before God
- Romans 4: God has a plan of salvation
for guilty sinners (by grace through faith)
- Romans 5-8: the great privileges of the
justified believer and some of the blessings
and benefits of our salvation.
Review and preview your life in relation to
these benefits and blessings in our package
of salvation.
- Tribulations are used of God to teach us patience
and perseverance, to build Christian character,
and to give us hope. Do you find joy in tribulations?
Remember that God is at work in your life when
you have tribulations.
challenge
Take a good amount of time to thank the Lord for
your salvation, then take a good amount of time
to thank Him for the blessings and benefits of
Romans 5:1-11. Let’s not forget to thank
the Lord for more than fire insurance.
memorize
- “Having been justified by faith,
we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus
Christ.” Romans 5:1
- “We glory in tribulations, knowing
that tribulation produces perseverance; and
perseverance, character; and character, hope.” Romans
5:3-4
- “God demonstrates His own love
toward us, in that while we were still sinners,
Christ died for us.” Romans 5:8
