What is the main theme of Romans 5 8?
Jesus dying for us set the bar for the minimum amount of love and good that God wants to bring into our lives, through Jesus and the Spirit. When the Father thinks of us, he thinks of us with joy and happiness. He wants to come alongside us, in both the good and hard places, and speak life, hope and peace to us.
Romans 5:6–8 Displays God's Love for Us
God demonstrates his love for us by Jesus doing the unthinkable for us. While we were weak, while we were ungodly, while we were still sinners. Those are the descriptions of us in this passage. Weak, ungodly sinners, rebels against God, having transgressed the law of God.
Here's what he said. Can you divine the meaning of commendeth in Romans 5:8, KJV , just by reading this? Now herein God commended his love, not only proved or evidenced his love (he might have done that at a cheaper rate), but magnified it and made it illustrious.
8 But God demonstrates his own love for us in this: While we were still sinners, Christ died for us. 9 Since we have now been justified by his blood, how much more shall we be saved from God's wrath through him!
Jesus died in our place, before we knew we would want Him to do that. He died for us before we'd ever done anything to deserve that love. This is a point Paul made in the prior verse: it takes love to die willingly for someone else, even if they're a "good" person.
- You Can Trust In God. Sometimes what God asks us to do doesn't make sense. ...
- You Can Have Hope In God. God brings us hope. ...
- You Can Find Life In God. Apart from God we are lost and hopeless.
Only Christ was sinless. Only He was a worthy sacrifice for our sins. If another plan would have worked, God the Father so love God the Son that He would have chosen the other plan. We could only be forgiven and redeemed if God loved us enough to give His Son.
Let us live each day in gratitude for the immeasurable gift of His love and the boundless depths of His grace. Prayer: Heavenly Father, thank you for your incredible love and grace. Help us to fully comprehend the depth of your love revealed through Jesus' sacrifice on the cross.
It is authored by Paul the Apostle, while he was in Corinth in the mid-50s AD, with the help of an amanuensis (secretary), Tertius, who adds his own greeting in Romans 16:22.
Romans 5 begins with a powerful, joyful revelation of all that comes with being justified in God's eyes by our faith in Christ. We have peace with God. We stand in God's grace. We have hope for eternal glory and meaning in our current suffering.
What is Romans 8 telling us?
Those who come to faith in Christ are described as living according to God's Holy Spirit. We no longer live according the flesh, as all non-Christians do. Those in the flesh—the world's way of living for self before and above all else—are hostile to God. They can't please Him (Romans 8:1–8).
In this famous part of Romans 8, Paul urges us not to live in accordance with the flesh but to live in accordance with the Holy Spirit (8:5-13). If we live according to the flesh, it will result in death, and it will impair our relationship with Christ.
In Romans 5:1-8 Paul explains the benefits of his gospel (see 1:16-17) for those who are justified by faith and stand in a new relationship to God. Two verb phrases govern the passage and provide the substance of these benefits: We have peace with God (verse 1) and we boast in our hope (verse 2).
8But God proves his love for us in that while we were still sinners Christ died for us. 9How much more then, since we are now justified by his blood, will we be saved through him from the wrath.
-we are sinners and guilty before God, lost and without hope (grim situation); -God has acted in grace to save us through the death of Jesus Christ; -all who place their faith in Jesus are saved and declared right with God (justified). In Romans 5-8 Paul unpacks this wonderful new reality the gospel as created.
Romans 8 has almost everything. It begins with our justification by grace alone through faith alone in Christ alone (vv. 1–4), continues with sanctification and the work of the Holy Spirit (vv. 5–13), and then speaks about our adopted sonship with the Father (vv.
- 1) Fruitful Living. The first thing Paul prays for is a life that is “bearing fruit in every good work” (Col. ...
- 2) Knowledgeable Living. Paul also prays that his readers would please the Lord by “increasing in the knowledge of God” (Col. ...
- 3) Powerful Living. ...
- 4) Thankful Living.
The first truth or principle is the Spirit of life. Put another way, the Spirit of God always gives or brings life. That notion has set Christians free only in Christ Jesus.
The ancient psalmist said it this way, “How can a young man keep his way pure? By keeping it according to Your word” (Psalm 119:9). By meditating upon His Word, you can know what God loves and what God hates. Keeping God's word means that you know it, think about it, and obey it.
Romans 5:8 says,"God demonstrates his own love for us in this: while we were still sinners, Christ died for us". Jesus died for our sins on Good Friday, he rose again on Easter to give us eternal life. It is through this act of love that you will live forever with God.
Why only faith pleases God?
Here's the bottom of it all: You can't please God without faith, "For (= because) he who comes to God must believe that He is, and that He is a rewarder of those who seek Him." Because of this, only by faith can we please God.
Following the arrest of Jesus, Peter denied knowing him three times, but after the third denial, he heard the rooster crow and recalled the prediction as Jesus turned to look at him. Peter then began to cry bitterly. This final incident is known as the Repentance of Peter.
ALL: Nothing can separate us from your love, not death or life, for we are more than conquers. Instead, you are working all things, including our suffering and pain, for our salvation—for we are known, predestined, called, justified, and will one day be glorified (Rom. 8:18-39).
Opening Prayer:
Heavenly Father, We come before You with humble hearts, acknowledging Your sovereignty and grace. Thank You for the privilege of gathering together as a community of faith to study Your Word. As we dive into Romans 8:1-11 today, we ask for Your guidance and illumination.
Prayer is not enough, if we are praying for our own will, not God's will. God's will is different from man's will. We need to feed daily on the Word of God and allow God to transform our thoughts so we can be a people whose prayers reflect the will of God, not our own.
