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Daily Bread

Peace, Hope and Love in Christ

Date: Aug. 4, 2019

Passage

Romans 5:1-11 (ESV)

Therefore, since we have been justified by faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ. Through him we have also obtained access by faith into this grace in which we stand, and we rejoice in hope of the glory of God. Not only that, but we rejoice in our sufferings, knowing that suffering produces endurance, and endurance produces character, and character produces hope, and hope does not put us to shame, because God’s love has been poured into our hearts through the Holy Spirit who has been given to us.

For while we were still weak, at the right time Christ died for the ungodly. For one will scarcely die for a righteous person—though perhaps for a good person one would dare even to die—but God shows his love for us in that while we were still sinners, Christ died for us. Since, therefore, we have now been justified by his blood, much more shall we be saved by him from the wrath of God. 10 For if while we were enemies we were reconciled to God by the death of his Son, much more, now that we are reconciled, shall we be saved by his life. 11 More than that, we also rejoice in God through our Lord Jesus Christ, through whom we have now received reconciliation.

Daily Bread

Key Verse: 5:8

but God shows his love for us in that while we were still sinners, Christ died for us.

1. Peace with God (1-2a,9-11)

Sin makes us enemies of God, for sin is against God. Through faith in Christ we have peace with God (we are reconciled). We are saved from God's wrath and from eternal separation from God! We have been brought near to God in a close friendship. We stand in amazing grace.

2. Hope (2b-4)

Apart from Christ, due to sin, people must face God and be judged one day as his enemies. But Christians have the hope of God's glory, which is to be with our Lord one day. Christians can even glory in sufferings, since it produces perseverance, character and hope.

3. God's love for us (5-8)

God's love is poured out into our hearts through the Holy Spirit. What is God's love? It is his mercy not to judge us but rather to save us. God's love is that he had Jesus die for ungodly, hell-bound sinners. God's relentless love is far beyond human conditional love.

Prayer: Prayer: Lord God, I know I deserve your wrath and eternal separation from you due to my sins. But you sent Jesus to save me. Thank you for the gifts of peace, hope and love through Jesus Christ.

One Word: We have peace, hope and love in Christ

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