And not only so, but we also joy in God through our Lord Jesus Christ, by whom we have now received the atonement.
To joy in God through the Lord Jesus Christ is to have now received reconciliation with God through Him, being justified by His blood, reconciled by His death, and saved from wrath by His life. This joy crowns justification by faith, which brings peace with God, access into grace, rejoicing in hope, and even glorying in tribulation that works patience, experience, and a hope that does not shame because God's love is poured into the heart. The atonement so received is more than pardon upon repentance; it makes the sinner a child of God and heir with Christ, breaks Satan's power, brings oneness with Christ, and frees from bondage to sin and self. It rests on Christ alone as substitute and surety who bore the guilty's punishment, cleansed impurity, bore the curse, and satisfied justice, so that no human merit, ceremony, penance, or saint can atone or reconcile the soul. This joy begins when the convicted heart sees the sacrifice made for him, surrenders, believes himself forgiven whether feeling is present or not, and finds rest and cheer even in suffering, tribulation, and sleepless nights by looking to the Saviour.
Setting in Romans Five
Romans 5:11 crowns the sequence that begins with justification by faith, in which those so justified have peace with God through Jesus Christ and access by faith into the grace wherein they stand. They rejoice in hope of the glory of God and glory in tribulations also, knowing that tribulation works patience, and patience experience, and experience hope, and hope makes not ashamed because the love of God is shed abroad in the heart by the Holy Ghost given unto them. This is grounded in Christ dying in due time for the ungodly when they were yet without strength, God commending His love in that while they were yet sinners Christ died for them. Being now justified by His blood they shall be saved from wrath through Him, and being reconciled to God by the death of His Son they shall be saved by His life, and therefore joy in God through Jesus Christ by whom the atonement is now received. Those who have confessed sins and surrendered to God find in this relief, rest and peace, and this joy stands by faith and not by sight or feeling, believing God has forgiven and Christ receives the sinner whether feeling is present or not, by looking away from self.
The passage of Romans 5:1-11 sets forth the love of God. It reveals God's glory, which is His character of love shown while humans were yet sinners and enemies, Christ dying for them so that being justified by His blood and reconciled by His death they shall be saved from wrath by His life. It is God's firm declaration to be received as spoken personally to each one, an important assurance to be grasped by faith with thanksgiving with heart and soul and voice, putting away all querulous complaints and murmurings. The passage shows that God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son, that Christ in humanity might grasp divinity, and that human nature through faith may grasp the divine nature, having overcome.
The verse belongs to the joining of the law and the gospel in a perfect whole. This testimony of law and gospel bound together must be sounded throughout the length and breadth of the world so all may discern the light and walk in the light. It will be impressed upon every heart opened to receive it, giving light and understanding to the simple who are contrite in heart. It leads not to nominal faith nor mere theory of truth nor merely legal religion, but to faith that believes to a purpose, appropriates the richest gifts of God, pleads for the gift to give to others, and receives of His fullness grace for grace with power to become the sons of God, joying in God through Jesus Christ by whom the atonement is received.
The atonement so received reverses what came by one man, through whom sin entered the world and death by sin passed upon all men, and through whose offense judgment came upon all men to condemnation. By the righteousness and obedience of One the free gift comes upon all men unto justification of life, and many are made righteous. Those who were enemies and were reconciled to God by the death of His Son, and being reconciled shall be saved by His life, joy in God through the Lord Jesus Christ by whom they have now received the atonement.
Atonement Received Through Christ
The atonement now received through the Lord Jesus Christ is reconciliation with God, belonging to the mystery of faith and the righteousness of Christ. It is part of the gospel's gracious provision that makes eternal life possible, and it is experienced in justification and restored relationship with God, in which believers rejoice in God through Christ. This joy belongs to the experience that begins with justification by faith and peace with God.
The atonement means more than forgiveness upon repentance and confession of sin; it makes the sinner a child of God, a member of the royal family, an heir of God and joint-heir with Christ to an immortal inheritance. It breaks the power of Satan and brings the person into sacred unity with Christ, making him one with Him and completely identified with Him so that Christ shares with him all that He is. The atonement so received is emancipation from bondage to sin and from every entanglement of Satan, giving mastery over self and Satan to declare freedom in the face of the enemy.
Reconciliation is for those who were enemies, now reconciled to God by the death of His Son and saved by His life, justified by His blood and saved from wrath. The atonement received through Christ reverses what came by one man, through whom sin entered the world and death by sin passed upon all and judgment came upon all to condemnation; by the righteousness and obedience of One the free gift comes upon all unto justification of life, and many are made righteous. Christ's death atones for sin, and His righteous life gives sinners basis for trust and assurance of God's favor, so that receiving this forgiveness brings peace with God.
His blood cleanses from impurity, His cross bears the sinner's curse, and His death appeases God's wrath, while human merits, ceremonies, penance, and the mediation of saints cannot atone for sin or reconcile the soul to God. Christ became substitute and surety, Himself undeserving taking the punishment the guilty deserved, bearing the punishment for sin so that those who believe may be pardoned and return to loyalty and allegiance to God. In helplessness and despair, dependence solely on the merits of His atonement and trust in the crucified and risen Saviour for saving strength gives salvation, and those who so trust will not perish.
Reconciliation is received when a person repents, becomes contrite in heart, and trusts and believes in Christ as the atoning sacrifice, and through Christ's merits God is reconciled to that person. The atonement is now received through the Lord Jesus Christ, who is in the sanctuary as interceding High Priest making an atoning sacrifice and pleading the efficacy of His blood. It was made necessary because transgression of God's law required Christ to become the Sin-bearer, to satisfy justice and vindicate the honor of God's law, and to uplift fallen man degraded by sin. Through His sacrifice those now on probation are prisoners of hope, revealing to fallen and unfallen worlds that there is forgiveness with God and that through the love of God reconciliation to God is possible.
Joy in God by Faith
Romans 5:11 shows where the true experience of the child of God begins. The honest heart drawn to Bible truth reads, marks, learns, and inwardly digests its teaching, comes to God in prayer, and sees the wonderful sacrifice made in his behalf. Conviction comes with trouble under condemnation, the Spirit sheds light to see the Word as never before, and as blood from the heart carries life through the body, truth received into the heart diffuses through the inner man, bringing thoughts, affections, and powers into obedience to Christ, with joy in God through the Lord Jesus Christ by whom the atonement is now received. If the heart is submitted to Christ's will, the whole being will in due time be perfected.
This joy belongs to the experience that begins with justification by faith and peace with God through Jesus Christ, because through Him believers have received atonement, which is reconciliation with God. Those who have confessed their sins and surrendered themselves to God therefore joy in God through Him, finding relief, rest, and peace in the sunshine of Christ's presence. This standing is by faith and not by sight or feeling, believing God has forgiven and Christ receives the sinner whether feeling is present or not, by looking away from self to the mighty grace of God and the compassion of Christ. It holds together peace with God through justification by faith, access by faith into grace, rejoicing in hope of the glory of God, and glorying in tribulation that works patience and experience and hope through the love of God shed abroad by the Holy Ghost, grounded in Christ dying for the ungodly and for sinners, justification by His blood, salvation from wrath, reconciliation to God by the death of His Son, and salvation by His life.
The verse is God's firm declaration to be received as spoken personally to each one, revealing His glory, which is His character of love shown while humans were yet sinners and enemies, Christ dying for them so that being justified by His blood and reconciled by His death they shall be saved from wrath by His life. It is an important assurance to be grasped by faith with thanksgiving to God with heart and soul and voice, putting away all querulous complaints and murmurings. As subjects of the kingdom of God, believers do not vindicate and justify themselves, for that is of no value. Being justified by faith they have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ, and by Christ they have access by faith into the grace wherein they stand, and rejoice in hope of the glory of God, and glory in tribulations also, knowing that tribulation works patience, and patience experience, and experience hope, and hope makes not ashamed because the love of God is shed abroad in their hearts by the Holy Ghost given unto them. When they were yet without strength, in due time Christ died for the ungodly, God commending His love toward them in that while they were yet sinners Christ died for them, and being now justified by His blood they shall be saved from wrath through Him, joying in God through our Lord Jesus Christ by whom they have now received the atonement.
This joy includes joy in a life of tribulation, rejoicing to be partakers of Christ's sufferings in this life and afterward partakers of His glory. Pardon through Christ makes the believer joyful in God, for Christ's sufficient grace subdues sin and brings pardon. When sin struggles for mastery and burdens the conscience and unbelief clouds the mind, going to the Saviour brings pardon, and looking to the Saviour with the eye of faith to where the light was last seen dispels surrounding darkness by the bright shining of His glory when temptations assail, when care and perplexity surround, and when depression and discouragement bring near despair. Rejoicing in God through Jesus Christ remains possible during bodily suffering and nervous sleeplessness through long wearisome nights, because the presence of Jesus brings peace and gives the cup of His salvation to drink, making the heart cheerful in God.
To joy in God through the Lord Jesus Christ is to have now received reconciliation with God through Him, being justified by His blood, reconciled by His death, and saved from wrath by His life. This joy crowns justification by faith, which brings peace with God, access into grace, rejoicing in hope, and even glorying in tribulation that works patience, experience, and a hope that does not shame because God's love is poured into the heart. The atonement so received is more than pardon upon repentance; it makes the sinner a child of God and heir with Christ, breaks Satan's power, brings oneness with Christ, and frees from bondage to sin and self. It rests on Christ alone as substitute and surety who bore the guilty's punishment, cleansed impurity, bore the curse, and satisfied justice, so that no human merit, ceremony, penance, or saint can atone or reconcile the soul. This joy begins when the convicted heart sees the sacrifice made for him, surrenders, believes himself forgiven whether feeling is present or not, and finds rest and cheer even in suffering, tribulation, and sleepless nights by looking to the Saviour.
Setting in Romans Five
Romans 5:11 crowns the sequence that begins with justification by faith, in which those so justified have peace with God through Jesus Christ and access by faith into the grace wherein they stand. They rejoice in hope of the glory of God and glory in tribulations also, knowing that tribulation works patience, and patience experience, and experience hope, and hope makes not ashamed because the love of God is shed abroad in the heart by the Holy Ghost given unto them. This is grounded in Christ dying in due time for the ungodly when they were yet without strength, God commending His love in that while they were yet sinners Christ died for them. Being now justified by His blood they shall be saved from wrath through Him, and being reconciled to God by the death of His Son they shall be saved by His life, and therefore joy in God through Jesus Christ by whom the atonement is now received. Those who have confessed sins and surrendered to God find in this relief, rest and peace, and this joy stands by faith and not by sight or feeling, believing God has forgiven and Christ receives the sinner whether feeling is present or not, by looking away from self.
The passage of Romans 5:1-11 sets forth the love of God. It reveals God's glory, which is His character of love shown while humans were yet sinners and enemies, Christ dying for them so that being justified by His blood and reconciled by His death they shall be saved from wrath by His life. It is God's firm declaration to be received as spoken personally to each one, an important assurance to be grasped by faith with thanksgiving with heart and soul and voice, putting away all querulous complaints and murmurings. The passage shows that God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son, that Christ in humanity might grasp divinity, and that human nature through faith may grasp the divine nature, having overcome.
The verse belongs to the joining of the law and the gospel in a perfect whole. This testimony of law and gospel bound together must be sounded throughout the length and breadth of the world so all may discern the light and walk in the light. It will be impressed upon every heart opened to receive it, giving light and understanding to the simple who are contrite in heart. It leads not to nominal faith nor mere theory of truth nor merely legal religion, but to faith that believes to a purpose, appropriates the richest gifts of God, pleads for the gift to give to others, and receives of His fullness grace for grace with power to become the sons of God, joying in God through Jesus Christ by whom the atonement is received.
The atonement so received reverses what came by one man, through whom sin entered the world and death by sin passed upon all men, and through whose offense judgment came upon all men to condemnation. By the righteousness and obedience of One the free gift comes upon all men unto justification of life, and many are made righteous. Those who were enemies and were reconciled to God by the death of His Son, and being reconciled shall be saved by His life, joy in God through the Lord Jesus Christ by whom they have now received the atonement.
Atonement Received Through Christ
The atonement now received through the Lord Jesus Christ is reconciliation with God, belonging to the mystery of faith and the righteousness of Christ. It is part of the gospel's gracious provision that makes eternal life possible, and it is experienced in justification and restored relationship with God, in which believers rejoice in God through Christ. This joy belongs to the experience that begins with justification by faith and peace with God.
The atonement means more than forgiveness upon repentance and confession of sin; it makes the sinner a child of God, a member of the royal family, an heir of God and joint-heir with Christ to an immortal inheritance. It breaks the power of Satan and brings the person into sacred unity with Christ, making him one with Him and completely identified with Him so that Christ shares with him all that He is. The atonement so received is emancipation from bondage to sin and from every entanglement of Satan, giving mastery over self and Satan to declare freedom in the face of the enemy.
Reconciliation is for those who were enemies, now reconciled to God by the death of His Son and saved by His life, justified by His blood and saved from wrath. The atonement received through Christ reverses what came by one man, through whom sin entered the world and death by sin passed upon all and judgment came upon all to condemnation; by the righteousness and obedience of One the free gift comes upon all unto justification of life, and many are made righteous. Christ's death atones for sin, and His righteous life gives sinners basis for trust and assurance of God's favor, so that receiving this forgiveness brings peace with God.
His blood cleanses from impurity, His cross bears the sinner's curse, and His death appeases God's wrath, while human merits, ceremonies, penance, and the mediation of saints cannot atone for sin or reconcile the soul to God. Christ became substitute and surety, Himself undeserving taking the punishment the guilty deserved, bearing the punishment for sin so that those who believe may be pardoned and return to loyalty and allegiance to God. In helplessness and despair, dependence solely on the merits of His atonement and trust in the crucified and risen Saviour for saving strength gives salvation, and those who so trust will not perish.
Reconciliation is received when a person repents, becomes contrite in heart, and trusts and believes in Christ as the atoning sacrifice, and through Christ's merits God is reconciled to that person. The atonement is now received through the Lord Jesus Christ, who is in the sanctuary as interceding High Priest making an atoning sacrifice and pleading the efficacy of His blood. It was made necessary because transgression of God's law required Christ to become the Sin-bearer, to satisfy justice and vindicate the honor of God's law, and to uplift fallen man degraded by sin. Through His sacrifice those now on probation are prisoners of hope, revealing to fallen and unfallen worlds that there is forgiveness with God and that through the love of God reconciliation to God is possible.
Joy in God by Faith
Romans 5:11 shows where the true experience of the child of God begins. The honest heart drawn to Bible truth reads, marks, learns, and inwardly digests its teaching, comes to God in prayer, and sees the wonderful sacrifice made in his behalf. Conviction comes with trouble under condemnation, the Spirit sheds light to see the Word as never before, and as blood from the heart carries life through the body, truth received into the heart diffuses through the inner man, bringing thoughts, affections, and powers into obedience to Christ, with joy in God through the Lord Jesus Christ by whom the atonement is now received. If the heart is submitted to Christ's will, the whole being will in due time be perfected.
This joy belongs to the experience that begins with justification by faith and peace with God through Jesus Christ, because through Him believers have received atonement, which is reconciliation with God. Those who have confessed their sins and surrendered themselves to God therefore joy in God through Him, finding relief, rest, and peace in the sunshine of Christ's presence. This standing is by faith and not by sight or feeling, believing God has forgiven and Christ receives the sinner whether feeling is present or not, by looking away from self to the mighty grace of God and the compassion of Christ. It holds together peace with God through justification by faith, access by faith into grace, rejoicing in hope of the glory of God, and glorying in tribulation that works patience and experience and hope through the love of God shed abroad by the Holy Ghost, grounded in Christ dying for the ungodly and for sinners, justification by His blood, salvation from wrath, reconciliation to God by the death of His Son, and salvation by His life.
The verse is God's firm declaration to be received as spoken personally to each one, revealing His glory, which is His character of love shown while humans were yet sinners and enemies, Christ dying for them so that being justified by His blood and reconciled by His death they shall be saved from wrath by His life. It is an important assurance to be grasped by faith with thanksgiving to God with heart and soul and voice, putting away all querulous complaints and murmurings. As subjects of the kingdom of God, believers do not vindicate and justify themselves, for that is of no value. Being justified by faith they have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ, and by Christ they have access by faith into the grace wherein they stand, and rejoice in hope of the glory of God, and glory in tribulations also, knowing that tribulation works patience, and patience experience, and experience hope, and hope makes not ashamed because the love of God is shed abroad in their hearts by the Holy Ghost given unto them. When they were yet without strength, in due time Christ died for the ungodly, God commending His love toward them in that while they were yet sinners Christ died for them, and being now justified by His blood they shall be saved from wrath through Him, joying in God through our Lord Jesus Christ by whom they have now received the atonement.
This joy includes joy in a life of tribulation, rejoicing to be partakers of Christ's sufferings in this life and afterward partakers of His glory. Pardon through Christ makes the believer joyful in God, for Christ's sufficient grace subdues sin and brings pardon. When sin struggles for mastery and burdens the conscience and unbelief clouds the mind, going to the Saviour brings pardon, and looking to the Saviour with the eye of faith to where the light was last seen dispels surrounding darkness by the bright shining of His glory when temptations assail, when care and perplexity surround, and when depression and discouragement bring near despair. Rejoicing in God through Jesus Christ remains possible during bodily suffering and nervous sleeplessness through long wearisome nights, because the presence of Jesus brings peace and gives the cup of His salvation to drink, making the heart cheerful in God.