Finally, Jesus states that we have from death unto This speaks “passed life.” of a spiritual transaction. It means that at the moment we possess faith in Christ for salvation, we no longer are spiritually dead in our sin and under the judgment of God but now possess spiritual life from above (a new birth) which is true both today, tomorrow and forever. Do you want assurance? Do you want to be free from the fear of wrath and judgment? Then believe God’s what God tells you! When you believe on Christ, you will Romans 5:9 more then, being now justified by his blood, we shall be saved from “Much wrath through him.” The present standing of justification now justified by his – “being blood” This is our legal and judicial standing before throne and presence. God’s declares us in His presence. God’s “not guilty” The future safety from wrath Gods’ Because of our legal standing of justification before God, the Bible teaches that we be saved from which again is a statement of future “shall wrath” assurance. In other words, we shall not at any time in the future be condemned in our sins by God. There is no future condemnation for the believer none! This means that saints will NEVER be condemned to – God’s hell or adverse sentence or verdict of judgment against (“no condemnation” us - Rom. 8:1). Believe it and be free! Be free from the fear of wrath God’s and condemnation. Live without possessing the fear of judgment. God’s Legalism is the error that destroys the sufficiency of death. Christ’s The words that death profit you (vs. 2) and that His Christ’s “shall nothing” death will be of (vs. 4) indicates that legalism (a works-salvation) “no effect” robs death of its saving value and significance. If Christ cannot save Christ’s you in the end, without works, then His death is absolutely meaningless. The purpose of His death to give you freedom from wrath is nothing more God’s than a hoax. Furthermore, if we must become indebted to observing the Mosaic Law for salvation debtor to do the whole vs. 3) this also discredits (“a law” – Christ’s sacrifice and makes it meaningless, insignificant, and of no saving value to
Finally, Jesus states that we have “passed from death unto life.” This speaks of a spiritual transaction. It means that at the moment we possess faith in Christ for salvation, we no longer are spiritually dead in our sin and under the judgment of God but now possess spiritual life from above (a new birth) which is true both today, tomorrow and forever. Do you want assurance? Do you want to be free from the fear of God’s wrath and judgment? Then believe what God tells you! When you believe on Christ, you will Romans 5:9 “Much more then, being now justified by his blood, we shall be saved from wrath through him.” The present standing of justification – “being now justified by his blood” This is our legal and judicial standing before God’s throne and presence. God’s declares us “not guilty” in His presence. The future safety from Gods’ wrath Because of our legal standing of justification before God, the Bible teaches that we “shall be saved from wrath” which again is a statement of future assurance. In other words, we shall not at any time in the future be condemned in our sins by God. There is no future condemnation for the believer – none! This means that God’s saints will NEVER be condemned to hell (“no condemnation” or adverse sentence or verdict of judgment against us - Rom. 8:1). Believe it and be free! Be free from the fear of God’s wrath and condemnation. Live without possessing the fear of God’s judgment. Legalism is the error that destroys the sufficiency of Christ’s death. The words that Christ’s death “shall profit you nothing” (vs. 2) and that His death will be of “no effect” (vs. 4) indicates that legalism (a works-salvation) robs Christ’s death of its saving value and significance. If Christ cannot save you in the end, without works, then His death is absolutely meaningless. The purpose of His death to give you freedom from God’s wrath is nothing more than a hoax. Furthermore, if we must become indebted to observing the Mosaic Law for salvation (“a debtor to do the whole law” – vs. 3) this also discredits Christ’s sacrifice and makes it meaningless, insignificant, and of no saving value to