First Baptist Bible Study - "Peace with God"

“Peace with God”

 Romans 5:1-11

After delivering the collection to Jerusalem, he planned to visit Rome, and with

their support to travel to Spain. Therefore, this epistle

served as an advanced good-will ambassador for Paul’s visit

to Rome and his later mission to Spain (see Romans

15:22-33). In Romans chapters 3 and 4, the Apostle Paul

presented the great doctrine of justification, that we are

declared righteous before God through faith in Jesus Christ

alone. This amazing truth frees the believer from the utterly

hopelessness of trying to make ourselves acceptable to God

through works that can only condemn us as sinners. This

week’s lesson comes from chapter 5, where Paul showed that

the human race is estranged from God because of sin and

that He wants to be reconciled with us.

Promised presence: security, protection, fellowship

Righteousness; justice

Wise sovereign, cannot tolerate evil