Sunday, January 21, 2018

A New Standing

Romans 5:1 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.
Having taken us through the process of what Christ has done for us, Paul outlines the blessings we have when we trust in Him as Savior. We stand before God justified, declared righteous. We stand before Him in a peaceful place, a place of grace, a place of joy.  And we can see the purpose - sufferings are no longer places of doubt as to whether God is punishing us - they are places for us to grow in our character. And we do not stand alone. God has given us His Holy Spirit, who helps us in so many ways - comforting us in our sorrows, giving us hope, helping us overcome those doubts that the enemy tries to use on us.  We stand in a much better place, the only place we want to be.

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