Scripture Reading: Romans 5:6-11

The Love of God in Christ

(Romans 5:6-11)

Intro.

1. God is love, 1 Jno. 4:8. We know love because God showed His love for us by sending His Son into the world so we can live, 1 Jno. 4:9-11.

2. His love is our model to love one another, 1 Jno. 4:7, 11.

3. God’s love (active good will) for us is on full display in the death of Jesus.

Romans 5:6-11: Our condition without Christ, and what we are with God’s love in Christ:

Without Christ With Christ

Powerless (Dead)

-To save ourselves and others, Rom. 3:20

Alive

-Life through the Son, 1 Jno. 4:9

Ungodly, Rom. 1:18; 2 Tim. 3:5

Loved, Eph. 2:4-5

Sinners, Rom. 5:12; Jas. 4:17; 1 Jno. 5:17

Sacrifice, 5:6, 8 (Jno. 12:32; Heb. 9:26-28; 10:10)

Guilty, Rom. 3:19 (9-18)

Justified (acquitted of sin’s guilt), Rom. 1:17

-By grace, Rom. 3:23-24

-By faith, Rom. 4:5-8

Lost, Eph. 2:1-3; Rom. 1:16

Saved,

-From wrath, Rom. 5:9

-By His life, Rom. 5:10

Enemies, Col. 1:21

Reconciled, Rom. 5:10, 11; Eph. 2:14-18

Despair (no hope), Acts 2:37; Eph. 2:12

Joy, Rom. 5:11; Acts 8:39

Conclusion

1. The love of God is not in your life unless Christ is in your life.

2. He is only in your life through faith (baptized into Christ), Gal. 3:26-27.

3. Having been raised from sin’s death because of His death, we must live for Him in the joy of our salvation, obediently serving righteousness, Rom. 6:3-4, 13.

4. Love God and do His will, because He first loved you by sending His Son to die for you.

By: Joe R. Price

Posted: June 17, 2019