Reading for August 25th

Red Romans 5.1-11
In verses 1-5: Peace with God through Christ.
In verse 1: Gal 2.16.
Peace results where justice and righteousness prevail (Isa 32.16-18).
In verse 2: To experience salvation as gift and not as reward, is to stand in God's grace (1 Peter 5.12; Rom 4.4-5).
In verses 2-3: Boast is used positively here, meaning "take pride in" (Rom 3.27; 1 Cor 1.29).
In verses 3-4: Suffering is properly understood within the larger perspective of resurrection hope.
In verse 5: God's past actions provide the basis for hope (Ps 22.3-5).
The Holy Spirit given to the believer is the tangible expression of God's love (Titus 3.6).
In verses 6-11: Christ died for sinners.
In verse 6: The ungodly live against God (Rom 4.5).
In verse 7: It is hard enough to die for a generous, good-hearted person, even harder to die for a hard-hearted righteous person.
In verse 8: Christ death for sinners who are neither good not righteous shows God's unusual love (Jn 3.16; 1 Jn 4.10).
In verse 9: His blood: Jesus' death is understood as atoning sacrifice (Rom 3.25).
In verses 10-11: Those yielding to the power of sin become enemies of God (Rom 3.9-18).
Christ's death reconciles sinful humanity with God (2 Cor 5.18-19; Col 1.21-22); through his resurrection life,
Believers experience similar hope of being saved.
In verse 11: God now becomes the proper object of pride (1 Cor 1.31).
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