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THE BLESSINGS THAT COME WITH BEING DECLARED RIGHTEOUS.

INTRODUCTION:

MOST PEOPLE IN SOCIETY TODAY WHO DO SOMETHING WRONG HAVE TO GO BEFORE A JUDGE AND SEE WHAT THEY SENTENCE WOULD BE OR WHAT IS THE PENALTY THEY MUST FACE.

WE WAS FOUND TO BE GUILTY IN OUR REBELLION AGAINST GOD, BUT WAS ACQUITTED BECAUSE OF THE DEATH OF CHRIST.

WHAT BECAME OF THIS, THERE IS THEREFORE NOW NO CONDEMNATION TO THEM WHICH ARE IN CHRIST JESUS, WHO WALK NOT AFTER THE FLESH, BUT AFTER THE SPIRIT.

THERE ARE 3 BLESSINGS FROM BEING DECLARED RIGHTEOUS.

WE HAVE PEACE WITH GOD

WE HAVE ACCESS BY FAITH

WE CAN GLORY IN TRIBULATIONS.

A. WE HAVE PEACE WITH GOD.

ROMANS 5:1 “Therefore being justified by faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ:

FIRST WE MUST UNDERSTAND WHAT JUSTIFIED MEANS. IT MEANS TO BE ACQUITTED, DECLARED RIGHTEOUS, AND GIVEN A RIGHT STANDING WITH GOD.

IT WAS THROUGH THE DEATH OF JESUS CHRIST THAT RESTORED OUR PEACE WITH GOD AND SALVATION WAS MADE AVAILABLE TO US THROUGH JESUS CHRIST.

IT WAS GOD’S MASTER PLAN TO RESTORE MANKIND THROUGH HIS SON JESUS CHRIST.

YOUR PEACE DID NOT COME TO YOU WHEN YOU WAS IN A STATE OF REBELLION, BECAUSE THAT STATE OF THINKING OR THAT ACTION OF BEHAVIOR COULD NOT BRING YOU PEACE, BUT CHAOS.

IT WAS NOT UNTIL YOU CAME TO YOUR SENSE, AND OPEN YOUR HEART TO THE LORD TO BE RULER OVER YOUR HEART THAT YOU FOUND PEACE WITHIN.

SOME OF US ARE NOT EXPERIENCING PEACE IN OUR LIVES WITH GOD BECAUSE WE CHOOSE NOT TO OBEY GOD.

THE REASON FOR THIS, IS THERE ARE NO INTIMACY WITH HIS SON JESUS CHRIST.

MANY OF US NOT AWARE OF WHAT IT TOOK FOR GOD TO OFFER, IN ORDER FOR US TO HAVE PEACE WITH HIM..

THIS WAS NOT A LIGHT MATTER, IT WAS DEATH FOR THE PAYMENT OF OUR PEACE, TO BRING US IN HARMONY WITH GOD.

EPHESIANS 2:14 “For he is our peace, who hath made both one, and hath broken down the middle wall of partition between us;”

B. WE HAVE ACCESS BY FAITH.

ROMANS 5:2 “by whom also we have access by faith into this grace wherein we stand, and rejoice in hope of the glory of God.”

THE WE IN THIS TEXT ARE THOSE WHO HAVE BEEN DECLARED RIGHTEOUS THROUGH OUR LORD JESUS CHRIST.

THE WORD ACCESS MEANS PERMISSION OR ENTRANCE. WHAT ALLOW US TO HAVE THIS ENTRANCE IS OUR FAITH IN HIS SON JESUS CHRIST.

WHAT COMES WITH THIS ACCESS IS GOD’S GRACE , GOD’S DIVINE LOVE BESTOWED UPON A BELIEVERS LIFE WHO DID NOT DESERVE IT.

ACCESS USHERS US INTO THE PRESENCE OF GOD.

SOME OF US ARE NOT AWARE THAT WHEN WE HAVE ACCESS TO GOD, THAT WE HAVE ACCESS TO THE THINGS OF GOD. MEANING IF I AM IN DISTRESS, GOD HAS A REMEDY OF PEACE FOR MY TROUBLES. WE DO NOT KNOW HOW TO GO TO THE PHYSICIAN FOR CURE, WE TOO BUSY TRYING TO CURE OURSELVES, WHEN THE REAL PHYSICIAN HAS THE MEDICINE FOR OUR TROUBLES.

DEALING WITH ACCESS, CAN YOU REMEMBER WHEN YOU WAS 18 YEARS OLD AND YOU WENT OUT TO THE CLUB AND THE CLUB CLOSED AT 2:00PM, BUT THERE WAS A THING CALL AFTER HOUR AND THE AGE LIMIT TO HAVE ENTRANCE TO GET IN YOU HAD TO BE AT LEAST 21.

BUT IF YOU WAS 18 YEARS OLD YOU DID NOT MEET THE QUALIFICATIONS.

THE SAME WAY ABOUT ACCESS TO GOD, IF YOU DO NOT HAVE A RELATIONSHIP WITH HIS SON JESUS CHRIST YOU DO NOT MEET THE QUALIFICATIONS TO THE ENTRANCE OF THE DOOR.

JOHN 10:9-10 “I am the door: by me if any man enter in, he shall be saved, and shall go in and out, and find pasture. The thief cometh not, but for to steal, and to kill, and to destroy: I am come that they might have life, and that they might have it more abundantly.”

YOU MIGHT SAY WELL PASTOR I HAD A FAKE ID THAT ALLOWED ME TO GET INTO THE AFTER HOUR PARTY, AND I WILL SAY TO YOU THAT YOU WAS A THIEF, BECAUSE YOU DID NOT HAVE ACCESS.

C. WE CAN GLORY IN TRIBULATIONS.

ROMANS 5:3-4 “And not only so, but we glory in tribulations also: knowing that tribulation worketh patience; and patience, experience; and experience, hope:”

PAUL IS TELLING US NOT TO REJOICE, BECAUSE OF TRIBULATIONS, BUT WHEN TRIBULATIONS HAPPEN TO COME INTO OUR LIVES, SEEK OUT JOY WHILE WE GOING THROUGH IT.

JOHN 16:33 “These things I have spoken unto you, that in me ye might have peace. In the world ye shall have tribulation: but be of good cheer; I have overcome the world.”

WHEN YOU CAN FIND JOY IN THE MOST DIFFICULT TIMES IN YOUR LIVES YOU PROCESS THE ABILITY TO HAVE COMPLETE LOYALTY TO YOUR FAITH AND THE ABILITY TO BE PATIENT WHILE GOD IS WORKING IT OUT IN YOUR LIFE.

EVEN IF THE PAIN IS OVER BEARING , EXPERIENCE WORKS HOPE, AND YOUR HOPE BUILDS TRUST IN GOD KNOWING IF GOD HAS DELIVER YOU BEFORE, HE IS ABLE TO DO IT AGAIN.

OUR GOD IS GOOD EVEN IN THE MIDST OF PAIN,

PAIN BRING YOU CLOSER TO GOD EVEN IF YOU CANNOT FEEL HIS PRESENCE.

2 Corinthians 12:9–10 AV 1873

And he said unto me, My grace is sufficient for thee: for my strength is made perfect in weakness. Most gladly therefore will I rather glory in my infirmities, that the power of Christ may rest upon me. Therefore I take pleasure in infirmities, in reproaches, in necessities, in persecutions, in distresses for Christ’s sake: for when I am weak, then am I strong.