Romans 5: 10-15
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Christ never came to be the minister of sin. He came to save us, not in our sins, but from our sins.
The Water And The Blood, Volume 58, Sermon #3311 - John 19:34
Charles Spurgeon
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For if, when we were enemies, we were reconciled to God by the death of his Son, much more, being reconciled, we shall be saved by his life. And not only so, but we also joy in God through our Lord Jesus Christ, by whom we have now received the atonement.
Wherefore, as by one man sin entered into the world, and death by sin; and so death passed upon all men, for that all have sinned: (For until the law sin was in the world: but sin is not imputed when there is no law. Nevertheless death reigned from Adam to Moses, even over them that had not sinned after the similitude of Adam’s transgression, who is the figure of him that was to come. But not as the offence, so also is the free gift. For if through the offence of one many be dead, much more the grace of God, and the gift by grace, which is by one man, Jesus Christ, hath abounded unto many.
In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.
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The Epistle to the Romans 3. The Effects of Justification, 5:1–11
The main thrust of Paul’s argument is clear. He is saying that the death of Christ was on behalf of ungodly people. But the exact words in which he says it are unclear: the textual problem is all but insoluble. It seems, however, that the apostle is emphasizing16 that the death of Christ took place, not for good people, but for people still sinners. The emphasis is on our unhappy state. We were weak, ungodly sinners (v. 8), and God’s enemies (v. 10). “Weak” (NIV, powerless) refers to moral frailty rather than to physical weakness. We were quite powerless to help ourselves (and unable even to understand the things of God, 1 Cor. 2:14
… Jesus came in order that our spirits might prosper! He came that our inner man, the eternal and undying part of us, might prosper!4
A. W. Tozer
