Bible Study Romans 5.1-11
Peace Through Hope
Particularly in a single sense, the opposite of war and dissension (Luke 14:32; Acts 12:20; Rev. 6:4). Among individuals, peace, harmony (Matt. 10:34; Luke 12:51; Acts 7:26; Rom. 14:19). In Heb. 7:2, “King of peace,” means a peaceful king. Metaphorically peace of mind, tranquility, arising from reconciliation with God and a sense of a divine favor (Rom. 5:1; 15:13; Phil. 4:7 [cf. Is. 53:5]).
Hope is an essential characteristic of the Christian life and a central feature of Paul’s theology. Every statement Paul makes about Christian hope is also a statement about what God has given the believer in Christ. In his letters, especially the letter to the Romans, Paul explores the ground of Christian hope, what it means to live in hope and the Christian hope for the future
Not only was it the right time in terms of the sweep of history but it was the right time in the sense that we were powerless to break the chains of sin. We were unable to help ourselves. Bound by sin and destined for an eternity apart from God, no amount of struggle could free us from condemnation. It was for us “the right time” for Christ’s atoning death.
His plan. That God acted in the past and will continue to act in the future is fundamental. His sovereignty extends even to the “appointed season” which He determined for the arrival of the Messiah (1 Tim. 2:5–7; Titus 1:3; cf. Gal. 4:4; Rom. 5:6; Eph. 1:9–12; 3:4–11). Even before time God planned to provide the grace essential for salvation through Christ (2 Tim. 1:9). As Lea puts it, “The coming of Christ into human history constitutes the visible fulfillment of God’s promise of eternal life for humanity.”
SOVEREIGNTY—of God, his absolute right to do all things according to his own good pleasure (Dan. 4:25, 35; Rom. 9:15–23; 1 Tim. 6:15; Rev. 4:11).
SOVEREIGNTY OF GOD — a theological term that refers to the unlimited power of God, who has sovereign control over the affairs of nature and history (Is. 45:9–19; Rom. 8:18–39). The Bible declares that God is working out His sovereign plan of redemption for the world and that the conclusion is certain.
God did not wait until we had performed well enough to merit his love (which, of course, no one ever could) before he acted in love on our behalf. Christ died for us while we were still alienated from him and cared nothing for his attention or affection.
the quality of warm regard for and interest in another, esteem, affection, regard, love (without limitation to very intimate relationships, and very seldom in general Greek of sexual attraction).
Love is the voluntary placing of the welfare of others ahead of one’s own. It is action, not sentiment. Love is the mightiest force in the world. It is the ethical goal of human existence. God is love (1 John 4:16), and that determines the goal toward which all redemptive history moves.
To save, deliver, make whole, preserve safe from danger, loss, destruction. Trans.:
Sṓzō
Of the instances where sṓzō is used, fourteen relate to deliverance from disease or demon possession
twenty times, the reference is to spiritual salvation