The title Romans 5:9-10 is more certain.
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“Moreover then, since we have been justified by his blood, much more shall we be saved from the wrath through him, that since, when we were enemies, we were reconciled to God through the death of his Son, much more as he who was reconciled, he lives. will be saved” (5:9-10).
The apostle reassured us that "hope does not put us to shame" (5) by hearing that God's confirmed love (8) has been poured out in our hearts. After that, “Now then shall we” (verse 9), to prove the stability of our salvation.
① “Now then, since we have been justified by his blood” (9a).
㉠ The expressions “while we were still weak (6), while we were still sinners” (8), or “while we were enemies” (10) are the time points of our past state. Now we are no longer in a state of “weakness, sinners, and enemies.”
② So, where are we now? It is the state of being “justified by his blood” (9 times).
㉠ The phrase “by his blood” refers to the death of the Lord. So, it is the same as “by the death of Christ”. But why does he not say “death” but “by his blood”? In verse 25, it says, “This Jesus God hath set forth as a propitiation for his blood,” and it is also “his blood.”
㉡ This is an intentional expression to show consistency with the Old Testament. It was not because of the Lamb, and not even because the Lamb died, but because “the blood” was sprinkled on the gates, that the people of Israel could be liberated under the power of Pharaoh in Egypt. God said, “When I see the blood, I will pass over you” (Exodus 12:13). On the Day of Atonement, the high priest said, “Take the blood and go into the intestines, and sprinkle it above and below the mercy seat” (Leviticus 16:15). That “blood” was the evidence.
③ Therefore, it is important to keep in mind that the lamb is precious and the blood shed is also important. However, what determines life and death depends on whether “the blood that is shed becomes the blood that is sprung”. On the cross, Jesus declared, “It is finished.” And yet, how come they perish? This is because “spilled blood, sprung blood” does not apply.
④ Then, I want you to pay attention to what is being said that you have gained through that blood. “Now then, since we have been justified by the blood” (9a), that is, “justified”.
㉠ The apostle contrasts our past state with our present state.
㉮ Our past condition, “when we were weak, when we were sinners, when we were enemies”, by Christ dying for us, “God vindicates his love for us” that you have given
㉯ Then what is our current state? It means being “justified by his blood”.
⑤ If this is true, it is an argument that “by him we will be saved from the wrath of God” (9b), that is, whether our salvation will be more certain and secure.
㉠ I wanted to realize this, so I said the word “in time” three times, indicating our previous state. So, instead of saying “for the weak, for the sinner, for the enemy,” “while we were still weak, while we were still sinners, and when we were enemies,” he repeatedly emphasized the expression “time.” there is.
⑥ As I said before, it is safe to remind you again.
㉠ “when we are weak” means that there is no hope of salvation to resist or break free from bondage on our own, just like the Israelites who were enslaved under the power of Pharaoh in Egypt. Not only is it powerless to resist the power of sin, but it is a state of total incapacity with no hope because its soul is dead to seek God, meaning “while we are still weak.” That is when Christ died for us.
㉡ “while we were still sinners” means “when we were neither righteous nor good,” as we received the preceding “it is not easy for someone to die for a righteous person, and some dare to die for a good person” While we were still sinners”, that is when Christ died for us.
㉢ “When we were enemies” in verse 10 indicates the worst condition, and it means “the condition is worse than when we were weak (6) and when we were sinners (8) and it means a desperate condition. This is our former state.
⑦ If so, what do you say is our current state?
㉠ 9 says, “Moreover, now that we have been justified by his blood, we shall be saved from the wrath through him” (9), and “justified”
㉡ What does verse 10 say? “Because he was reconciled to God through the death of his Son” (10a), it says that he was “reconciled to God”.
㉢ To recapitulate this, before we were “weak, yet sinners, and even enemies of God,” but now we are “justified by God and reconciled to God.”
“Moreover, having been justified by his blood, much more shall we be saved from wrath through him” (9).
㉡ “Moreover, those who are reconciled will be saved by life” (10b). It's "more" safer. It means that you can be “more confident”.
⑨ If even at least one of my salvation was obtained because I was righteous and good, I would be terrified that one day I would lose it if I became unrighteous and not good. .
㉠ is not so. Our salvation is provided by God when we are at the bottom from which we cannot fall, that is to say, when we are at the bottom of hell, and we only received it through faith.
㉡ Brother, did you realize that our salvation does not depend in any way on us? Did you know that it is a gift of God's total love and grace? If, while we were still in weakness, while we were still sinners, that is, when we were enemies, if God demonstrated his love for us in the death of Christ for us, “then now we are” justified. Having been made and reconciled to God, our salvation is “more secure, and more certain,” amen.