(Rom 5:11)  “And not only so, but we also joy in God through our Lord Jesus Christ, by whom we have now received the atonement.”  How can we help but rejoice in the Lord? He has shed His blood to save us from hell, justifying us to come into His very presence. We have free access in prayer to our Lord and our God through our risen Savior. In the midst of trials He assures us of His love. The heart of the saved has been reconciled through the heart of love of our God.

(Rom 5:11)  “And not only so, but we also joy in God through our Lord Jesus Christ, by whom we have now received the atonement.”  Day of Atonement: the High Priest was said to bear upon himself the iniquity of the people. It was then, once a year, he came bearing the blood of sacrifice to put upon the mercy seat. That blood brought reconciliation between God and the people, appeasing the wrath of God over their sin. This, Jesus did for those who would turn from their sin and ask forgiveness of their sins, receiving the Gift of Everlasting Life. We….have received the atonement.

 (Rom 5:10) “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.”   Picture the one Jesus spoke of who, kneeling in the temple, would not so much as lift his eyes towards heaven, so great his guilt. He beat his breast and said, “God, be merciful to me a sinner.” Picture God speaking from heaven, “Son, come to me. My Son paid for your sin.” Reconciled, brought back to God, through the mediation of Jesus the Redeemer! 

(Rom 5:10) “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.”  Lost man sees his actions as indifferent, not directed towards God, and thus not really offensive. That is because man does not envision the Lord as part of his life. Yet, He lives before God possessing breath, food, and life in general by God. So, in reality, man’s thoughts of only he and his own makes him the enemy of God.

(Rom 5:9) “Much more then, being now justified by his blood, we shall be saved from wrath through him. (10)  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.’ Simply put: His death saved us; His life keeps us saved! 

(Rom 5:9) “Much more then, being now justified by his blood, we shall be saved from wrath through him.”  Praise God we are doubly secure in the righteous Person of Jesus Christ, God’s only begotten Son! His blood put me in a position of “justified”  – no sin in me for I am in Christ. His continued existence (life) keeps me that way!  Praise His Name! 

(Rom 5:7) “For scarcely for a righteous man will one die: yet peradventure for a good man some would even dare to die. (8)  But God commendeth his love toward us, in that, while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us.” Note that each time one was willing to die for another, it was because they had seen “something” worthy in the person worth giving their own life in that person’s place. But not so with God. He did not die for you because He saw some “good” in you. He died for you simply because He loved you despite no goodness being in you. Since this is true, shouldn’t you love Him back to the degree of living your life “for” Him, for “good” doesn’t begin to describe Him!

 (Rom 5:6)  “For when we were yet without strength, in due time Christ died for the ungodly. (7)  For scarcely for a righteous man will one die:….”  We say that one is mentally ill who takes one’s own life. That is because it is unnatural for man. He is made with a heart’s desire to live. We do not give up that life. Instead, man clings to it. Yet, Jesus did that which is totally unnatural. His love put us before self. He gave that life……for you.  

(Rom 5:6) “For when we were yet without strength, in due time Christ died for the ungodly.”  If you have never been moved to personally accept, (yes, and even grieve) over what your sins cost – the sufferings of Jesus Christ – then you are yet to be saved. Plainly I speak. Sin keeps one from heaven. It was love demonstrated through dying for your sin that moves us to turn from our sinful ways and seek forgiveness. It is that repentance of heart that moves us to give our lives and thus our obedience to God. Have you done this?

 (Rom 5:6) “For when we were yet without strength, in due time Christ died for the ungodly.”  “Ungodly”: not like unto our God. The lost are the opposite. You and I judge others by ourselves. Yet, even the saved still live with an old nature alongside their new, thus the struggle within us to think right and therefore live right. We see good people (by our insight not God’s) and thus think, “That is a saved person.”  Without the new birth, “all”, everyone of them, are ungodly.