Thirsting Souls Bible Teaching

 (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. 

(Rom 5:3) “….we glory in tribulations also: knowing (5)  ….the love of God is shed abroad in our hearts by the Holy Ghost which is given unto us. (6)  For when we were yet without strength, in due time Christ died for the ungodly.” Point: because the Lord died for you when you was still an ungodly sinner, that love abides upon you even in the midst of tribulation! The Holy Spirit within you witnesses as such!

(Rom 5:3) “And not only so, but we glory in tribulations also: knowing that tribulation worketh patience; (4)  And patience, experience; and experience, hope: (5)  And hope maketh not ashamed; because the love of God is shed abroad in our hearts by the Holy Ghost which is given unto us.”   This is saying to me that there is no lack of love on the Savior’s part while we are in trials, caused by Him or not. This is another example of not being able to rely on our feelings. I don’t like trials. Reaction: to feel badly, cast down. That is my feelings, not God’s. Praise Him, He is still there with me, loving me, and helping me even if I do not recognize His presence! 

(Rom 5:3) “And not only so, but we glory in tribulations also: knowing that tribulation worketh patience; (4)  And patience, experience; and experience, hope: (5)  And hope maketh not ashamed; because the love of God is shed abroad in our hearts by the Holy Ghost which is given unto us.”   When one looks back upon past trials and how graciously the Lord walked with us through them, we rightly conclude: “The Lord loves me!”

 (Rom 5:3)  “And not only so, but we glory in tribulations also: knowing that tribulation worketh patience; (4)  And patience, experience;….”   Believers wish to be spared the many trials that go along with the curse caused by sin. They think being saved should shield them from those things. Yet, spiritual growth only comes from the walk of faith that travels through trials while looking unto and trusting the Savior.

(Rom 5:3)  “And not only so, but we glory in tribulations also: knowing that tribulation worketh patience; (4)  And patience, experience;….”   If one learns to patiently trust God in the midst of trials, this “experience” speaks to us the next time troubles come into our lives. We will draw comfort from the knowledge that our Lord has promised to walk with us to the other side of every problem of our life.

(Rom 5:3) “And not only so, but we glory in tribulations also: knowing that tribulation worketh patience;”  Struggling, crying, complaining, nor resisting can get one out of tribulation any sooner. Instead, trust the Savior: (Psa 27:13)  I had fainted, unless I had believed to see the goodness of the LORD in the land of the living. (14)  Wait on the LORD: be of good courage, and he shall strengthen thine heart: wait, I say, on the LORD.”