A Study of The Book of Romans

Lesson 31 Chapter 5:5 – 6

 

  1. Last week we noticed the eight benefits of salvation in chapter 5 and looked at the first four.
    1. Peace 5:1
    2. Access 5:2
    3. Hope 5:2
    4. Patience in Tribulation 5:3 - 4
    5. The Love of God 5:5
    6. The Holy Spirit 5:6 - 8
    7. Deliverance from wrath 5:9 - 10
    8. And Joy 5:11
  2. The love of God. - Verse 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.
    1. “And hope maketh not ashamed…” The key word here is the word “ashamed”, while there are several Greeks words that are translated “ashamed” here it means -to shame down, that is, to be disgraced – The true meaning here is in our hope we will never be disgraced or disappointed.

a.       Paul uses this same Greek word in Romans 9:33 "As it is written, Behold, I lay in Sion a stumblingstone and rock of offence: and whosoever believeth on him shall not be ashamed."

b.      Paul uses it again in Romans 10:11 "For the scripture saith, Whosoever believeth on him shall not be ashamed." This sounds more like a promise to me. It is believed one of the scriptures Paul was referring to was Isaiah 49:23 “And kings shall be thy nursing fathers, and their queens thy nursing mothers: they shall bow down to thee with their face toward the earth, and lick up the dust of thy feet; and thou shalt know that I am the LORD: for they shall not be ashamed that wait for me.” Those that have hope understand they will not be disappointed and therefore we can with happiness have patience to wait on the Lord even in tribulation.

c.       Psalms 22:4-5 “Our fathers trusted in thee: they trusted, and thou didst deliver them. (5.) They cried unto thee, and were delivered: they trusted in thee, and were not confounded (ashamed or disgraced or disappointed).

    1. Our fifth benefit is “…because the love of God is shed abroad in our hearts…”

a.       Paul gives us the reason we are not ashamed or disgraced or disappointed, it is because of God’s love to us, not our love to God but rather His love toward us. Salvation is because of His love and not ours toward Him. The words “shed abroad” means - to pour forth or to run out from God to our hearts.

b.      We have everything good because of God’s love, we love Him with His love, and we love each other with His love. 1 John 4:19 “We love him, because he first loved us.”

c.       This is the reason we have hope and that we will never be disappointed.

    1. Our sixth benefit is “…by the Holy Ghost which is given unto us.

a.       The deliver from God to man. It was the Holy Sprit that delivers to us salvation, it is He who teaches us all things, and it is He who strengthens us in these benefits. Galatians 5:22 “But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, longsuffering, gentleness, goodness, faith,”

b.      1 Corinthians 6:19 “What? know ye not that your body is the temple of the Holy Ghost which is in you, which ye have of God, and ye are not your own?”

c.       The Holy Spirit is our gift from the Father to us, and as much as Jesus Christ is to our salvation, the Holy Spirit is to our deliverance.

  1. Verse 6 "For when we were yet without strength, in due time Christ died for the ungodly."
    1. Paul is still speaking of our deliver here; while we were without strength to deliver ourselves the Holy Spirit delivered us to the knowledge that Christ died for our sins.
    2. The love of God, the gift of Jesus Christ, and all that follows was delivered by the Holy Spirit.
    3. “in due time Christ died for the ungodly." At an appointed time Christ was born, lived, and died for the UNGODLY Christ did not die for the godly (understanding there is not godly outside of Christ except in their own minds).   Galatians 4:4 “But when the fulness of the time was come, God sent forth his Son, made of a woman, made under the law,”