What love is this? We have been made friends of God. We have peace with God! We can hope in God's glory!! We rejoice in suffering, which is upside-down. But suffering, if you treat it the right way, comes to hope. And it's not a hope in some dream that can never come true. It's hope in something concrete: GOD. (some would say that God is not concrete. But to me, He is!)
Love,
Romans 5:1-11
Therefore, since we have been justified through faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ, through whom we have gained access by faith into this grace in which we now stand.
Can we just dwell on that fact for a second? We have been justified through FAITH, not works. Not doing, being. So now what? WE HAVE PEACE WITH GOD!!!! There's a way to know the God of the Universe, who is eternal and unchanging, and faithful and loving and true. How amazing is that??!!
And we rejoice in the hope of the glory of God. Took the words right out of my mouth.
we also rejoice in our sufferings, because Suffering→Perseverance→Character→Hope. And we don't hope in vain. God delivers. AWESOME.
You see, at just the right time, when we were still powerless, Christ died for the ungodly. What love is this? This is love no finite heart could possibly grasp.
We are now friends of God. How cool is that? In case you didn't know, it's way cool.
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