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Carl Westerlund :: Romans 5:5-8 - Loving Us So Much He Took Our Place

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Romans in Outline No. 53

1.1  GOD SHOWS LOVE TO BACK UP HOPE

Romans 5:5

2.1  The assurance of hope

2.2  The abundance of God’s love

2.3  The means of receiving love: The Holy Spirit

1.2  GOD SHOWS HIS LOVE FOR THE LOST

Romans 5:6

2.1  Characteristics of the lost

3.1  POWERLESS

3.2  UNGODLY

3.3  SINNERS (Romans 5:8)

3.4  ENEMIES (Romans 5:10)

2.2  The love is shown at the right time

Galatians 4:4

3.1  THE TIME DESIGNATED BY THE PROPHETS

3.2  THE TIME WHEN THE GOSPEL COULD BE SPREAD

1.3  GOD SHOWS HIS LOVE BY SENDING THE SINNER’S SUBSTITUTE

2.1  One of the fundamentals:

3.1  VERBAL, PLENARY INSPIRATION OF SCRIPTURE

3.2  VIRGIN BIRTH OF CHRIST

3.3  SUBSTITUTIONARY ATONEMENT

3.4  PHYSICAL RESURRECTION OF CHRIST

3.5  IMMINENT, PHYSICAL, VISIBLE RETURN OF CHRIST

2.2  The significance of the preposition “huper

“…Christ died for the ungodly.” (Romans 5:6)

“…Christ died for us.” (Romans 5:8)

3.1  THE MEANING

“for the benefit of”, “on behalf of”, “instead of’

Vicarious = “in place of”

Thus, “substitute”

3.2  OTHER SCRIPTURES

2 Corinthians 5:21

1 Peter 1:19-20

1 Peter 3:18

3.3  THE OTHER GREEK PREPOSITION: “ANTI

Matthew 20:28

Luke 22:19

1.4  THE CONTRAST WITH MAN’S LOVE

Romans 5:7

1.5  GOD SHOWS HIS LOVE IN THE DEATH OF CHRIST

Romans 5:8

2.1  His death was satisfaction

2.2  His death was what we deserved

Romans 5:5-8

5 Now hope does not disappoint, because the love of God has been poured out in our hearts by the Holy Spirit who was given to us. 6 For when we were still without strength, in due time Christ died for the ungodly. 7 For scarcely for a righteous man will one die; yet perhaps for a good man someone would even dare to die. 8 But God demonstrates His own love toward us, in that while we were still sinners, Christ died for us. (NKJV)

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