Saved By His Life!

Romans 5:1  

"Therefore being justified by faith, we have peace 

with God through our Lord Jesus Christ:"   

   We stand in grace, we look for glory. Our standing is sure, It is ours forever, through union with the living Christ. It is our admission to the home of God's elect. We have passed the threshold and have received, our new white robe. But being in the house we find it several stories high. They are marked  with the Phrases, Not Only So and Much More. 

   Starting from faith, the staircase mounts from peace to hope, "By whom also we have access by faith into this grace wherein we stand, and rejoice in hope of the glory of God," (Rom 5:2); from hope to love, "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," (Rom. 5:5); from reconciliation to salvation and life and joy in God, "Much more then, being now justified by his blood, we shall be saved from wrath through him. 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.  And not only so, but we also joy in God through our Lord Jesus Christ, by whom we have now received the atonement," (Rom. 5:5-11). So what He does is, He awakens in our hearts responsive admiration and glad consent.  Stand on these successive heights in your mountain climb to take your breath and behold the far spread landscape.

   My Friends, Let us not be worried with the ladder climb when all these rounds of light invite us. Just ponder where the Apostle distinguishes between reconciliation and salvation. What music there is in that wonderful phrase, Saved By His Life! By His Life For Us In Heaven And In Us By His Spirit. 

Amen! 

Reading: Rom. 5:1-11

Ref: HG SB

May God Bless You

and Your Family

Minister Robert A. Lail Sr.

The Cross life ministry