The Logic of the Love of God (Rom. 5:9-11)
Image from Pixabay. We have seen that the theme of this part of Romans is the assurance of our salvation, that those who have received Christ by faith are fully justified by grace before God, and being justified can rejoice in hope of the glory of God. In these verses before us, the apostle continues this theme, and, in a sense, concludes the first part of his mighty argument for this hope and this assurance. In verse 12 and through the end of the chapter, Paul will continue to argue for the saint’s security in Christ, but from a different angle. In these verses (9-11), we see the logic of the believer’s security, especially in those words “much more then.” But before we look at the logic itself, I want you to appreciate again how the apostle expects us to reason about our faith. He expects us to think about these doctrines of the faith and make connections between them. He expects us to think carefully about them and to meditate on them. We ar...
