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January 11, 2026
Three Great Therefores
Romans 5:1, 8:1, 12:1
Three Great Questions
Do you have peace with God?
Will you be condemned?
How now do you live?
The Gospel is Jesus
Salvation: Declared Righteous
- Romans 1:16-17
The Pit (unrighteousness)
- Romans 1:18-3:20
The Rescue (Righteousness)
- Romans 3:21-26
Grace, No Works, Faith
- Romans 4:4-5
Peace With God (5:1)
Love made known (motive)
- Romans 5:5, 5:8
- Isaiah 54:8
- Jeremiah 31:3
- John 3:16, 15:13
No Condemnation (8:1)
- Exodus 12:12-13
- Matthew 27:46
- John 5:24
- 1 Corinthians 5:7
Love inseparable
- Romans 8:38-39
A Sacrifice, Living (12:1)
- Matthew 10:25
- Galatians 4:19
- Titus 3:4-5
- 1 John 2:15-17, 3:2-3
Love that responds
- John 13:14-15
- 2 Corinthians 5:14-15
- 1 John 4:19
A message from Pastor Mike
Let’s reconnect to Romans by recapping the key points that have led us to the spot where we left-off in Chapter 13. After Paul’s thesis statement (1:16,17), there are Three Great 'Therefores' that will allow us to do that quickly. After declaring with depth, that all humanity is in the pit of death (1:18-3:20), Paul gives us the resolution of the Good News that brings Life… the Gift of Righteousness, purchased and given by Jesus (3:21-26). THEREFORE: Romans 5:1 is the truth that since we have been declared righteous by God’s grace as a gift, we now and forever have peace with Him. And with that peace, Romans 8:1 tells us that condemnation will never be a part of our present or future, since the Spirit of Christ is in us. And thus, Romans 12:1 tells us that the only reasonable/rational response to God’s mercy, is to offer-back to Him our whole life as a sacrifice, living to/for God. This is the love response described in the remainder of the letter.
