{"id":2476,"date":"2020-10-29T10:33:27","date_gmt":"2020-10-29T18:33:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.Bob4God.com\/?p=2476"},"modified":"2020-10-29T10:34:17","modified_gmt":"2020-10-29T18:34:17","slug":"devotion-romans-51-5-growing-hope-from-him","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.Bob4God.com\/?p=2476","title":{"rendered":"Devotion Romans 5:1-5 Growing Hope From Him"},"content":{"rendered":"

Romans 5:1-5<\/b><\/span>\u00a0–\u00a0<\/span>Therefore, since we have been justified\u00a0through faith,\u00a0we\u00a0have peace\u00a0with God through our Lord Jesus Christ,\u00a02\u00a0through whom we have gained access\u00a0by faith into this grace in which we now stand.\u00a0And we\u00a0boast in the hope\u00a0of the glory of God.\u00a03\u00a0Not only so, but we\u00a0also glory in our sufferings,\u00a0because we know that suffering produces perseverance; 4\u00a0perseverance, character; and character, hope.\u00a05\u00a0And hope\u00a0does not put us to shame, because God\u2019s love\u00a0has been poured out into our hearts through the Holy Spirit,\u00a0who has been given to us.<\/i><\/p>\n

It is deep truth, yet profoundly elementary, that we are saved by faith and not by works. (Ephesians 2:8-9<\/b>)\u00a0\u00a0We can do nothing to save ourselves except fall onto our knees cry out to Jesus that He would accept us as His humble servants.\u00a0\u00a0We do that, or we perish.\u00a0\u00a0(John 3:18<\/b>)\u00a0\u00a0There is no bargaining on this condition.\u00a0\u00a0It is God\u2019s way or there is no way.\u00a0\u00a0(Acts 4:12<\/b>)\u00a0\u00a0If anyone is too proud for that, than they have chosen the eternal place for the proud, perdition.\u00a0\u00a0But for all who do repent and come to the Lord, He will surely accept them.\u00a0\u00a0That is beyond doubt, it was what He came to do!\u00a0\u00a0Jesus Himself said that His purpose for coming to earth was to seek and save the lost, which we all were.\u00a0\u00a0(Luke 19:10<\/b>)<\/p>\n

Having humbled ourselves before God the Father through loving His Son, we have peace with God.\u00a0\u00a0It is absolute, it is sure, and in every way it is enough.\u00a0\u00a0We grow in His peace as we grow to know that His sacrifice was more than enough in every way and for eternity.\u00a0\u00a0Thank you Jesus!<\/p>\n

A \u201cCome to Jesus\u201d moment is and is not a once in a lifetime moment.\u00a0\u00a0Coming to Jesus once is all that is needed.\u00a0\u00a0However, in reality, in gratitude, every day of our lives we will be thankful to Him and out of our love for Him, and because Holy Spirit lives within He continuously changes us to be more and more what the children of God will be known as.\u00a0\u00a0And that is being possessors of His love.\u00a0\u00a0(1 John 4:7-8<\/b>)\u00a0\u00a0What we are is not what we were and what we are is not what we will be because He is faithful!\u00a0\u00a0So our boast is never about us, but about our God who takes care of everything for our benefit. Because of Him, we persevere.\u00a0\u00a0Thank You our triune God!<\/p>\n

God the Holy Spirit keeps us close.\u00a0\u00a0He gives us strength to carry on.\u00a0\u00a0As we learn to yield to Him we consider that everything in this world is worth losing for the sake of being closer to the Lord.\u00a0\u00a0We shed all to gain all.\u00a0\u00a0As we persevere our Children of God character grows and as it grows we begin to all the more understand the magnificent plan of God for our eternal salvation.\u00a0\u00a0Since we grow in our knowledge of God our faith in Him grows and our hope becomes an inextinguishable fire that burns away the chaff of our lives, heats our hearts to molten red, and lights the path that the Lord God has custom made for each of our lives.\u00a0\u00a0And the hope we have in God is hope that God gives to us that God nurtures into that glowing flame and it will never put us to shame.\u00a0\u00a0Instead, we boast of what God does for us, and for all who will come.\u00a0\u00a0So, in us there is nothing to boast of.\u00a0\u00a0All we have done and do outside of faithful service to the Lord is a waste.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0We pray to only serve Him and that to be our joy.\u00a0\u00a0In that we hope.\u00a0\u00a0And that hope keeps and builds us because He loves us.\u00a0\u00a0Praise God! Thank you Lord!<\/p>\n

Psalm 150:6<\/b>\u00a0–\u00a0Let everything that has breath praise the Lord.\u00a0 Praise the Lord!<\/p>\n

Micah 7:7<\/b>\u00a0–\u00a0But as for me, I watch\u00a0in hope\u00a0for the\u00a0Lord, I wait for God my Savior; my God will Hear\u00a0me.<\/p>\n

Micah 6:8<\/b>\u00a0–\u00a0He has shown You, O man, what\u00a0is\u00a0good; And what does the\u00a0Lord\u00a0require of You but to do justly, to love mercy, And to walk humbly with Your God.<\/p>\n

Numbers 6:24-26<\/b>\u00a0\u201cThe\u00a0Lord\u00a0bless you and keep you; 25\u00a0The\u00a0Lord\u00a0make His face shine on you and be gracious to you; 26\u00a0The\u00a0Lord\u00a0turn His face\u00a0toward you and give you peace.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Romans 5:1-5\u00a0–\u00a0Therefore, since we have been justified\u00a0through faith,\u00a0we\u00a0have peace\u00a0with God through our Lord Jesus Christ,\u00a02\u00a0through whom we have gained access\u00a0by faith into this grace in which we now stand.\u00a0And we\u00a0boast in the hope\u00a0of the glory of God.\u00a03\u00a0Not only so, but we\u00a0also glory in our sufferings,\u00a0because we know that suffering produces perseverance; 4\u00a0perseverance, character; and character,…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1192],"tags":[82,1841,100,106,94,1874,17,10],"class_list":["post-2476","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-devotion","tag-acts","tag-ephesians","tag-john","tag-luke","tag-micah","tag-numbers","tag-psalm","tag-romans"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.Bob4God.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2476","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.Bob4God.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.Bob4God.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.Bob4God.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.Bob4God.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2476"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/www.Bob4God.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2476\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2477,"href":"http:\/\/www.Bob4God.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2476\/revisions\/2477"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.Bob4God.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2476"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.Bob4God.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2476"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.Bob4God.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2476"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}