ENCOURAGEMENT FOR THE DAY
The Benefits of Salvation: Saved From God's Wrath
Romans 5:9-10
Since we have now been justified by his blood, how much more shall we be saved from God's wrath through him! For if, when we were God's enemies, we were reconciled to him through the death of his Son, how much more, having been reconciled, shall we be saved through his life!
[Today we return to "The Benefits of Salvation" series with "Part 7: Saved from God's Wrath."]
What is the "wrath" Paul mentions?
It is the wrath of Zephaniah 1:15: "That day will be a day of wrath, a day of distress and anguish, a day of trouble and ruin, a day of darkness and gloom, a day of clouds and blackness..."
The wrath of Psalm 21:9: "At the time of your appearing you will make them like a fiery furnace. In his wrath the LORD will swallow them up, and his fire will consume them."
Jesus speaks about it in Luke 21:23: "How dreadful it will be in those days for pregnant women and nursing mothers! There will be great distress in the land and wrath against this people."
All of which point to the final wrath and judgment of Revelation 11:18: "The nations were angry; and your wrath has come. The time has come for judging the dead, and for rewarding your servants the prophets and your saints and those who reverence your name, both small and great -- and for destroying those who destroy the earth."
In our passage today, Paul tells us we have been saved from God's wrath. Yet He has not only saved us from the penalty of sin for the past, but also the power of sin in the present and the presence of sin in the future. The last two is what Paul speaks about when he says: "...how much more, having been reconciled, shall we be saved through his life!"
The seventh "Benefit of Salvation" is we are saved from God's wrath by our faith and belief in Jesus.
What is the "wrath" Paul mentions?
It is the wrath of Zephaniah 1:15: "That day will be a day of wrath, a day of distress and anguish, a day of trouble and ruin, a day of darkness and gloom, a day of clouds and blackness..."
The wrath of Psalm 21:9: "At the time of your appearing you will make them like a fiery furnace. In his wrath the LORD will swallow them up, and his fire will consume them."
Jesus speaks about it in Luke 21:23: "How dreadful it will be in those days for pregnant women and nursing mothers! There will be great distress in the land and wrath against this people."
All of which point to the final wrath and judgment of Revelation 11:18: "The nations were angry; and your wrath has come. The time has come for judging the dead, and for rewarding your servants the prophets and your saints and those who reverence your name, both small and great -- and for destroying those who destroy the earth."
In our passage today, Paul tells us we have been saved from God's wrath. Yet He has not only saved us from the penalty of sin for the past, but also the power of sin in the present and the presence of sin in the future. The last two is what Paul speaks about when he says: "...how much more, having been reconciled, shall we be saved through his life!"
The seventh "Benefit of Salvation" is we are saved from God's wrath by our faith and belief in Jesus.
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