2. “Paul in the fifth
chapter of Romans
shows us where the true
experience of the child
of God begins...”
-10MR 149.2
3. Selected Messages Vol.3 pg 187.3
“We need to have a living connection
with God ourselves in order to teach
Jesus. Then we can give the living
personal experience of what Christ is to
us by experience and faith. We have
received Christ and with divine
earnestness we can tell that which is an
abiding power with us. The people must
be drawn to Christ. Prominence must be
given to His saving efficacy.”
4. PROMINENCE,
n. A standing out from the surface of
something, or that which juts out;
protuberance; as the prominence of a
joint; the prominence of a rock or
cliff; the prominence of the nose.
Small hills and knolls are
prominences on the surface of the
earth.
Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary
5. Review and Herald, July 1, 1909 par. 8
“If there were more praying among us, more exercise of a
living faith, and less dependence upon some one else to have
an experience for us, we would be far in advance of where we
are today in spiritual intelligence. What we need is a deep,
individual heart and soul experience. Then we shall be able to
tell what God is doing and how he is working. We need to have
a living experience in the things of God; and we are not safe
unless we have this. There are some who have a good
experience, and they tell you about it; but when you come to
weigh it up, you see that it is not a correct experience, for it is
not in accordance with a plain Thus saith the Lord. If ever
there was a time in our history when we needed to humble our
individual souls before God, it is today. We need to come to
God with faith in all that is promised in the Word, and then
walk in all the light and power that God gives.”
7. Romans 5:1- Thereforebeing justified by faith, we have peace with
God through our Lord Jesus Christ....
•The word ‘therefore’ is an adverb or a
conjunction which means ‘and for this
reason’
•So when Paul starts the fifth chapter with the
word therefore, we need to understand that he
is linking the preceding chapters with the
fifth, that is ‘and for this reason (the reason
stated in chapter 4,3,2, and 1)....beign
justified by faith.....
9. Romans 1
• The gospel is the power of God unto salvation (1-15;16-20)
•The condition of man without God (21-32)
Romans 2
•God, no respecter of persons (1-12)
•The Law-the standard of judgement (13-24)
•Obedience from the heart (25-29)
Romans 3
•Responsibility of sharing God-given light (1-8)
• The Law requires perfect righteousness (9-20)
•All men on the same level (22-23)
•Christ-the Creator and Preserver of new heart (24-26)
•Justification by faith alone (27-31)
10. Romans 4
•explains how Abraham and David were justified
by faith and not works.
•Romans 5 shows the Christian development of
the life of anyone who is a child of Abraham.
(those with the faith of Jesus)
The chapter ends by telling us through whom is
this justification
Romans 4:25
Who was delivered for our offences, and was
raised again for our justification.
11. Romans 5:1- Therefore being justified by faith, we have
peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ....
The word justify means;
•To prove or to show to be just
•Conformable to law (to be similar; to
be in line with; to comply with)
•Right, justice, propriety or duty
•To defend or maintain
•To vindicate as right
- (Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary)
12. We are needed to be “similar with”,
“in line with”, or “comply to” the
Law of God (10 Commandments).
This is the Standard of judgement
Romans 2:13
For not the hearers of the
law are just before God,
but the doers of the law
shall be justified.
13. Steps to Christ pg 62 par.1
“The condition of eternal life is now just
what it always has been,--just what it was
in Paradise before the fall of our first
parents,--perfect obedience to the law of
God, perfect righteousness. If eternal life
were granted on any condition short of
this, then the happiness of the whole
universe would be imperiled. The way
would be open for sin, with all its train of
woe and misery, to be immortalized.”
14. Romans 5:1- Therefore being justified by faith, we have peace with God
through our Lord Jesus Christ....
What is faith?
Hebrews 11:1
Now faith is the substance of things hoped
for, the evidence of things not seen.
15. Matthew 8:5-10
And when Jesus was entered into Capernaum, there came
unto Him a centurion, beseeching him,
8:6 And saying, Lord, my servant lieth at home sick of the
palsy, grievously tormented.
8:7 And Jesus saith unto him, I will come and heal him.
8:8 The centurion answered and said, Lord, I am not
worthy that thou shouldest come under my roof: but speak
the word only, and my servant shall be healed.
8:9 For I am a man under authority, having soldiers under
me: and I say to this [man], go, and he goeth; and to
another, come, and he cometh; and to my servant, do this,
and he doeth [it].
8:10 When Jesus heard [it], He marvelled, and said to them
that followed, Verily I say unto you, I have not found so
great faith, no, not in Israel.
16. Romans 10:17
So then faith [cometh] by hearing, and
hearing by the word of God.
“Faith is the expecting the
WORD of God to do what
that WORD says, and
depending upon that WORD
only to do what IT says.”
17. The WORD of God has power in itself to
accomplish whatever God wants it to
accomplish.
Isaiah 55:10-11
For as the rain cometh down, and the snow from heaven,
and returneth not thither, but watereth the earth, and
maketh it bring forth and bud, that it may give seed to the
sower, and bread to the eater:
55:11 So shall MY WORD be that goeth forth out of My
mouth: IT shall not return unto Me void, but IT shall
accomplish that which I please, and IT shall prosper in
the thing whereto I sent IT.
18. Psalms 33:6
By the word of the LORD were the
heavens made; and all the host of them
by the breath of his mouth.
Colossians 1:16
For by Him (Jesus) were all things
created, that are in heaven, and that are
in earth, visible and invisible, whether
[they be] thrones, or dominions, or
principalities, or powers: all things were
created by Him, and for Him:
20. John 1:1
In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God,
and the Word was God.
1:2 The same was in the beginning with God.
1:3 All things were made by Him; and without Him was
not any thing made that was made.
1:14 And the Word was made flesh, and dwelt among us,
(and we beheld His glory, the glory as of the only begotten
of the Father,) full of grace and truth.
Desire of Ages pg 19 par2
“By coming to dwell with us, Jesus was to reveal God both
to men and to angels. He was the Word of God,--God's
thought made audible.”
22. Romans 5:1- Therefore being justified by faith, we have peace with
God through our Lord Jesus Christ....
If we are not at peace with
God, (which comes as a result of
being made to conform to the Law by
Jesus) then we are at War with
Him.
23. •This PEACE can only be found IN Jesus Christ.
2 Thessalonians 3:16
Now the Lord of peace Himself give you peace always by all
means. The Lord [be] with you all.
Ministry of Healing pg 247 par.1
“Abiding peace, true rest of spirit, has but one source. It was
of this that Christ spoke when He said, "Come unto Me, all ye
that labor and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest"
(Matthew 11:28). "Peace I leave with you, My peace I give
unto you: not as the world giveth, give I unto you" (John
14:27). This peace is not something that He gives apart from
Himself. It is in Christ, and we can receive it only by receiving
Him.”
24. The Signs of The Time, May 19, 1890 par.6
“The peace of Christ is not a boisterous, untamable element
made manifest in loud voices and bodily exercises. The peace
of Christ is an intelligent peace, and it does not make those
who possess it bear the marks of fanaticism and extravagance.
It is not a rambling impulse, but an emanation from God.
When the Saviour imparts his peace to the soul, the heart will
be in perfect harmony with the word of God; for the Spirit and
the word agree. The Lord honors his word in all his dealings
with men. It is his own will, his own voice, that is revealed to
men, and he has no new will, no new truth, aside from his
word to unfold to his children. If you have a wonderful
experience that is not in harmony with the expressed directions
of God's word, you may well doubt it; for its origin is not from
above. The peace of Christ comes through the knowledge of
Jesus whom the Bible reveals.”
25. •This PEACE cannot be quenched by wars and fighting, and does
not conform to the world.
Our High Calling pg 328 par.6
“ The peace that Christ gave to His disciples, and for which we pray, is
the peace that is born of truth, a peace that is not to be quenched
because of division. Without may be wars and fightings, jealousies,
envies, hatred, strife; but the peace of Christ is not that which the world
giveth or taketh away.”
Acts of The Apostles pg 84 par.1
“Shortly before His crucifixion Christ had bequeathed to His disciples a
legacy of peace. "Peace I leave with you," He said, "My peace I give
unto you: not as the world giveth, give I unto you. Let not your heart be
troubled, neither let it be afraid." John 14:27. This peace is not the peace
that comes through conformity to the world. Christ never purchased
peace by compromise with evil. The peace that Christ left His disciples is
internal rather than external and was ever to remain with His witnesses
through strife and contention.”
26. This PEACE is only found in those who
abide in Christ and He in them, and who
have been made to conform to God’s Law
through Jesus Christ.
Psalms 119:165
Great peace have they which love thy law: and
nothing shall offend them.
Isaiah 26:3
Thou wilt keep him in perfect peace, whose mind
is stayed on thee: because he trusteth in thee.
27. This is the kind of PEACE that those who
break God’s Law (the wicked) can NEVER
EXPERIENCE
Isaiah 57:21
There is no peace, saith
my God, to the wicked.
Isaiah 48:18
O that thou hadst hearkened to my commandments!
then had thy peace been as a river, and thy
righteousness as the waves of the sea:
48:22 There is no peace, saith the LORD, unto the
wicked.
28. Romans 5:2
By whom also we have
access by faith into this
grace wherein we stand,
and rejoice in hope of
the glory of God
29. Romans 5:2- By whom also we have access by faith into
this grace wherein we stand, and rejoice in hope of the glory of God...
We don’t obtain this grace
through our own works, or
because of anything good that
we may have done, it is all
through the Love of Christ and
by Faith in Christ.
30. Definition of GRACE
•To dignify or raise
by act of favor; to
honor.
•To favor; to honor.
-Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary
31. Ministry of Healing pg 161 par.2
“Grace is an attribute of God
exercised toward undeserving human
beings. We did not seek for it, but it
was sent in search of us. God rejoices
to bestow His grace upon us, not
because we are worthy, but because
we are so utterly unworthy. Our only
claim to His mercy is our great need.”
32. 1 Corinthians 15:10
...But by the grace of God I am
what I am: and His grace which
[was bestowed] upon me was
not in vain; but I laboured more
abundantly than they all: yet not
I, but the grace of God which
was with me.
33. Romans 5:2- By whom also we have access by faith into this grace wherein we stand,
and rejoice in hope of the glory of God...
We rejoice because we are at
peace with God.
Psalms 9:14
That I may show forth all thy praise
in the gates of the daughter of Zion: I
will rejoice in thy salvation.
34. Psalms 119:111
Thy testimonies have I taken as an
heritage for ever: for they [are] the
rejoicing of my heart.
Psalms 118:15
The voice of rejoicing and salvation
[is] in the tabernacles of the
righteous: the right hand of the
LORD doeth valiantly.
35. Being at Peace with God will make us
Rejoice when we see the signs of times
passing. Instead of making us fear, it will
make us look forward to Jesus’ 2nd Coming.
Luke 21:28
And when these things begin to come to pass, then look up,
and lift up your heads; for your redemption draweth nigh.
Testimonies for the Church Vol.5 pg9 par.2
“....When the signs predicted begin to come to pass, the
waiting, watching ones are bidden to look up and lift up
their heads and rejoice because their redemption draweth
nigh.”
36. Romans 5:3
And not only so, but we
glory in tribulations
also: knowing that
tribulation worketh
patience;
37. Romans 5:3- And not only so, but we glory in tribulations also: knowing that
tribulation worketh patience;
That is..after being Justified by Faith
through Jesus Christ, we NOT ONLY:
•Have peace with God
•Have acces by faith into the Grace
wherein we stand
•Rejoice in the hope of the Glory of
God
38. Romans 5:3- And not only so, but we glory in tribulations also:
knowing that tribulation worketh patience;
John 16:33
These things I have spoken unto you, that in me ye
might have peace. In the world ye shall have
tribulation: but be of good cheer; I have overcome
the world.
Philippians 1:29
For unto you it is given in the behalf of Christ, not
only to believe on Him, but also to suffer for His
sake;
39. Tribulations come as a result of obeying the Word and denying the
World.
John 17:14-16
I have given them thy word; and the world hath hated them, because
they are not of the world, even as I am not of the world.
17:15 I pray not that thou shouldest take them out of the world, but
that thou shouldest keep them from the evil.
17:16 They are not of the world, even as I am not of the world.
1 John 2:15
Love not the world, neither the things [that are] in the world. If any
man love the world, the love of the Father is not in him.
2:16 For all that [is] in the world, the lust of the flesh, and the lust
of the eyes, and the pride of life, is not of the Father, but is of the
world.
1 John 5:4
For whatsoever is born of God overcometh the world: and this is the
victory that overcometh the world, [even] our faith.
40. “To give glory to God means
to give evidence of His
Character in our lives.”
Therefore, in Tribulation, the
righteous should still manifest
God’s Character in their lives.
41. Romans 5:3- And not only so, but we glory in tribulations also: knowing that
tribulation worketh patience;
For many people,
tribulations makes them
to be impatient...but for
Christians, tribulation
worketh patience.
42. James 1:2
My brethren, count it all joy when ye fall into divers temptations;
1:3 Knowing [this], that the trying of your faith worketh patience.
1:4 But let patience have [her] perfect work, that ye may be
perfect and entire, wanting nothing.
Romans 12:12
Rejoicing in hope; patient in tribulation; continuing instant in
prayer;
Acts of the Apostles pg 465 par.1
“Patience as well as courage has its victories. By meekness under
trial, no less than by boldness in enterprise, souls may be won to
Christ. The Christian who manifests patience and cheerfulness
under bereavement and suffering, who meets even death itself with
the peace and calmness of an unwavering faith, may accomplish
for the gospel more than he could have effected by a long life of
faithful labor.”
44. Romans 5:4- And patience, experience; and experience, hope:
The experience is gained by patiently
withstanding the tribulations, trials, and
temptations that always come upon us. This
is only possible through Jesus Christ
dwelling in us by Faith.
Ephesians 3:17
That Christ may dwell in your hearts by
faith; that ye, being rooted and grounded in
love...
45. Romans 5:4- And patience, experience; and experience, hope:
By having the Character of Christ,
we shall have hope in salvation,
and the assurance of it too.
The 5 foolish virgins failed to have
this character hence did not have
the Hope of getting into the
marriage supper of the Lamb.
46. Titus 1:2
In hope of eternal life, which God, that cannot lie, promised before
the world began;
1 Corinthians 13:12
For now we see through a glass, darkly; but then face to face: now I
know in part; but then shall I know even as also I am known.
13:13 And now abideth faith, hope, charity, these three; but the
greatest of these [is] charity.
Romans 15:13
Now the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace in believing,
that ye may abound in hope, through the power of the Holy Ghost.
Psalms 119:114
Thou art my hiding place and my shield: I hope in thy word.
47. Christ’s Object Lessons pg 332 par.3
“A character formed according to the
divine likeness is the only treasure that
we can take from this world to the next.
Those who are under the instruction of
Christ in this world will take every divine
attainment with them to the heavenly
mansions. And in heaven we are
continually to improve. How important,
then, is the development of character in
this life.”
48. Romans 5:5
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.
49. Romans 5:5- 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.
ASHAMED
Feeling embarrassed or confused by guilt
or a conviction of some criminal action
or indecorous conduct, or by the
exposure of some gross errors or
misconduct, which the person is
conscious must be wrong, and which
tends to impair his honor or reputation.
Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary.
50. Hope will not make you feel
embarrassed, guilty, dishonored,
or spoil your reputation. In fact it
will be as if you never sinned!
Only by abiding in Christ and
Him in us is this possible. His
Character stands instead of ours,
and God accepts us in Christ as
His sons and daughters.
51. Luke 9:26
For whosoever shall be ashamed of me and of my WORDS, of him
shall the Son of man be ashamed, when He shall come in His own
glory, and in His Father's, and of the holy angels.
Romans 10:11
For the scripture saith, Whosoever believeth on Him shall not be
ashamed.
Psalms 119:6
Then shall I not be ashamed, when I have respect unto all thy
commandments.
Psalms 119:80
Let my heart be sound in thy statutes; that I be not ashamed.
Psalms 25:3
Yea, let none that wait on thee be ashamed: let them be ashamed which
transgress without cause.
52. Romans 5:5- And hope maketh not ashamed; because the love of God is
shed abroad in our heartsby the Holy Ghost which is given unto us.
Romans 13:10
Love worketh no ill to his neighbour: therefore LOVE IS THE
FULFILLING OF THE LAW.
1 John 5:2
By this we know that we love the children of God, when we love God,
and keep His commandments.
Review and Herald, October 26, 1897 par. 7
“...Our Saviour speaks so plainly that no one need fail to understand
that TRUE LOVE WILL ALWAYS PRODUCE OBEDIENCE.
Obedience is the sign of true love. Christ and the Father are one, and
those who in truth receive Christ will love God as the great center of
their adoration, and will also love one another; and in so doing they
will keep the law.”
53. Hebrews 10:16
This is the covenant that I will make with
them after those days, saith the Lord, I will
put my laws into their hearts, and in their
minds will I write them;
1 John 2:15
Love not the world, neither the things that are
in the world. If any man love the world, the
love of the Father is not in him.
(this means the Love of God is not
shed abroad in his heart.)
54. The Law is the Character of God,
for God is Love (1 John 4:16).
Therefore, having the Love of God
shed abroad in our hearts means
having GOD’S CHARACTER IN
US.
IT MEANS HAVING A
TRUE EXPERIENCE!
55. Romans 5:5- 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.
The Character of God is acquired by
having His Word (Jesus Christ)
abiding in us and through prayer. This
is made possible by the help of the
Holy Spirit.
Christ’s Object Lesson pg 408 par.3
“Without the Spirit of God a knowledge of
His word is of no avail.”
56. What is the work of the Holy Spirit?
TO GUIDE US TO TRUTH.
John 16:13
Howbeit when he, the Spirit of truth, is come, he
will guide you into all truth: for he shall not speak
of himself; but whatsoever he shall hear, [that] shall
he speak: and he will show you things to come.
Gospel Workers pg 405 par.2
“It is the Holy Spirit that makes the truth
impressive...”
57. What is Truth?
John 14:6
Jesus saith unto him, I am the way, the truth, and the
life: no man cometh unto the Father, but by me.
John 17:17
Sanctify them through thy truth: thy word is truth.
Psalms 119:142
Thy righteousness [is] an everlasting righteousness,
and thy law is the truth.
Psalms 119:151
Thou art near, O LORD; and all thy commandments
are truth.
58. Desire of Ages pg 805 par.3
“The Holy Spirit is the breath of
spiritual life in the soul. The impartation
of the Spirit is the impartation of the life
of Christ. It imbues the receiver with the
attributes of Christ. Only those who are
thus taught of God, those who possess
the inward working of the Spirit, and in
whose life the Christ-life is manifested,
are to stand as representative men, to
minister in behalf of the church.”
59. POINTS TO CONSIDER
•We are justified by faith
•Having been justified we have peace with God
•Justification makes us access by faith into the Grace wherein
we stand
•Justification makes us rejoice in the hope of the Glory of God
•Justification makes us glory in tribulations
•Being justified, tribulations worketh patience
•Justification brings patience that worketh experience
(character)
•Justification experience brings hope
•Hope born of justification maketh us not be ashamed
•Justification is the love of God being shed broadly in our
hearts
•Justification imputed and imparted is the Holy Spirit given to
us
60. Selected Messages Vol.3 pg 187.3
“We need to have a living connection with
God ourselves in order to teach Jesus.
Then we can give the living personal
experience of what Christ is to us by
experience and faith. We have received
Christ and with divine earnestness we can
tell that which is an abiding power with
us. The people must be drawn to Christ.
Prominence must be given to His saving
efficacy.”
61. “Paul in the fifth
chapter of Romans
shows us where the true
experience of the child
of God begins...”
-10MR 149.2
62. Romans 5:6
For when we were
yet without strength,
in due time Christ
died for the ungodly.
63. Romans 5:6- For when we were yet without strength, in due time
Christ died for the ungodly.
When was it that we were without
strength?
Ever since after the fall. We are without
strength. We have all fallen short of the
glory of God.
Being without strength means not being
able to keep God’s Law hence being
“sinners” “unrighteous” “ungodly”
64. Our only source of strength is Jesus
Christ
Philippians 4:13
I can do all things through Christ which
strengtheneth me.
Ministry of Healing pg 65 par.3
“...It is faith that connects us with heaven and
brings us strength for coping with the powers
of darkness. In Christ, God has provided
means for subduing every evil trait and
resisting every temptation, however strong.”
65. Psalms 28:7
The LORD is my strength and my shield; my heart trusted
in him, and I am helped: therefore my heart greatly
rejoiceth; and with my song will I praise him.
28:8 The LORD is their strength, and he is the saving
strength of his anointed.
Psalms 118:14
The LORD is my strength and song, and is become my
salvation.
2 Samuel 22:33
God is my strength and power: And he maketh my way
perfect.
Proverbs 24:5
A wise man is strong; yea, a man of knowledge increaseth
strength.
66. Romans 5:6- For when we were yet without strength, in due time Christ died
for the ungodly.
Christ’s death occurred
at the exact planned time
according to the plan of
redemption.
Although He died in calvary more than
2000 years ago, yet that death was
sufficient to cover every human being
ever since they were “without strength”
67. To all those who
accepted Christ to
be their strength,
from Adam, the
patriarchs, the prophets, the
disciples etc Christ was a
PRESENT SAVIOUR TO THEM
just as He is to us this day
68. Romans 5:7
For scarcely for a
righteous man will one
die: yet peradventure for
a good man some would
even dare to die.
69. The word in the original Hebrew
language indicated by ‘righteous’
refers to a man who is strictly honest
and upright but having nothing
peculiarly lovable about him.
That indicated by ‘good’ refers to a
man who is kind and benevolent,
who would give all he had to feed the
poor and clothe the naked.
70. The greatest love that man can reveal to his
fellow human being is to die for him...
John 15:13
Greater love hath no man than this, that a
man lay down his life for his friends.
...Yet for this to happen, that other person
must either be ‘righteous’ or ‘good’
But for Jesus, its different. WHY?
71. Romans 5:8
But God commendeth
His love toward us, in
that, while we were yet
sinners, Christ died
for us.
72. The Acts of the Apostles pg 209 par.3
“Christ's death proves God's great love for man. It is our
pledge of salvation. To remove the cross from the Christian
would be like blotting the sun from the sky. The cross brings
us near to God, reconciling us to Him. With the relenting
compassion of a father's love, Jehovah looks upon the
suffering that His Son endured in order to save the race from
eternal death, and accepts us in the Beloved.”
Desire of Ages pg 462 par.4
“...Men hate the sinner, while they love the sin. Christ hates
the sin, but loves the sinner. This will be the spirit of all who
follow Him. Christian love is slow to censure, quick to
discern penitence, ready to forgive, to encourage, to set the
wanderer in the path of holiness, and to stay his feet
therein.”
73. Desire of Ages pg 22 par.1
“... Only by love is love
awakened.”
1 John 4:19
We love Him, because He
first loved us.
74. CHRIST AS MAN’S SUBSTITUTE.
As man’s substitute, Christ had to face the
“wrath” of God.
The word ‘Wrath’ means “The just punishment
of an offense or crime.”
Isaiah 53:10
Yet it pleased the LORD to bruise Him; He hath
put Him to grief: when thou shalt make His soul
an offering for sin, He shall see His seed, He
shall prolong His days, and the pleasure of the
LORD shall prosper in His hand.
75. Since Jesus Christ was
made sin for us the
wrath of God had to fall
upon Him.
2 Corinthians 5:21
For He hath made Him to be sin for us,
who knew no sin; that we might be made
the righteousness of God in Him.
76. Romans 5:9
Much more then, being
now justified by His
blood, we shall be
saved from wrath
through Him.
77. Romans 5:9- Much more then, being now justified by His blood, we shall
be saved from wrath through Him.
Being justified means being made “conformable” to Law.
This takes place by Faith (the Word of God working in us)
or else through the ‘Blood of Christ’
Leviticus 17:11
For the life of the flesh is in the blood:
and I have given it to you upon the
altar to make an atonement for your
souls: for it is the blood that maketh
an atonement for the soul.
Hebrews 9:22
And almost all things are by the law purged
with blood; and without shedding of blood is no remission.
78. Review and Herald,
November 23, 1897 par.2
“As the life of the body is found
in the blood, so spiritual life is
maintained through faith in the
blood of Christ. He is our life,
just as in the body our life is in
the blood...”
79. For Christ to have
“blood”, He had to
take upon Him
human nature.
80. Hebrews 2:16
For verily he took not on Him the nature of
angels; but He took on Him the seed of
Abraham.
2:17 Wherefore in all things it behoved Him
to be made like unto His brethren, that He
might be a merciful and faithful high priest in
things pertaining to God, to make
reconciliation for the sins of the people.
2:18 For in that He Himself hath suffered
being tempted, He is able to succour them
that are tempted.
81. Romans 5:9- Much more then, being now justified by His blood, we shall be saved
from wrath through Him.
The wrath spoken of here is the second death,
where the sinner shall be left to reap what he
had sown.
God reveals His wrath by ‘hiding His face’ or
‘turning away’ thus withdrawing His
protection from the sinner.
Those whose lives will be hid in Christ, shall
be saved from this wrath.
82. Great Controversy (1911) pg 36 par.1
“We cannot know how much we owe to Christ for the
peace and protection which we enjoy. It is the
restraining power of God that prevents mankind from
passing fully under the control of Satan. The
disobedient and unthankful have great reason for
gratitude for God's mercy and long-suffering in
holding in check the cruel, malignant power of the
evil one. But when men pass the limits of divine
forbearance, that restraint is removed. God does not
stand toward the sinner as an executioner of the
sentence against transgression; but He leaves the
rejectors of His mercy to themselves, to reap that
which they have sown....
83. ...Every ray of light rejected, every warning despised
or unheeded, every passion indulged, every
transgression of the law of God, is a seed sown which
yields its unfailing harvest. The Spirit of God,
persistently resisted, is at last withdrawn from the
sinner, and then there is left no power to control the
evil passions of the soul, and no protection from the
malice and enmity of Satan. The destruction of
Jerusalem is a fearful and solemn warning to all who
are trifling with the offers of divine grace and resisting
the pleadings of divine mercy. Never was there given a
more decisive testimony to God's hatred of sin and to
the certain punishment that will fall upon the guilty.”
(G.C 36)
84. Ezekiel 18:20
The soul that sinneth, it shall die. The son shall not bear the
iniquity of the father, neither shall the father bear the
iniquity of the son: the righteousness of the righteous shall
be upon him, and the wickedness of the wicked shall be
upon him.
Ezekiel 33:11
Say unto them, As I live, saith the Lord GOD, I have no
pleasure in the death of the wicked; but that the wicked turn
from his way and live: turn ye, turn ye from your evil ways;
for why will ye die, O house of Israel?
Psalms 116:15
Precious in the sight of the LORD is the death of His saints.
85. Desire of Ages pg 25 par.2
“Christ was treated as we deserve, that
we might be treated as He deserves.
He was condemned for our sins, in
which He had no share, that we might
be justified by His righteousness, in
which we had no share. He suffered the
death which was ours, that we might
receive the life which was His. "With
His stripes we are healed."