Justified by Christ’s Death

"But God commendeth His love toward us, in that,

while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us."

(Romans 5:8)

The opening of this chapter is the consequence of what is preceded in chapter 4. Justification comes through ChristWho was delivered for our offences and raised again for our justification. Therefore, being justified by Faith we have peace with God through our LORD Jesus Christ.The state of the sinner is changed. His offences were removed from him by the death of Christ. He now stands justified and by Faith he apprehends, receives, believes in that justification and the effect on him is manifold. First, it is peace with God, a sweet, solid peace in his conscience because Christ the Propitiation is brought to his conscience. Second that he now has access by Faith into the Grace of God wherein he stands. And third, he rejoices in Hope of the Glory of God. He has in himself the Substance of things hoped for, the Evidence of things not seen. Glory not seen yet an Evidence of it he possesses. Peace is felt. Entrance, introduction into the presence of God is the effect of justification by the death of Christ and more than that, so favored were these Roman Christians, that they gloried in their tribulation.