{"id":1513,"date":"2010-02-08T20:40:02","date_gmt":"2010-02-09T02:40:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ministryofgrace.org\/blog\/?p=1513"},"modified":"2010-02-08T20:40:02","modified_gmt":"2010-02-09T02:40:02","slug":"romans-59-saved-from-wrath","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ministryofgrace.org\/test\/romans-59-saved-from-wrath\/","title":{"rendered":"Romans 5:9 – Saved from Wrath"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Romans 5:9<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

Much more then, having now been justified by His blood, we shall be saved from wrath through Him.<\/span><\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n

Truth to Learn<\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

Christians will not experience the effect of God\u2019s wrath.<\/p>\n

Behind the Words<\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

The words \u201cwe shall be saved<\/span>\u201d are translated from the Greek verb s\u014ddz\u014d<\/span><\/em>, meaning \u201cto save, deliver, make whole, or preserve safe from danger.\u201d It is written here in the future tense and passive voice, indicating something that will be done to us some time in the future.<\/p>\n

\u201cWrath<\/span>\u201d is from the Greek word org\u0113<\/span><\/em>, which refers to \u201cwrath or anger as a state of mind.\u201d Aristotle said that org\u0113<\/span><\/em>, is strong desire with grief. Another word sometimes translated as \u201cwrath\u201d is thumos<\/span><\/em>, which refers to \u201cindignation, the outburst of angry actions stemming from wrath.\u201d Thus we see that org\u0113<\/span><\/em> refers to the angry feeling, not the action that stems from it.<\/span><\/p>\n

Meaning Explained<\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

In the previous verse Paul showed us the greatness of God\u2019s love for us. Though we are sinners and not good or righteous people, Christ died for us. Paul continues with, \u201cMuch more then \u2026<\/span>\u201d In other words, the statement to follow is of even greater significance.<\/p>\n

He then says, \u201chaving now been justified by His blood<\/span>.\u201d At first appearance this may seem contradictory to what Paul has just taught us in the previous chapter, that we are justified by grace, through faith. Actually, these are fully in agreement with each other because the shedding of blood is what fulfills God\u2019s law of justice making it possible for Him to mark us as righteous in His record book. As it says in Hebrews 9:22<\/span><\/strong>, \u201cwithout shedding of blood there is no remission<\/span> (of sins)<\/span>\u201d<\/p>\n

Even though God is all powerful, He can only do what is consistent with His own righteousness and law of justice. That law requires that sin must be paid for with the shedding of blood. Therefore, it is the shedding of Christ\u2019s blood on the cross, the giving of His perfect life as substitutionary payment for our sins, that permits God to declare us righteous.<\/p>\n

But Paul doesn\u2019t stop there. The \u201cMuch more then<\/span>\u201d comment doesn\u2019t refer to the shedding of Christ\u2019s blood but to the fact that, \u201cwe shall be saved from wrath through Him<\/span>.\u201d Remember, while we are still sinners Christ died for us. But much greater than the fact that He died for us while we are still sinners is the fact that because of His blood we will be saved!<\/p>\n

Once again this appears a little confusing since we refer to ourselves as having already been saved. You see, there are two aspects of our salvation. As a past and completed action we have already been marked in God\u2019s book as righteous, and legally we have already been saved from the penalty of our sins. And, as a result, in the future we will be saved from the wrath of the Almighty Judge who will judge all men. That is to say, we will appear at the Bema Seat Judgment of Christ where we will be rewarded for the things we have done for Him, not at the Great White Throne Judgment where unsaved sinners will suffer the result of the wrath of God in the lake of fire.<\/p>\n

Application<\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

For a Christian, being saved doesn\u2019t mean being saved from sin, it means being saved from the consequence of sin. It means that we will not experience God\u2019s indignation. What a blessed truth!<\/span><\/p>\n

In God\u2019s service, for His glory,<\/strong><\/p>\n

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