Taking People to Jesus: THE Savior 

Romans 5:1-11 

Romans 5:1-2 

Therefore, since we have been justified through faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ, 2 through whom we have gained access by faith into this grace in which we now stand. 

 

“Therefore” - means conclusion time. 

Romans 4:24-25 

24 but also for us, to whom God will credit righteousness—for us who believe in him who raised Jesus our Lord from the dead. 25 He was delivered over to death for our sins and was raised to life for our justification. 

 

Matthew 9: 

17 Nor is new wine put into old wineskins [that have lost their elasticity]; otherwise the wineskins burst, and the [fermenting] wine spills and the wineskins are ruined. But new wine is put into fresh wineskins, so both are preserved.” 

Luke 9:62 

 62 But Jesus said to him, “No one who puts his hand to the plow and looks back [to the things left behind] is fit for the kingdom of God.” 

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I Peter 1:3 

3 Praise be to the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ! In his great mercy he has given us new birth into a living hope through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead, 

 

I Corinthians 5:17 

17 Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, the new creation has come: The old has gone, the new is here! 

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Romans 5: 

And we boast in the hope of the glory of God. 3 Not only so, but we also glory in our sufferings, because we know that suffering produces perseverance; 4 perseverance, character; and character, hope. 5 And hope does not put us to shame, because God’s love has been poured out into our hearts through the Holy Spirit, who has been given to us. 

Everything is reframed when you have a Savior. No longer to do we look at life and say things are “good” or “bad”. Instead, we look at life and ask God “what are you doing and where do I join in”. Sit with that verse again.  

3 Not only so, but we also glory in our sufferings, because we know that suffering produces perseverance; 4 perseverance, character; and character, hope. 

 

Romans 5:6-8 

6 You see, at just the right time, when we were still powerless, Christ died for the ungodly. 7 Very rarely will anyone die for a righteous person, though for a good person someone might possibly dare to die. 8 But God demonstrates his own love for us in this: While we were still sinners, Christ died for us. 

Matthew 20: 

18 “We are going up to Jerusalem, and the Son of Man will be delivered over to the chief priests and the teachers of the law. They will condemn him to death 19 and will hand him over to the Gentiles to be mocked and flogged and crucified.

Matthew 20:21 

“Grant that one of these two sons of mine may sit at your right and the other at your left in your kingdom.” 

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Matthew 20:22-23 

22 “You don’t know what you are asking,” Jesus said to them. “Can you drink the cup I am going to drink?” 

 

Matthew 20:23 

23 Jesus said to them, “You will indeed drink from my cup, but to sit at my right or left is not for me to grant. These places belong to those for whom they have been prepared by my Father.” 

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Revelation 5:6-10 

6 Then I saw a Lamb, looking as if it had been slain, standing at the center of the throne, encircled by the four living creatures and the elders. The Lamb had seven horns and seven eyes, which are the seven spirits[a] of God sent out into all the earth. 7 He went and took the scroll from the right hand of him who sat on the throne. 8 And when he had taken it, the four living creatures and the twenty-four elders fell down before the Lamb. Each one had a harp and they were holding golden bowls full of incense, which are the prayers of God’s people. 9 And they sang a new song, saying: 

“You are worthy to take the scroll 
   and to open its seals, 
because you were slain, 
   and with your blood you purchased for God 
   persons from every tribe and language and people and nation. 
10 You have made them to be a kingdom and priests to serve our God, 
   and they will reign[b] on the earth.” 

 

Romans 5:9-11 

9 Since we have now been justified by his blood, how much more shall we be saved from God’s wrath through him! 10 For if, while 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! 11 Not only is this so, but we also boast in God through our Lord Jesus Christ, through whom we have now received reconciliation. 

Having a relationship with our Savior affords us a great love. A transformational love. A love that says I am proving that I will never leave you or forsake you. That I will be with you on Saturday as you see life in death for others. How? Here is where it turns to us.  

 

1 John 3:16; 18 

16 This is how we know what love is: Jesus Christ laid down his life for us. And we ought to lay down our lives for our brothers and sisters. 18 Dear children, let us not love with words or speech but with actions and in truth. 

Jesus loved us with actions and in truth. His love changed the whole world even when they don’t know it or see it. He changed our whole world. It is our privelege to live that out in the world. Let’s pray. 

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