The Weary World Rejoices - Peace (Advent 2)

Weekly Podcast from Cornerstone Church, North Gower, Ontario. 

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The Passage: Romans 5:1-8

The One Thing: Look back. Look down. Look ahead. 

• G1 Romans 5:1 talks about having “peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ”. If Jesus is our route to peace with God, what is our status with God outside of Jesus Christ?  Why do we need peace with God? What is peace with God? 
• G2 Rom 5:2-3 “And we kauchaomai (boast) in the hope of the glory of God. 3 Not only so, but we also “kauchaomai” (glory / boast) in our sufferings”. The same word (kauchaomai or “boast”) is used to describe how we respond to the “hope of the glory of God” and how we respond to “suffering”. How can this be? 
  G3 Rom 5:3-4: “suffering produces perseverance; 4 perseverance, character; and character, hope”. In the context of this verse, imagine a world without suffering? What would that world look like? How can these verses be a solid encouragement for someone who is suffering?  
• G4 Why is the Holy Spirit such a key part to us having a “hope that does not put us to shame” (v 5) 
• G5 We look back at the peace Jesus won for us. We stand in the grace of a right relationship with God. And we move forward in hope of glory. “Look back at peace; stand in grace; move forward in hope”. Ask God to show you which of these He wants to make real in your life at this moment.