Charles Spurgeon Commentary Romans 5

Therefore being justified by faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ:

This verse deserves to be printed in letters of gold. If you can truthfully say this, if it is indeed true of you, you are the happiest people under heaven. Let us read the verse again: Therefore being justified by faith we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ:

Therefore being justified by faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ:

These are matters of fact; not of fanatical delusion, but of logical conclusion, for Paul begins with a therefore. God's people are justified on solid grounds, on reasonable grounds, on grounds that will bear the test even of the last great judgment day.

therefore, being – now, at the present time, this very moment, – justified by faith, we have peace: not only we hope to have it, and trust we shall have it, but we have it.

We have peace, – not only peace of conscience, and peace with our fellow-men, but we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ:. Mark that; we have it.

O dear people of God, do not be satisfied unless you can talk in this confident fashion: therefore being justified by faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ:.

Therefore-

The apostle Paul had the logical faculty largely developed, so his writings are full of "therefores." And the Christian religion, as a whole, stands logically connected–doctrine with doctrine, truth with truth. Error is inconsistent with itself, but truth is consistent, logical, and unerring. "Therefore"–

Being justified by faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ: (Romans 5:1).

Are you enjoying that peace, dear friend, at this moment? If you are, indeed, justified by faith, you are at peace with God. Therefore, know it, and feel no uneasiness. Draw near to God as a dear child might to a loving father. We have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ:

Therefore being justified by faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ:

We have it tonight. We enjoy it. We delight in it, through our Lord Jesus Christ.

Through our Lord Jesus Christ: by whom also we have access by faith into this grace wherein we stand, and rejoice in hope of the glory of God.

So we ascend this golden ladder, from faith to peace, from peace to access with God, and from this to joy through hope. Happy people, who know this blessed way of climbing out of the sorrows of the present into the glory that shall be revealed!