Romans 5
Volume 4: Assurance
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Weight | 1.28 lbs |
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Dimensions | 8.8 × 5.75 × 1 in |
ISBN | 9780851510507 |
Binding | Cloth-bound |
Topic | Assurance, Salvation |
Original Pub Date | 1971 |
Banner Pub Date | Jun 1, 1998 |
Recent Pub Date Year | 1998 |
Page Count | 384 |
Scripture | Romans |
Format | Book |
Set | Romans |
Book Description
Dr. Lloyd-Jones saw Romans 5 as a central chapter in the entire letter. Here is Paul’s exposition of the blessings of justification by faith; but here too, the cosmic roots of our salvation are traced back to Christ.
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Preface | xi | |
1. | One | 1 |
Analysis of chapters 5-8, showing that the main theme is not sanctification but the certainty of final salvation - chapter 5: 1-11: the consequences of justification - through our Lord Jesus Christ - 'peace with God' before 'the peace of God' | ||
2. | Two | 14 |
The manward and Godward sides of 'peace with God' - six tests of our justification - peace and assurance - the characteristics of true and false peace | ||
3. | Three | 30 |
Access to God - our once-for-ever introduction into the state of grace - its privileges and blessings - the security of our standing - boldness and assurance | ||
4. | Four | 44 |
Boasting and exulting in hope - 'the glory of God' - glorification and physical resurrection - 'glory begun below' - the sense of glory | ||
5. | Five | 59 |
The Christian's reaction to trials contrasted with that of the cults - not resignation-but glorying - understanding God's purpose in trials - the final result | ||
6. | Six | 74 |
Hope leads not to shame but to overcoming - the direct, experimental assurance of God's love - supporting testimonies - exhortation to seek this knowledge of God's love | ||
7. | Seven | 89 |
The Holy Spirit and assurance - the proof of God's working within us - the guarantee of our perseverance in faith - the evidence of the Spirit's presence by his work in us | ||
8. | Eight | 102 |
Verses 6-8 an exposition of the Father's love - no conflict with his justice - God's love commended in relation to the time, the sending and death of Christ and the character of those saved | ||
9. | Nine | 116 |
God's love for sinners - the meaning of ungodliness - the righteous man and the good man - the death of Christ - God's love the ground of our assurance | ||
10. | Ten | 128 |
'Much more then' - salvation past, present and future - Christ's blood the ground of our justification - the finality of God's pronouncement of justification | ||
11. | Eleven | 140 |
Further argument from the greater to the lesser - objective and subjective aspects of enmity - the necessity of Christ's death for reconciliation - the security of those who have been grafted into Christ | ||
12. | Twelve | 154 |
Glorying in God and causes of not doing so - inadequate understanding of justification by faith - lack of meditation - failure to reason from the Scriptures - self-examination and rejoicing | ||
13. | Thirteen | 169 |
New section - connection with preceding verses - linked especially with 'in his life' - passage seen as an introduction to chapters 6-8 - the two heads of the human race - the importance of the section | ||
14. | Fourteen | 183 |
General analysis of the passage - comparison and contrast of Christ with Adam - the universality of sin and death - the contrary explanations of evolutionary philosophy and the Bible | ||
15. | Fifteen | 198 |
The meaning of 'all have sinned' - the imputation of Adam's sin - the parallel with the imputation of Christ's righteousness - the doctrine of original sin | ||
16. | Sixteen | 213 |
Our relationship to Adam - the realistic view and the federal view - the authority of the apostles defended - Adam the type of Christ, the similarities and the differences | ||
17. | Seventeen | 226 |
The contrasts between Adam and Christ - wages and the free gift - the certainty and abundance of God's grace - blessings gained more than Adam lost | ||
18. | Eighteen | 240 |
Universalism, the 'one' and the 'many' - Biblical usage and contextual limits - Paul concerned with the connection, not with numbers - dangers of speculation | ||
19. | Nineteen | 253 |
One offence and many offences - condemnation and justification - the reign of death - the gift of righteousness and our reign in life | ||
20. | Twenty | 267 |
The judicial effects of Adam's sin - the judicial effects of Christ's obedience - our position in Christ, no longer in Adam - the Christian's assurance in spite of sin | ||
21. | Twenty-one | 281 |
The function of the Law - increasing man's knowledge of sin - convicting of sin - inciting to sin - bringing men to Christ - the necessity for a law-work | ||
22. | Twenty-two | 297 |
The superabundance of grace - the source of assurance and joy - man under sin's dominion - sin's reign in modem society - sin and death | ||
23. | Twenty-three | 313 |
The reign of grace - the activity of grace - the inauguration of the kingdom of grace - grace and righteousness - reverence and boldness | ||
24. | Twenty-four | 326 |
The programme of the reign of grace - seen in Biblical history, prophecy and church history - seen in the individual, in the 'ordo salutis' - the power of grace | ||
25. | Twenty-five | 341 |
The power of the reign of grace - spiritual death and irresistible grace - the powerful work of grace in every part of salvation - indelible grace | ||
26. | Twenty-six | 356 |
The munificence of grace - the ultimate victory of grace - the One who makes this reign possible - the triumph of grace in Christ's Kingship |
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