For while we were still helpless, at the right time Christ died for the ungodly. For one will hardly die for a righteous man; though perhaps for the good man someone would dare even to die. But God demonstrates His own love toward us, in that while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us. Much more then, having now been justified by His blood, we shall be saved from the wrath of God through Him. For if while we were enemies we were reconciled to God through the death of His Son, much more, having been reconciled, we shall be saved by His life. And not only this, but we also exult in God through our Lord Jesus Christ, through whom we have now received the reconciliation . . . as sin reigned in death, even so grace would reign through righteousness to eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord. (Romans 5:6-11, 21, NASB)
Did you know that we were once enemies with God? That’s what the Apostle Paul says in this passage from his letter to the Roman church. But the blood of Jesus can make friends out of us who were once His enemies. You’re ether a friend of God or you’re His enemy. I sure don’t want to be on God’s bad side!
Paul says, “while we were still helpless, at the right time Christ died for the ungodly.” God’s timing is perfect. He gave us the Law of Moses to show us how lost we are, how no one could meet God’s standard of holiness. We were helpless in our sins. There was nothing we could do to be reconciled with God. But Paul says that Jesus died for the ungodly, and that’s us before we acknowledge our sins, and ask Him to be the Lord of our lives.
Paul goes on: “But God demonstrates His own love toward us, in that while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us.” We are born sinners. Christ died for us. God loves us so much that He sent His Son to take the punishment we deserve, and to die in our place. Once we accept Jesus’ sacrifice, and call Him “Lord,” “we shall be saved from the wrath of God through Him.” Paul says we should praise God and thank Him for this reconciliation we’ve received through Jesus Christ.
Finally, as we were once dead in our sins, being “lost” for eternity, and separated from God, “even so grace would reign through righteousness to eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord.” It’s only through God’s grace that He made His plan of salvation, and it’s up to us to either accept it, or reject it. If we accept God’s gift of salvation, then we will be friends with God; but if we reject His gift, then we are His enemy. We get to decide our eternal destinies!
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