Welcome to the Bible Study. I'm Stephen Lawson, president of One Passion Ministries.

And each week I will teach verse by verse through the passage of scripture

so that you can better understand the word of God

and put it into practice in your life. Join me now as we look together into this

section of the Bible.

So we're in Romans chapter 5 guys. So come with me to Romans chapter 5.

Come with me to Romans chapter 5 you know where we are and as we look at this today I've

got to tell you the big idea is the blessings or the benefits of justification.

And we're looking at verses 135 of Romans chapter 5.

And there are five benefits, blessings of justification that Paul brings out.

And the first we looked at last time in verse one,

therefore having been justified by faith,

we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ.

That's the first benefit.

And this clearly implies that before we had peace with God, we had no peace with

God. We were born into a state of war. We were at entity with God. And what what is worse God was at entity with us. He has

indignation with the wicked every day and that's the first benefit that we have

we have moved from a state of hostility with God

to now at peace with God.

Now today we come to the second benefit of justification

and it is access to God, access to God.

Access to God.

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