Thomas Brooks, Hope can see heaven through the thickest clouds. Hope, like an anchor, is fixed on the unseen. ", God’s love comes to us as a brimming and overflowing river, in “immeasurable torrents” , in “unstinting lavishness”. As Christians, we know there is only one sure and abiding source of hope, and that is God. renders probation, which might be defended on the ground of English classical usage. According to Paul (and according to Jesus, as He says in Matthew 19:4-6), Adam and Eve were real people and what they did has a lasting effect to the present day. "I'll meet you there," he said. That’s something everyone needs! It is not only patient love which endures; it is mighty love which accomplishes. 4 And this patience is proof that we are strong. Chicago: Moody Press). Hope not only bears up the mind under sufferings but makes her rejoice in them. I’ve always said, "Put a Christian under pressure, and you’ll find out what they’re made of." Dokime is the quality of being approved and thus of having a demonstrated character… Words in this family (dokimazo, dokime, dokimos, or adokimos) emphasize that the test is designed to display the genuineness of that which is tried. The other is that the object of our faith might be fake. Some Christians live as if it was only a trickle but God wants us to know the outpouring of His love. Hope is not for suckers; it’s for you and for me! I've observed that many genuine believers experience the same mixture of feelings Job had. Denney - The experience of what God can do, or rather of what He does, for the justified amid the tribulations of this life, animates into new vigor the hope with which the life of faith begins. (Amplified Bible - Lockman), Barclay: and fortitude produces character; and character produces hope (Westminster Press), Newell: and endurance a sense of approvedness by God; and the sense of approvedness works out a state 'of hope-, Phillips: Taken in the right spirit these very things will give us patient endurance; this in turn will develop a mature (Phillips: Touchstone), NLT: And endurance develops strength of character in us, and character strengthens our confident expectation of salvation. To our amazement, a certainty grows in our hearts that God is doing his work just as he promised. Jerry Bridges, All our progress and perseverance are from God. Did not Jesus say, when the Pharisees rebuked the crowds for praising him as he rode into the city of Jerusalem on the triumphal entry -- did not he say to them, "Look, if these should hold their peace, the very stones would cry out," {cf, Lk19:40}. Geoffrey B. Wilson, Our risen and glorified Lord is himself our hope, because his triumph over sin and death provides the objective pledge of our final redemption.Geoffr ey B. Wilson, The Christian hope is not a matter for tickling our minds but for changing our lives and for influencing society. The camp commander, knowing that the man had been a stonemason, asked him if he could design a chapel for the base. He had become despondent after learning that his wife had died in Italy. Stephen Travis, Dr. Victor Frankl, an Austrian psychiatrist, observed that a prisoner did not continue to live very long after hope was lost. Greek: e de hupomone dokimen, e de dokime elpida; Amplified: And endurance (fortitude) develops maturity of character (approved faith and tried integrity). It’s the same word. Romans 4:5(NASB) Verse Thoughts The man or woman who is justified by grace through faith in Christ has been declared righteous by God - and the only criteria to be justified in the eyes of God is to believe - … Nowhere is this more true than with those who come to know Christ. More commonly in the NT it describes the quality of having stood the test. The effects of justification by faith, peace with God, Romans 5:1. Come and see." JEREMY COLLIER, When you stop hoping you are on the vestibule of hell, for there is no hope there. Each believer has the Spirit of Christ (Ro 8:9-note) in the sense that He is indwelt by the Holy Spirit (cf. It is not the product of mere circumstances. It is the power of all our service. In his letter to the Romans, the apostle Paul encourages us to "boast in our sufferings, knowing that suffering produces endurance, and endurance produces character, and character produces hope" (Romans 5:3-4, NRSV H ere is a summary of Romans chapter 5 with a Bible study and commentary. W. B. Eerdmans; Inter-Varsity Press), In a passage with a parallel thought to Romans 5:5, John records that "on the last day, the great day of the feast, Jesus stood and cried out, saying, "If any man is thirsty, let him come to Me and drink. Billy Graham, Christ wants to give you hope for the future. When all around my soul gives way,  The pouring out of divine love marks an interesting contrast with John's 9 uses of ekcheo in Revelation 16, all but one referring to a pouring out of God's wrath. —D. We endure because we hope, but "hope in hope" (like "faith in faith") is too often only a kind of self-hypnosis that keeps us from facing life honestly. The Septuagint translation has several OT passages speaking of those who hope or trust in God will be ashamed. Hope is to our spirits what oxygen is to our lungs. The Holy Spirit entered, When you go through tribulation, and your faith is tested, and if you persevere, what you get is a wonderful sense of authenticity. It is a great mistake to rely on my own recognition of the Spirit's work within me as the ground of my assurance. Than Jesus' blood and righteousness. 1:10). David wrote that "Indeed, none of those who wait ("hope" in NIV; Hebrew = qavah = to wait for and/or look for with eager expectation and confident hope) for Thee will be ashamed (Septuagint uses the root word - aischuno - be ashamed); Those who deal treacherously without cause will be ashamed. But vain the word; vain, vain: Let me share with you a brief word from Amy Carmichael; some of you know of her great work out in India. . (Phillips: Touchstone). On the atoning blood, If we could see suffering from God’s point of view, we would stand up and rejoice in our suffering. Ernst Hoffmann, Hope is the mother of patience. Being justified by faith he has peace with God. To say that we hope for the return of the Lord is not to say that we are uncertain about His coming. It is used of coinage as we use the word sterling. Here it can only be the latter: tried integrity, a state of mind which has stood the test. Baker Book, Morris, L. The Epistle to the Romans. You have "proof" that your faith is real for it has been tested and has stood the test. It proves the fact that we’ve been justified by our faith. Biblical hope is unique; it’s a confident trust in God and what He is doing in the world and in our lives. D. L. Moody. God's Word Translation paraphrases it as "We're not ashamed to have this confidence. Although I try not to be shocked by the things I see these days, I was caught off-balance by the message on the woman’s T-shirt as she walked past me in the mall. Romans 5:4. ὑπομονὴν κατεργάζεται : has as its fruit, or effect, endurance. Not just our faith, but what we put our faith in. In Romans 5, Paul said that "we rejoice in hope of the glory of God" (Ro 5:2), "glory in tribulations" (Ro 5:3), and "rejoice in God through our Lord Jesus Christ" (Ro 5:11). God is my strength and power, and He makes my way perfect. The result: When that same rat was placed in the water again (after a little rest), it kicked and swam for hours. Not in forgetting lieth peace. I’ve been justified by faith; therefore, He lives in me (Col 1:27, Gal 2:20). Note the progression in these verses from faith (Ro 5:1) to hope (Ro 5:2, 3, 4, 5) to love (Ro 5:5; cf. The idea of dokime is that when you put the metal through a fiery test and if it comes out on the other side "persevering and enduring", you call the metal proven, authentic or genuine. 1986. If you fall, don’t give up, get up. Why? But most ancients—Hebrews, Greeks, and many others—considered the heart to be the center of knowledge, understanding, thinking, and wisdom. Assurance is by the word of the truth of the gospel. Hope is the anchor of the soul, and the stimulus to action and achievement. Alexander Pope said that it "springs eternal in the human breast." It’s a proving of something. Hope makes us confident. And the thing that sustained his hope was the love of his family and many friends as they stood by him. W. T. Purkiser, From Christ’s death flow all our hopes. Soon as my all I ventured The world would stand up and defy everything I am saying. That’s the difference between a person in the world and a person who knows Jesus Christ. Through the Holy Spirit - This is the first mention of love and the first mention of the Holy Spirit in believers in Romans (cf Ro 1:4-note). My hope is built on nothing less  Dokime - 7x in 6v - NAS = ordeal(1), proof(2), proven character(2), proven worth(1), test(1). Because - When you see a conjunction like because, remember that it signifies that the writer is providing the grounds or basis for a previous statement (or group of statements). I am not saved by what goes on within myself. CHAPTER 5 Faith, Hope, and Love. The empty places -- In the one case, the mind acts (as they say) objectively; in the other, subjectively. (MacArthur, J: Ephesians. Then listen to God's voice through the Scriptures. —D C McCasland (Our Daily Bread, Copyright RBC Ministries, Grand Rapids, MI. The Bible is not a spiritual mail-order catalog, but in its pages we vividly see ourselves both as we are today and as we hope to be. Faith is to dance to it. They dread dying. How many Christians are fighting against the very thing God is trying to use to prove Himself, who you are and what He has given you in the Holy Spirit of God? That is the sense of dokime in Romans 5:3,4. He will ever be mindful of his covenant.". If you read that without knowing Romans, you would think he had lost his mind. Baker Book), Morris adds that "the Christian who has been tested has proved God’s faithfulness and will surely hope the more confidently." To Thee they cried out, and were delivered; In Thee they trusted, and were not disappointed (Septuagint = ashamed = kataischuno) (Psalm 22:4, 5). Whatever we are like today, we know that in Christ we have a living hope, and it will not end in disappointment. When you depend upon the Lord you find something out about yourself, but you also find out something about Him that you could have known in no other way. He told me Doris was going into labor and to get her into the car and take her to the emergency room right away. C. S. Lewis, ’Tis always morning somewhere. Your baby is going to be seriously malformed." Anon. Harry Ironside observes that " In Romans 1 (Ro 1:4-note). When a silversmith melted silver he would put it into a pot and heat that pot and heat that pot. That’s the difference. Pressure is God’s classroom. William Gouge, Perhaps the greatest psychological, spiritual, and medical need that all people have is the need for hope. Out of patient endurance springs fragrant Christian experience, as the soul learns how wonderfully Christ can sustain in every circumstance. There is something deeply wrong when we have become so naturalistic and so psychologized that we think a person with a traumatic, abusive background cannot know the love of God experientially. Chicago: Moody Press), Constable writes that in this verse we see "The fourth benefit of justification therefore is the indwelling Holy Spirit. One night, about six months into the pregnancy, something went wrong, and I called the doctor. Although packing His bags to leave, He promised to return for them. Ernst Hoffmann, There can be no hope without faith in Christ, for hope is rooted in him alone. The heart was considered to be the seat of the mind and will, and it could be taught what the brain could never know. Faith without hope would, by itself, be empty and futile. Assurance is by the word of the truth of the gospel. 5 And hope does not put us to shame, because God’s love has been poured out into our hearts through the Holy Spirit, who has been given to us. Hope for the best; get ready for the worst; then take what God chooses to send. (Romans Commentary), The Holy Spirit (Click for nice summary) is the mysterious third Person of the Trinity through Whom God acts, reveals His will, empowers individuals, and discloses His personal presence in the Old and New Testament. The Spirit within sheds God’s love to us and through us. Disappoint (2617) (Kataischuno from katá = down but here intensifies meaning of verb aischúno = to shame) means primarily to put to shame, to humiliate, to disgrace (1Cor 11:4, 5) and (as used in the present verse) to disappoint or to frustrate one's hope (Ro 9:33-note, Ro 10:11-note, 1Pe 2:6-note). Wayne Barber explains proven character noting that…. Furthermore, then, no matter how much the world or worldly Christians may avoid or deride us, this hopefulness is not "ashamed, " or is not "put to shame": because there is supplied the inward and wonderful miracle of the consciousness of God's love shed abroad in our hearts through that second mighty gift of God to us (Christ Himself being the first), -the indwelling Holy Spirit. Not in endeavor lieth peace. But when that inward meekness, which is infused by the Spirit of God, and the consolation, which is conveyed by the same Spirit, succeed in the place of our stubbornness, then tribulations become the means of generating patience; yea, those (same) tribulations, which in the obstinate can produce nothing but indignation and clamorous discontent." Jerry Bridges, True grace always produces vigilance rather than complacency; it always produces perseverance rather than indolence. But when we trust God, hope abounds by the power of the Holy Spirit. Hope (1680) (elpis) in Scripture is not the world's definition of "I hope so", with a few rare exceptions (e.g., Acts 27:20) Hope is defined as a desire for some future good with the expectation of obtaining it. (Ro 8:35-note). That’s the most incredible message in Romans 5 for the believer that you can find. Suffering builds Christ-like character, a character that has been tested and received God's seal of approval! You have a perfect baby boy. No one is hopeless whose hope is in God's Word. I can endure, but I can't rejoice. (Read Romans 5:15-19) Through one man's offence, all mankind are exposed to eternal condemnation. Once Peter came to the Lord, trying, in his blindness, to defend Christ, and Christ said to him, ""Simon, Simon, behold, Satan has demanded permission to sift you like wheat; but I have prayed for you, that your faith may not fail; and you, when once you have turned again, strengthen your brothers" {cf, Lk 22:31,32}. Now that we are His children, surely He will love us much more. - C H Spurgeon, As God is the author of our salvation, so Christ is the embodiment of our hope. * 1 Therefore, since we have been justified by faith, we have peace * with God through our Lord Jesus Christ, a 2 through whom we have gained access [by faith] to this grace in which we stand, and we boast in hope of the glory of God. When the silversmith could look into the pot and see himself, then he would cool the fire. and experience, hope; hope is a gift of God's grace, and is implanted in regeneration, but abounds, increases, and becomes more strong and lively by experience of the love, grace, mercy, power, and faithfulness of God. The tests are always unexpected things, not great things that can be written up, but the common little rubs of life, silly little nothings, things you are ashamed of minding (at all) (Ed: As I disciple men and women, I refer to these as "Pop Tests", for most people have experienced these in school. It is by tribulation that we make an experiment of our own sincerity, and therefore such tribulations are called trials. When they least expected it, He would walk up the front path, climb the porch steps, and knock boldly on the door. Harry Ironside explains that "tribulation worketh patience" if we accept it as from our loving Lord Himself, knowing it is for our blessing. Through him we have also obtained access by faith into this grace in which we stand, and we rejoice in … He is a heart-eye opener to the ravishing reality that in the death of Christ for us, God loved us infinitely. When Shadrack, Meshack and Abednego went through the fiery furnace in the book of Daniel, the only things that burned on them were the things that bound them. —Mote. God doesn't need us to do the work that he wants done in the world. When we get discouraged, we can talk to ourselves as David did: "Why are you cast down, 0 my soul? Praise God! This hope is based on nothing less than Jesus' blood and righteousness and so dear believer…. Why meddle in life's riot? Hope is confident expectancy. Now that we are His children, surely He will love us more. Whatever you have to give up because of your faith-- friends, reputation, chances for advancement--you have hope of something better awaiting you. Peter proclaimed a sure hope because of Christ's resurrection (1 Peter 1:3) and challenged everyone to be ready to give a reason for that hope (3:15). Romans 4:4-5dropdownNew International Versiondropdown. Never Give Up Hope - For the first decade of our marriage, my wife, Doris, and I hoped passionately for a child. Another medical man was called for consultation. So when Peter encouraged them to "set [their] hope fully on the grace to be given [them] when Jesus Christ is revealed" (1Peter 1:13), they took his advice to heart. When he was suffering and feeling that death would come soon, he experienced mixed feelings -- dread, despair, and hope. Not only is it true that it triumphs because it knows and believes God. The more accurate rendering is proof or approval. Hope is one of the three evidences of salvation—faith, hope, and love—referred to by the apostle Paul throughout the epistles (see 1 Corinthians 13:13; Colossians 1:4-5; 1 Thessalonians 1:3). He says that God has provided a remedy for this kind of doubt and fretting. (Wiersbe, W: Bible Exposition Commentary. It means to prove something, approve something. Shut be my door to pain. "Malformed? (Acts 10:45). We have peace with God (verse 1). The heart is the center of the personality, and it controls the intellect, emotions, and will. But here he simply says, your hope, rooted in the genuineness of your proven faith, will not disappoint you. What if we make it through tribulation with proven faith and growing hope, and in the end that hope proves to have been built on sand? God must be a cruel god to make us live like we live." Romans 5:4 and perseverance, proven character; and proven character, hope; 2Corinthians 2:9 For to this end also I wrote, so that I might put you to the test, whether you are obedient in all things. He wondered how he could get them to even look at him. They may not bury you for a while, but without hope you're dead. But vain the word; vain, vain: Not vain the word, not vain, When you go through tribulation, and your faith is tested, and it bears up under the load of the difficult circumstance and results in the finished product, a wonderful sense of authenticity. (Romans 5), Leon Morris - While the reference is surely to the love God has for us, we should not overlook the truth that the Spirit’s pouring of God’s love into our hearts is a creative act. This is the first mention of the Spirit's work in the believer. Suffering, persecution, you name it. Lesson 26: Exulting in Trials (Romans 5:3-5) Related Media I always dread preaching about suffering, because as I have told you, preaching is a lot like throwing a boomerang. This time, as the poor rodent neared exhaustion after about 35 minutes, the scientists rescued it. Cranfield - To have one's faith proved by God in the fires of tribulation and sustained by Him so as to stand the test is to have one's hope in Him and in the fulfilment of His promises, one's hope of His glory (Ro 5:2), strengthened and confirmed. (2Th 2:16,17), John Piper writes that that Paul addresses two threats to the assurance of our salvation "One was that our faith might be fake, and the fire of tribulation is a gift to prove us and show us to ourselves that we are real. ", The Book Of Hope: Writing in Texas Co-Op Power magazine, Donna Chapman described the excitement generated on her family's farm in the 1940s by the arrival of the Montgomery Ward catalog. No matter what the doctor said, we were not going to give up hope. No amount of suffering can separate us from the Lord, for as Paul asks "Who (or what) shall separate us from the love of Christ? trials (peirasmos), that the proof (dokimon) of your faith, being more precious than gold which is perishable, even though tested by fire, may be found to result in praise and glory and honor at the revelation of Jesus Christ" (1Pe 1:6, 7-see notes 1Pe 1:6; 1:7). This hope we have as an anchor of the soul, a hope both sure and steadfast and one which enters within the veil, where Jesus has entered as a forerunner for us, having become a high priest forever according to the order of Melchizedek. Then the ad comes: "Buy Sock'em Tires! They are the hidden ingredients in any prescription." We're broken. “ Abraham believed God, and it was credited 4 to him as righteousness.” 5 4 Now to the one who works, his pay is not credited due to grace but due to obligation. J. Gresham Machen, Apart from the bright hope of the gospel everything would be meaningless. This isn't what he is interested in. (Vine, W. Collected writings of W. E. Vine. All rights reserved), A strong defense to guard the soul Billy Graham, Christ’s second coming reminds us that ultimately our hope is not in this world and its attempts to solve its problems, but in Christ’s promise to establish His perfect rule over all the earth. William Gurnall, The Christian’s hope is like a rainbow. (1Th 5:18-note). But this isn't any pretense. BECAUSE THE LOVE OF GOD HAS BEEN POURED OUT: hoti e agape tou theou ekkechutai (3SRPI): Note Paul's transition from faith (Ro 5:1, 2-see notes Ro 5:1; 5:2) to hope (Ro 5:2, 4, 5-see notes Ro 5:2; 5:4; 5:5), to love (Ro 5:5-note). He is coming again. But for a believer hope does not make the heart sick nor disappoint because God’s love is poured within our hearts. The Holman Bible Dictionary writes that…, Of the eighty-seven times that the Spirit is described as wind, thirty-seven describe the wind as the agent of God, mostly baneful, and ever strong and intense. God hath depleted Jesus Christ is an atonement, Romans 5:11. His love in our hearts is like a shower of rain soaking parched ground. But vain the word; vain, vain: Dokime refers to a person who has successfully sustained the fiery test (eg, Timothy - Php 2:22-note). So, the T-shirt had it wrong. In a parallel truth, Peter encourages his suffering readers "In this you greatly rejoice, even though now for a little while, if (since it is) necessary (to prepare us for glory), you have been distressed by various ("sized and shaped" - same word in 1Pe 4:10 describes "manifold grace" - right size and shape of grace for every trial!) It works an experience of ourselves. But here is hope that we will share the glory of God, which is God's character, right now. Crossway Books), MacArthur adds that "In most modern cultures, the heart is thought of as the seat of emotions and feelings. We give the impression that knowing the love of God is really a matter of good upbringing. William Gurnall, The nearer to heaven in hopes, the farther from earth in desires. Through Isaiah Jehovah issues the sure promise…, Behold, I am laying in Zion a stone, a tested stone, a costly cornerstone for the foundation, firmly placed. "Ah! Paul also used ekcheo one other time in Romans to describe unbelievers whose…, feet are swift to shed (ekcheo) blood (Ro 3:15-note), Poured out speaks of the inexhaustible abundance of the supply and is reminiscent of the copious provision for the thirsty children of Israel in the wilderness…. (Isaiah 28:16 - quoted in 1Pe 2:6-note), "This hope does not prove illusory" (Sanday and Headlam). Not so passive s troubles fade in the New Testament hope carries unconditional certainty on my own recognition of Spirit! 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