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six items are part of the result of God's justifi cation. Do you want God's love and grace? Do you desire peace and hope? Do you want to share the divine, eternal life of God and be in His glory? For all these matters you need justifica tion. All of them are our portion as the issue of God's justification.
Along with these six significant words, we have three wonderful Persons. (Although I do not like the term "Persons" because it has been inaccurately understood in the teachings on the Trinity, yet there is no term more adequate in our human language to use in relation to the Godhead.) In Romans 5:1-11 we see the three Persons of the Triune God. Verse 5 speaks of the Holy Spirit, telling us that the Holy Spirit has poured out the love of God into our hearts. Then verse 6 tells us that while we were yet weak and ungodly, Christ died for us. Finally, verse 11 says that now we boast in God. The King James Ver sion reads, "joy in God," meaning that God has become our enjoyment. We joy, boast, exult, and glory in God because He is our enjoyment. Thus, Romans 5 unveils six wonderful things and three wonderful Persons. We have love, grace, peace, hope, life, and glory. As a result of God's justifi cation, we have the Holy Spirit, Christ, and God