PRELUDE: It is my desire to bring forward this information. Please note that the commentary offered are quotes by Matthew Henry (1662- 1714).

SPIRITUAL FOUNDATION!

Romans 5:3-5
[3]And not only so, but we glory in tribulations also: knowing that tribulation worketh patience;
[4]And patience, experience; and experience, hope:
[5]And hope maketh not ashamed; because the love of God is shed abroad in our hearts by the Holy Ghost which is given unto us.

OBSERVATION!

And those who have hope for the glory of God hereafter have enough to rejoice in now. Tribulation worketh patience, not in and of itself, but the powerful grace of God working in and with the tribulation.

Patient sufferers have most of the Divine consolations, which abound as afflictions abound. It works needful experience of ourselves. This hope will not disappoint because it is sealed with the Holy Spirit as a Spirit of love.

COMMENTARY!

A blessed change takes place in the sinner’s state when he becomes a true believer, whatever he has been. Being justified by faith, he has peace with God. The holy, righteous God cannot be at peace with a sinner while under the guilt of sin. Justification takes away the guilt, and so makes way for peace. This is through our Lord Jesus Christ; through him as the great Peace-maker, the Mediator between God and man. The saints’ happy state is a state of grace.

CLOSING OBSERVATION!

The saints’ happy state is a state of grace. Into this grace we are brought, which teaches that we were not born in this state. We could not have got into it of ourselves, but we are led into it, as pardoned offenders. Therein we stand, a posture that denotes perseverance; we stand firm and safe, upheld by the power of God.

Robert a humble obedient servant to Yeshua and his Father in heaven Yahewa. And all of God’s children say Amen and Amen