Romans 5:5 and Conclusion

“Hope that does not disappoint”

The final thing that Paul mentions in that tribulation produces is “hope that does not disappoint.” This hope is referring back to verse two where Paul says “We boast in the hope of the glory of God.” When believers go through tribulation, it grows their hope, but Paul takes this a step further, and says that this hope that is produced in the believer’s life does not disappoint. “The more a believer pursues holiness, the more he is persecuted and troubled and the greater will be his hope as he is sustained through it all by God’s powerful grace.”[1]

“Love of God”

Paul is starting to move into the next section, where he talks about God’s love for believers, and he says that the hope produced in the believer will not disappoint because they have God’s love in their hearts. It is because of God’s love that believers have been given the gift of justification because Jesus died for them when they were sinners (Romans 5:8). Paul does not just stop at God’s love being in the believer’s heart; he goes further than that and says, “the love of God has been poured out within our hearts.” “Our heavenly Father does not proffer His love in measured drops but in immeasurable torrents.”[2]

Conclusion

Believers will go through challenging times of trials, persecutions, and tribulations, but God does not leave them to go through it alone. He helps them and gives them hope for when they face these trials. In Romans 5:1-5, Paul tells the believers in the church in Rome that they can have hope during the fire and the trials they face and that hope is the assurance of their salvation. When they face these tribulations, they will have peace and can boast about it because they realize that the trial is part of becoming more like Christ. This brings hope that does not disappoint because they know that one day, they will be rid of and freed from this world of sin and hurt.

FOOTNOTES:

[1] MacArthur, The MacArthur Commentary,  283.

[2] Ibid.