August 9th, the end of the Gospel, since therefore we have now been justified by his blood.

Much more shall we be saved by him from the wrath of God.

For if while we were enemies, we were reconciled to God by the death of his son.

Much more now that we are reconciled, shall we be saved by his life.

More than that, we also rejoice in God.

Through our Lord Jesus Christ, through whom we have now received reconciliation,

Romans 5, 9 to 11. What do we need to be saved from?

Verse 9 states it clearly, the wrath of God.

Since therefore we have now been justified by his blood, much more shall we be saved by him

from the wrath of God. But is that the highest, best, fullest, most satisfying prize of the Gospel?

No, verse 10 says, much more shall we be saved by his life than verse 11 takes it all the way up

to the ultimate end and goal of the Gospel. More than that, we also rejoice in God.

That is the final and highest good of the good news.

There is not another more than that, after that.

There is only Paul's saying how we got there. Through our Lord Jesus Christ, through whom we have

now received reconciliation, the end of the Gospel is we rejoice in God.

The highest, fullest, deepest, sweetest good of the Gospel is God himself,

enjoyed by his redeemed people. God in Christ became the price,

Romans 5, 6 to 8, and God in Christ became the price, Romans 5, 11.

The Gospel is the good news that God bought us for the everlasting enjoyment of God.