Romans 5 pt 2

Romans 5:12-21

Intro

Thank P. Brad

Romans 5:12-15

Romans 5:12–15 NASB 2020

Therefore, just as through one man sin entered into the world, and death through sin, and so death spread to all mankind, because all sinned—for until the Law sin was in the world, but sin is not counted against anyone when there is no law. Nevertheless death reigned from Adam until Moses, even over those who had not sinned in the likeness of the violation committed by Adam, who is a type of Him who was to come. But the gracious gift is not like the offense. For if by the offense of the one the many died, much more did the grace of God and the gift by the grace of the one Man, Jesus Christ, overflow to the many.

Have you ever tried to resolve an issue but ended up adding to the problem?

You know this might be something serious that you can think of but it makes me think of Legos & Ikea furniture.

I might be on step 58 and realize that I did something wrong in step two. Do I go backwards? No. I try to fix it where its at and end up messing it up.

From the very start it was wrong, therefore, I needed to go back to the start.

Maybe you feel like this in your life? That everything is so messed up that it feels so overwhelming where there’s nothing that can fix it.

Lets take a look at the first few steps to see where it went wrong.

From the very beginning of our lives, we’re born into sin.

That sin entered the world through Adam resulting in the consequence of death. We experience death on earth, because of sin. God’s intention was for us to walk with Him here on earth and not experience death…. or suffering or pain for that matter.

Before Jesus, there wasn’t a simple fix for sin. The Law only exposed our sin but didn’t give us the means to fix it.

Sin corrupts the very core. There isn’t anything we can patch, there isn’t a few things that we can change, there isn’t a step we can take to altar or fix that. Just like when you start something out wrong and have to go back to the start.

God created us to be perfect and in relationship with Him, but we were corruptible. God is perfect and incorruptible.

When sin entered, God separated Himself from it with a desire and plan to bring us back into relationship with Him.

If you feel separated from God, its because of sin. Sin separates us and we were born into it.

The more we live apart from God, the more we sin and the closer we are to death.

God yearns for that relationship to be restored. He’s perfect and wants a perfect relationship with us, His creation.

Instead of trying fix it, He creates something new. He gives us new life.

The first human, Adam brought sin into the world.

Now, He creates a second Adam who will bring about a new humanity.

Its a gift.

Romans 5:16-17

Romans 5:16–17 NASB 2020

The gift is not like that which came through the one who sinned; for on the one hand the judgment arose from one offense, resulting in condemnation, but on the other hand the gracious gift arose from many offenses, resulting in justification. For if by the offense of the one, death reigned through the one, much more will those who receive the abundance of grace and of the gift of righteousness reign in life through the One, Jesus Christ.

Two men. God created one from the dust to be the flesh.

The other, God took on flesh to be the sacrifice for our sin.

Both had a choice that changed humanity.

One man’s sin changed the course of humanity.

Because of that, we’re born into sin and its consequences.

The sins we commit here on earth are anything that separates us from God.

I want us to leave behind the idea that we carry some weight that Jesus couldn’t handle.

Jesus already took on your sin and conemnation and shame on the cross.

If we’d die today without knowing Jesus, we’d answer for all of our sins in hell. Which is a real place.

Adam’s sin changed the course of humanity, but Jesus’s sacrifice created a new humanity.

Many died from Adam’s sin. But grace was recieved and overflowed to many.

In Jesus, we receive not the alternative to death, but life and grace in abundance that overflows. Instead of a sever punishment, we receive a reward.

Do you know how good this is?

If I offer my kids an opportunity to do something good, they want to know what the alternative is. “Well what else is there?”

There might be people who get saved because they’re so scared of hell, but hearing heaven’s reward is so great, we shouldn’t even need to know the alternative.”

The knowledge of grace and the consequences withheld is enough. Or it should be enough to those who hear.

Romans 5:18-21

Romans 5:18–21 NASB 2020

So then, as through one offense the result was condemnation to all mankind, so also through one act of righteousness the result was justification of life to all mankind. For as through the one man’s disobedience the many were made sinners, so also through the obedience of the One the many will be made righteous. The Law came in so that the offense would increase; but where sin increased, grace abounded all the more, so that, as sin reigned in death, so also grace would reign through righteousness to eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord.

There is such thing as a propitiate response to aggression.

If another nation would attack us, we would proportionally respond. Typically a little more severe than they attacked us.

Pearl Harbor, 9/11. Both instances when we were attacked and responded with war.

You know that when we sin, we are attacking God. When the first sin entered the world, God had to separate us because we made ourselves enemies with God and He could not just walk with us like He once did. There were consequences…. death. But what we deserved was the full wrath of God. But He, being capable, showed mercy and planned to rescue us.

But God had a plan to not stop there. But not for more destruction. But for a plan of redemption.

We went to war after Pearl Harbor because we were attacked with many planes that killed our people.

We didn’t go to war because they called us names or did something harmless. That would be a disproportionate response.

Jesus response to our sin becomes disproportionate when He responds. But instead of a response that is out of proportion in aggression, He takes the opposite approach.

You see because of Jesus, when we sin and come to Him, His response is grace. It’s disproportionate in the way that He gives us undeserved favor.

Think about the heaviness of this. Because its not an excuse to sin. Its the way that God’s plan of redemption unfolds.

Our sin separates us from God.

Our redemption from Jesus brings grace to our sin God is present when grace is recieved.

Receive it today.

Closing

Where your sin is today, His grace abounds.

You can find your new life in Christ.

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