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Introduction
There are certain people that have the credibility to say certain things.
For example, if I were to tell you that I believe definitively that you have leukemia you would rightly disregard my assertion.
However, if your oncologist gave you this prognosis, you would believe every word he had to say and you would, no doubt, do whatever he said regarding treatment!
Why the difference?
Credibility!
I have zero credibility in the area of oncology.
The oncologist has tons of credibility because of his training, certification and experience.
There is one who has ultimate credibility in all things but especially in the area of beating death and receiving eternal life.
And this One is Jesus Christ.
Introduction
Introduction
What a great question!
Do you believe that Jesus Christ is the resurrection and the life?
If you truly believe this, then you are a follower of Jesus!
If you do not believe in Christ’s resurrection you are not His follower.
I am not here today to convince you that Jesus has been raised from the dead.
There is a mountain of evidence available to you proving this to be the case that is beyond a shadow of a doubt.
If you are serious about discovering this, I would be more than happy to help you after the service.
What is the Hearer’s problem?
I am not here to convince you, but I am here to proclaim based on the credibility and authority of the One who has authority over all things that HE HAS RISEN, HE HAS RISEN INDEED!
What is the Biblical Solution?
Just as He said He would.
And you must understand something, because of His death, burial and resurrection you and I need to understand that this changes EVERYTHING!
The Gospel changes everything...
What do the hearers need to know?
Change is the business that God is in!
Main Textual Idea:
Main Sermon Idea: Jesus Changes Everything and He Wants to Change You!!
And there are three ways that I want to share with you this morning in what He changes...
And the first way is...
Body (Satisfaction)
Jesus Changes Our Relationship With God (Romans 5:1-11)
Lead in…Contrary to common belief, we do not automatically have a relationship with God.
There are some significant things that need to take place in order for a true and genuine relationship can take place...
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There is no way I will be able to completely share every truth from this or any of the passages I will show you from Romans this morning.
That, isn’t the goal.
I do hope you take each of these passages home and spend significant time studying them for yourself.
However, I do want to summarize...
In this passage, the apostle Paul is making the point that our relationship with God is dramatically different after we become a Christian than it was before.
This may seem like an obvious statement, but too many in this world believe everyone is born a child of God and everyone, when they leave this world, goes back to God.
While this sounds so nice, we must ask the question, is it true?
If it is true, then why would God send His only unique Son to enter this world, live a sinless life, die a brutal death, pour his wrath upon Jesus for the sins of the world, be buried and rise again on the third day?
Why would God go through all of this if we were simply born His children and then die His children?
The gospel, the good news, would simply be no news!
But, in fact, the bible paints a completely different picture for us.
A picture that is not flattering toward us humans.
A picture that clearly paints us as ENEMIES of God!
And that without the intervention of God the Father, Son and Holy Spirit, we would have no hope for redemption and eternal life with our Creator!!!
We simply are not good enough to earn our way to heaven.
And because we are the sinful enemies of God, we are not allowed into Heaven.
Let me be clear on what the bible teaches.
The Bible says that from the time we are conceived, we are sinners...
The Bible also says that none who have ever lived on this planet are perfect.
The Bible says that we do not have the capacity to achieve God’s glorious and perfect standard.
Romand 3 10
The Bible Says there is a terrible cost for our sin...
And the bible demands perfection if we are ever to have a relationship with God...
This is the backdrop of Paul’s message in Romans chapter 5!
Something has to change, someone has to change, and it is NOT GOD!
He is the same yesterday, today and forever!
The truth of the matter is that we are at war with God and there is only one way for that war to cease...
Justification by Faith gives us peace with God! (vs. 1)
And Paul tells us clearly in verse one that “peace with God is THROUGH our Lord Jesus Christ.”
This is why the gospel, the good news that King Jesus offered up His life as a substitute for your sin
By Faith we stand in His Grace...
We rejoice in suffering because of the Hope of eternal life.
We have Hope because of God’s love - His love has been poured out into our hearts through the Holy Spirit (who is a gift to you)!
It is verse 6 that tells us how this miraculous transaction took place.
We were not strong, but very weak!
And it was precisely at the right time in history that God the Son died on the cross
He has given us His Spirit!!!
By the way, we were not simply weak, but Paul says that we were “ungodly”
He makes the argument that there are not many people in this world that would sacrifice their lives for a good person.
It happens, but it is not the norm.
But then Paul gives this dramatic contrast between humans and God.
Not only would Christ die for a good person, but for wicked, God hating sinners (which is everyone)!
Why?
Because of His great love for us!
We were born sinners, separated from God spiritually, facing His Wrath (punishment for sin),
Look at verse 8 again...
Stuart Townend wrote these profound words.
“How deep the Father’s Love for us, How vast beyond all measure, that He should give His only Son, to make a wretch His treasure.”
What is the result?
(vs.
9) - We have been justified by the blood of Jesus.
In other words, His shedding of blood on the cross, His sacrifice was more than enough to pay-off your debt to God.
Yes, you owe God!
If you break His law, you are now indebted to Him and you must pay that debt off just like any criminal must pay their debt to society off by spending time in prison or Jail.
So, you are justified (declared to be innocent) because the innocent one, Jesus, paid the debt you owed, not with money, but with his own life!
What changed?
(vs.
10-11) - You and I were enemies of God fighting a battle we could never win, facing an eternity we could never escape!
We were without HOPE!
UNTIL JESUS SHOWED UP!
And because He showed up and went to the cross and died in our place, we were reconciled (made right) to God!
We were saved by His life!
And because of this, we have great joy!
Sometimes if we have a falling out with someone in our lives it takes a mutual friend to help facilitate or mediate to help reconcile the two parties…this is what Jesus did
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