I have interrupted our daily scripture posts of 1 John and Galatians to provide Sunday’s sermon text. It’s a difficult text so I would like you to read and meditate on it ahead of time. And if you like, tell me what you think it means. With God’s help we will explain it Sunday. Rom 5:12-17 ESV Therefore, just as sin came into the world through one man, and death through sin, and so death spread to all men because all sinned— (13) for sin indeed was in the world before the law was given, but sin is not counted where there is no law. (14) Yet death reigned from Adam to Moses, even over those whose sinning was not like the transgression of Adam, who was a type of the one who was to come. (15) But the free gift is not like the trespass. For if many died through one mans trespass, much more have the grace of God and the free gift by the grace of that one man Jesus Christ abounded for many. (16) And the free gift is not like the result of that one mans sin. For the judgment following one trespass brought condemnation, but the free gift following many trespasses brought justification. (17) For if, because of one mans trespass, death reigned through that one man, much more will those who receive the abundance of grace and the free gift of righteousness reign in life through the one man Jesus Christ. There is a lot in this text. It should keep you busy for a while; it has kept the theologians busy for hundreds of years. Notice Paul changes gears from what we have been talking about but he doesn’t go too far because he starts this paragraph with the word “Therefore.” Why did he say what he said? What does it mean? Sunday service: One Way Christian Center in Olustee, OK at 605 E. 6th St. It starts at 10:30. If you cannot make our service we live stream online and provide sermon archives here. onewaychristiancenter/ *** Reminder, there will be a general church meeting after church.
Posted on: Sat, 16 Nov 2013 14:13:59 +0000
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