Romans 5
One Man
Sin reigns in death, not just the death that puts you 6 feet under
But death is reigning every day in our lives
It is destroying everything God intended for us to have
And the glory now and for all eternity
Jesus Christ came with grace, favor
This is the reigning factor that changes everything
Because of His favor, righteousness begins to reign
Which results in eternal life through Jesus Christ
When the one-man, Adam, sinned
It changed everything for all of us, we fell from God’s Glory
When the one-man Jesus Christ died for us
It opened the door through faith into His favor to rise to increase into God’s Glory
The process starts with faith in the heart
What do you believe in your heart?
Will what you believe bring God’s Glory?
One Man
It is almost impossible to imagine a time
when there was just one man on the face of the earth.
One man made by God.
One man loved by God and
given paradise to live in and a wife,
Eve, to share life with.
This couple had it all and could enjoy life
because they had peace with God.
But that peace did not last.
Disobedience destroyed peace.
Shame kept them from being
in the presence of the Lord.
Their lives were a struggle.
The story of two of their sons
tell us God was still visiting and
talking to Adam and their family.
How could Adam and Eve be parents that
could teach their children the difference
between good and evil.
It seems they failed as parents,
even God failed to persuade Cain.
Although Cain’s parents and God
could have stopped Cain’s actions…
They could not stop what was in Cain’s heart.
Sin demonstrated its power to reign.
Therefore, just as sin entered the world through one man, and death through sin, and in this way death came to all men, because all sinned— for before the law was given, sin was in the world. But sin is not taken into account when there is no law.
Nevertheless, death reigned from the time of Adam to the time of Moses, even over those who did not sin by breaking a command, as did Adam, who was a pattern of the one to come.
Romans 5:12-14
Death reigned even over those
who did not break a command.
It is clear…
Everyone born into the family of
Adam and Eve, has died or will die.
But, death reigning is an ongoing thing.
The reigning of death is taking place every day…
A terminal disease called mortality.
Sin has increased.
The whole earth is full of Adam and Eve…
Parents who have their own shame and
cannot stop the evil in their children’s hearts.
We have come to a place where evil is so great…
Many of us think we are good in comparison.
This is a real danger, because
we don’t see our need for help.
Justification comes from comparison
with others, rather than comparison to God.
Paul said this about himself…
Here is a trustworthy saying that deserves full acceptance: Christ Jesus came into the world to save sinners — of whom I am the worst. But for that very reason I was shown mercy so that in me, the worst of sinners, Christ Jesus might display his unlimited patience as an example for those who would believe on him and receive eternal life. Now to the King eternal, immortal, invisible, the only God, be honor and glory for ever and ever. Amen.
1 Timothy 1:15-17
Romans 5:10 tells us…
We were enemies of God;
no peace.
Romans 5:1 says…
We are justified through Faith.
Faith is something within the heart…
“with the heart we believe and are justified”.
Romans 10:9
Cain would not allow his heart to be filled with faith
because anger made no room in his heart.
Adam is called one man from whom we all
come from and death reigns in all of us.
Its power to reign,
comes from the throne in our heart.
Jesus is also called one man,
His heart was perfect.
His heart was so full of love…
He died for all whose hearts were full of themselves.
Romans 5:2 says…
We gain access to God by faith.
We again, through Jesus Christ,
have hope of obtaining the glory of God.
Romans 5:3 is very important because
we may have access to God’s Glory,
but death is still reigning.
The condition of the heart needs continual change.
Once we believe in our heart, the heart can change.
This hope of God’s Glory is a process…
We also rejoice in our sufferings, because we know that suffering produces perseverance; perseverance, character; and character, hope. And hope does not disappoint us, because God has poured out his love into our hearts by the Holy Spirit, whom he has given us.
Romans 5:3-5
Hope is the expectation of things to come.
The hope of God’s Glory is a process.
Until we reach eternal life,
there is a process taking place in our hearts.
Because we believe in our hearts things change
and we move form Glory to Glory.
But we all, with open face beholding as in a glass the glory of the Lord, are changed into the same image from glory to glory, even as by the Spirit of the Lord.
2 Corinthians 3:18 KJV
One man’s sin is the results of all men,
every person.
We all have sin and fall short of God’s glory.
The hope is this…
The result of one act of righteousness
was justification that brings life for all men.
Romans 5:18-19
Grace is the door to peace.
If you do not have favor,
you will not have peace.
Although the Law was added to
increase the trespass, fault, offense, sin.
Grace increases…
God’s grace keeps up the increasing sin of man.
so that, just as sin reigned in death,
so also grace might reign through righteousness
to bring eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord.
Romans 5:21
Sin reigns in death…
Not just the death that puts you 6 feet under.
But death is reigning every day in our lives.
It is destroying everything God intended for us
to have and the glory now and for all eternity.
Jesus Christ came with grace, favor…
This is the reigning factor that changes everything.
Because of His favor…
Righteousness begins to reign
which results in eternal life through Jesus Christ.
When the one-man Adam sinned…
It changed everything for all of us,
we fell from God’s Glory.
When the one-man Jesus Christ died for us,
it opened the door through faith into His favor
to rise to increase into God’s Glory.
The process starts with faith in the heart.
What do you believe in your heart?
Will what you believe bring God’s Glory?
Scripture Reading
Romans 5 NIV
5:1 Therefore, since we have been justified through faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ, 2 through whom we have gained access by faith into this grace in which we now stand. And we rejoice in the hope of the glory of God. 3 Not only so, but we also rejoice in our sufferings, because we know that suffering produces perseverance; 4 perseverance, character; and character, hope. 5 And hope does not disappoint us, because God has poured out his love into our hearts by the Holy Spirit, whom he has given us.
6 You see, at just the right time, when we were still powerless, Christ died for the ungodly. 7 Very rarely will anyone die for a righteous man, though for a good man someone might possibly dare to die. 8 But God demonstrates his own love for us in this: While we were still sinners, Christ died for us.
9 Since we have now been justified by his blood, how much more shall we be saved from God's wrath through him! 10 For if, when we were God's enemies, we were reconciled to him through the death of his Son, how much more, having been reconciled, shall we be saved through his life! 11 Not only is this so, but we also rejoice in God through our Lord Jesus Christ, through whom we have now received reconciliation.
12 Therefore, just as sin entered the world through one man, and death through sin, and in this way death came to all men, because all sinned— 13 for before the law was given, sin was in the world. But sin is not taken into account when there is no law. 14 Nevertheless, death reigned from the time of Adam to the time of Moses, even over those who did not sin by breaking a command, as did Adam, who was a pattern of the one to come.
15 But the gift is not like the trespass. For if the many died by the trespass of the one man, how much more did God's grace and the gift that came by the grace of the one man, Jesus Christ, overflow to the many! 16 Again, the gift of God is not like the result of the one man's sin: The judgment followed one sin and brought condemnation, but the gift followed many trespasses and brought justification. 17 For if, by the trespass of the one man, death reigned through that one man, how much more will those who receive God's abundant provision of grace and of the gift of righteousness reign in life through the one man, Jesus Christ.
18 Consequently, just as the result of one trespass was condemnation for all men, so also the result of one act of righteousness was justification that brings life for all men. 19 For just as through the disobedience of the one man the many were made sinners, so also through the obedience of the one man the many will be made righteous.
20 The law was added so that the trespass might increase. But where sin increased, grace increased all the more, 21 so that, just as sin reigned in death, so also grace might reign through righteousness to bring eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord.
