Sunday Message 11/7/10

"WHO ARE YOU IN"
by Pastor Paul Woodruff
Romans 5:12-21

2 Men of Destiny ADAM JESUS
2 responses Disobedience Obedience
2 Consequences Death unto all men Life unto all men

In Adam All Die-- In Christ All Live-- Who Are You In?

Those in ADAM

1 Cor 15:45-47 "So also it is written, 'The first man, Adam, became a life-giving spirit. However, the spiritual is not first, but natural; then the spiritual. The first man is from the earth, earthy; the second man is from heaven."-- Prior to being a living being, Adam was dirt.

Historical act of disobedience is recorded in Genesis 2-3
-- Adam disobeyed God's clear command-- he made the choice to put his will over God's command
All sin begins when we are unwilling to listen to God.
This disobedience brought sin into the world &
Death came into the world through Adam's sin-- Sin & Death work hand in hand
Death is the penalty for sin
side note: (There can be no pre-adamic race because since death came into the world through Adam's sin no one could have died before Adam)

Romans 5:12 "Therefore, just as through one man sin entered into the world, and death through sin, and so death spread to all men, because all sinned--"
Adam the representative of the human race let sin & death touch everyone
We are born with a sin nature- our inheritance being born in Adam
Think about it. No one has to teach a child how to lie, how to be selfish or how to throw fits.
It comes naturally.- We are born with a sin nature.
By being born we inherit a sin nature guaranteeing we will sin & then die
This death is both physical and Spiritual
When Adam sinned, he died spiritually on the spot and was seperated from God
His physical death came much later.

THOSE IN JESUS
Phillipians 2:8 "Being found in appearance as a man, He humbled Himself by becoming obedient to the point of death, even death on a cross."

Romans 5:18 picks up where 5: 12 left off.
Jesus is the Remedy
In Jesus we reap the abundant gifts of God

In ADAM In JESUS
a sinner made righteous
Condemnation for a single sin Justification (blots out a multitude of sin)
Die Live & Reign
get what you deserve Abounding Grace

vs 17 those who receive are the many in the latter part of vs 19
this passage doesn't teach universal salvation-- it is a gift to those who believe
Man earns his condemnation but one receives the gift of eternal life by being born again in Christ

3 LESSONS

1. The Terrible consequences of Sin
--Adam listened to the voice of temptation
Satan said "you surely shall not die"
--Sin always carries greater consequences than we think
Don't listen to it

2. The Wonderful Prospects of Grace
-- The Lord will bring those who receive to abundant life

3. The powerful message for the world
people are in sorrow & depression- troubled because of sin & death
Those who know Christ have the remedy
Romans 10:14-15

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