Death to Life | Romans Week 4

Romans Week 4Romans • June 12, 2022Teacher: Dave Brown--Romans 5:12, 15, 17 NIV[S]in entered the world through one man, and death through sin, and in this way death came to all people, because all sinned…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!…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!1. Sin and death2. Gift3. Relationship4. Obedience 5. RighteousnessRomans 5:12 NIVTherefore, just as sin entered the world through one man, and death through sin, and in this way death came to all people, because all sinned…J.I PackerScripture diagnoses sin as a universal deformity of human nature, found at every point in every person…Sin may be comprehensively defined as lack of conformity to the law of God in act, habit, attitude, outlook, disposition, motivation, and mode of existence.Matthew 5:21-22 NIV“You have heard that it was said to the people long ago, ‘You shall not murder,’ and anyone who murders will be subject to judgment.  But I tell you that anyone who is angry with a brother or s a sister will be subject to judgment.”To be Like God.Death is the natural result of sin.Romans 5:15 NIVBut 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!Marcel Mauss[Upon receiving a gift.] one must give back to another person what is really part and parcel of his nature and substance, because to accept something from someone is to accept some part of his spiritual essence, his soul…The thing given is not inactive. It’s invested with life.John 3:16 NIV“For God so loved the world that he grave his one and only Son…”Romans 1:5 NIV[G]race might reign through righteousness to bring eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord.