Dead to Sin, Alive to God
Scripture: Romans 6:1–4 — “What shall we say then? Shall we go on sinning so that grace may increase? By no means! We are those who have died to sin; how can we live in it any longer? Or don’t you know that all of us who were baptized into Christ Jesus were baptized into […]
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Where Sin Abounded, Grace Abounded All the More
Scripture: Romans 5:20–21 — “The law was brought in so that the trespass might increase. But where sin increased, grace increased all the more, so that… grace might reign through righteousness to bring eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord.” Reflection: There’s a scandalous, almost dangerous-sounding truth buried in these verses: no amount of sin […]
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Jesus, the New Adam
Scripture: Romans 5:19 — “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.” Reflection: Where the first Adam failed to trust God, the new Adam trusted His Father perfectly. Where the first Adam returned […]
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The Free Gift Is Not Like the Transgression
Scripture: Romans 5:15 — “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!” Reflection: Just when the diagnosis of sin […]
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In Adam We Are All in Big Trouble
Scripture: Romans 5:12 — “Therefore, 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.” Reflection: Adam wasn’t just a man standing alone in a garden. He was the representative human — the father of all mankind. As he went, […]
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