Today we continue with part 2 of How Did We Get Into This Mess? If you would like to follow along with the outline, please see the bullet points below:
I. HOW WE GOT INTO THIS MESS!
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“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…”
Romans 5:12
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1. WE ARE LOST IN ADAM
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Disobedience brought _sin_ into the world
Sin Brought _Death_ Into the World
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Three Kinds of Death
• _PHYSICAL_ DEATH
• _SPIRITUAL_ DEATH
• _ETERNAL_ DEATH
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II. HOW DO WE GET OUT OF THIS MESS
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“But the free gift is not like the trespass. For if many died through one man's trespass, much more have the grace of God and the free gift by the grace of that one man Jesus Christ abounded for many.”
Romans 5:15
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1. JESUS _REVERSED_ THE CURSE
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“For if many died through one man's trespass, much more have the grace of God and the free gift by the grace of that one man Jesus Christ abounded for many.”
Romans 5:15
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2. JESUS _RESTORES_ US
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“And the free gift is not like the result of that one man's sin. For the judgment following one trespass brought condemnation, but the free gift following many trespasses brought justification.”
Romans 5:16
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• GOD _HATES_ SIN
• GOD _LOVES_ THE SINNER
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3. JESUS _GIVES_ US _LIFE_
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“For if, because of one man's 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.”
Romans 5:17
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• _ABUNDANT_ LIFE
“The thief comes only to steal and kill and destroy. I came that they may have life and have it abundantly.”
John 10:10
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• _ETERNAL_ LIFE
“And these will go away into eternal punishment, but the righteous into eternal life.”
Matthew 25:46
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4. JESUS _OBEDIENCE_ MADE ME RIGHTEOUS
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“Therefore, as one trespass led to condemnation for all men, so one act of righteousness leads to justification and life for all men. For as by the one man's disobedience the many were made sinners, so by the one man's obedience the many will be made righteous.”
Romans 5:18-19
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5. GOD’S GRACE _ERASED_ THE PENALTY OF DEATH
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“Now the law came in to increase the trespass, but where sin increased, grace abounded all the more, so that, as sin reigned in death, grace also might reign through righteousness leading to eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord.”
Romans 5:20-21
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