Romans Chapter 5:15-21

God has an infinite amount of grace and mercy available to you as they will likely get into that right now. Grace is available. Grace abound. Grace is not like borrowing money from a relative or lending money. Grace is available infinite last welcome to cross the bridge with David McGee. If we telling of all our sins. The outcome would surprise us the good news is that God has an infinite amount of grace and mercy available to talk about this more as he continues in Romans five from his teaching and mercy. Here's David. So were looking at Romans chapter 5 about Romans chapter 5 verse 15 but the free gift is not likely affect for about one man's offense many much more the grace of God and the gift by the grace of one man, Jesus Christ, abounded to many.

And the gift is not like that which came through the one who send for the judgment which came from one offense resulted in condemnation, but the free gift which came from many offenses resulted in justification out this one managed talk about animal speak about more in a couple minutes with so little one man is Adam. The other man is Jesus to Adam Cain condemnation through Jesus. This justification theological term, we remember what it means by remembrance just as if I never did verse 17 here so supported by the one man's offense again that speaking about Adam death reigned through the one, much more those who receive abundance of grace and of the gift of righteousness will reign in life through the one, Jesus Christ.

This verse in the new living translation reads like this, the son of this one man, Adam calls death to rule over us. But all who receive God's wonderful gracious gift of righteousness will live in triumph over seven death through this one man, Jesus Christ's again this fall. Adam passes on to us and you get to choose now whether you continue in the dominators will that way about him that way of death that we have condemnation, you can choose to continue in that unit choose to be placed in you and choose where you were born when you're born to your parents work choose a relative work, but still, you get a choice now that you Jesus. We can all become God's children any of us any of us can be adopted. Here's what the Bible says John chapter 1 verse 12 says, but to him but to all who believe them and accepted him. He gave the right to become children of God to all who believe and accepted him. He gave the right to become the children got to how to become a child. You believe in any accepted. So if you haven't done that friend love your stuff. You're still an orphan as the bad news.

The good news is heavenly father wants to adopt and all you need to do is believe and accept one now.

It's not that easy pastor yet is Eddie's is that simple.

God kept it simple for us when we went on a complicated 2000 years, so diverse, I think, therefore, as through one man's offense judgment came to all men, resulting in condemnation, even so through one man's righteous act the free gift came to all men, resulting in justification of life. Remember that justification just as if I never did it.

Jesus was perfect.

He never send Jesus was angry in the temple, but that was not a sin. Now, first Peter 222 says says who commits leakages who committed no sin, nor was deceit found in his mouth, so if he didn't commit sounds and it says he died for send to send that he.for years for man from a PowerPoint to self first Corinthians 15 three says, for I delivered to you.

First of all that which also receive the Christ died for our sins according to the script wire. While there so much time been given to this, the book of Romans and there so much time that were devoted to it because it's important for you to understand these are some basic things of Christianity which many followers of Jesus don't understand Jesus died for our sins for ourselves. He was in control the whole time he died for yourself. Whenever a person is able to do. Still, Jesus really did as historically interactive, inaccurate to begin with the Romans are actually crucified Jesus, and must remember that Jesus was a Jew and that the roots of Christianity are distinctly Jewish, but it wasn't the Romans who was with us literally the crucified Jesus some of the painters and sculptors and lay during the Reformation would paint themselves crucified Jesus because Ender said they played a part heard a story this the sky goes in this church and sits down in a pew.

My comes up goes hey hey hey it's worse. It took my place gets up, humbly bows his head gets up goes and sits in another place and someone else comes over time which I am wearing the same as my seat. That's where we are set, they took my place again humbly bows gets up. He said somewhere else again.

Family comes father goes hey hey hey this is where me and my family always said you need to sit somewhere else took place at the time the man got up to walk into another place, another pew. He walked to the front of the church. He held out his hand so everybody could see the scars on his hands. Lisa what happened you and he said place when Jesus did for you now because we earned it. Not because we deserve it, but he loves us that much. Galatians 1 forces. He died for our sin. Just as God our father plan in order to rescue us from this evil world in which we live us out as God our father plan it if you grew up thinking that the crucifixions like reverse it here now thinking will the crucifixions like this political mercy big tragedy in an plan of God. God planted it went perfectly according to his plan. Not according to man's plan man's plan and even the religious leaders of the day. They should list all taken during the feast of Passover because will be awry. Jesus is the one that turned up the timetable. When he turned to Judas in the upper room.

He said that that you're going to do, do it now quickly Judas had out. Talk to this and they want Randy that's why they didn't have all false witnesses lined up as they were planning to do it at night.

Jesus did it that night and fulfillment of prophecy. He was in control the whole time he planned his own execution for you and this passage is bringing that out and it's our choice to choose him to reject the first time you you just automatically got Adam as the deal when you were born you had the fallen nature.

You you inherited all that stuff in and and you didn't really choose Adam, but now you do have a choice.

You can choose Jesus spiritually supernaturally today. Right now you can choose Jesus you can choose to live when you choose Jesus choose Adam he can continue to died they buy the John 1126 says, and whoever lives and believes in me shall never die. Do you believe this Jesus just breaks it down so just this is the nail and you believe in me, you accept me if you confess me if you if you say that I'm your Savior asked me to forgive you for sounds turned to me than Dale done deal.

Of course, what we do.

A lot of times, as we say well okay but you know I gotta get you get things right before come to God when an interesting cut. You gotta get right before you come to God and we've actually we've reinforced this church as in I will what I knew what I have to do to come to God.

We need to quit doing this and that doing this and that and whenever you quit doing all that this matchup then you can come to think about what we communicated that in this is some people's theology is not biblical theology. You just said as soon as you quit sending you can come to God and allow him to deal with yourself to make any sense. Anybody who's you know I would just not we just built the wall in between a person and your Savior a wall and Jesus died to tear down.

We can do that you come to Jesus just as you are. Come to them the way you are today is not to say you know what you need to work fixing things before you come to me buddy. Jesus never did you know see that about me. Don't see it. So money is a sinner coming up to Jesus and is it you know any to go get straightened out you meet me here next Friday and I'll forgive never happens. In fact, he took one look at some people sit forgive.

Somehow he was able to see what was going on inside of thank you for listening to cross the bridge with David McGee will return to David's teaching in just a moment the tragedy in Benghazi. The bombings in Boston in the current unrest in Egypt are all vivid accounts of terrorism each time an event like this occurs, it often causes us to respond with fear.

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Now, let's return to pastor David's verse by verse teaching in the book of Romans verse 19 for as by one man's disobedience many were made sinners, so also by one man's obedience many will be made righteous. So I was running with the same buddies want us to understand the understand that the life of one person altered human history. This one person Adam altered human history. This one person Jesus altered human history and understand you having trouble wrapping your mantra is just filled with one pit one person changes everything. Just a few years back is that with Hitler deciding to invade your change history. Truman deciding to use the bomb change history and as incredible as impactful as those events were the fallen man was more devastating and far-reaching in its effect. Everything changed with Jesus. Everything changed. First Corinthians 1545 physician so it is written, the first Adam became a living being the last Adam became a life-giving spirit. However, the spirit is not first with the natural afterward the spiritual first mental earth made of the second man is the Lord from heaven. So you hear this, you will hear first and second man you hear first and second first man was Adam second man, second Adam is Jesus.

Verse 20. Moreover the law entered that the offense might abound where sin abounded, grace abounded much more. It's interesting that there seems to be in our lives. There's a lack of sensitivity to arson were very sensitive sins of others.

We get so distraught watching the news or read the newspaper. We get far less distraught about our own activities and behaviors when you start to realize the magnitude of your sounds and how often is and how much is an Holy Spirit shows you these things and you want to follow Jesus where chapter 6 is asking to talk more about living for God so you know that the Scripture balances itself out in chapter 6. Talk about leaving all life, embracing the new and the sort of thing in this talk about the law entered offense might abound where sin abounded, grace abounded much when you begin understand how much you mess up you you begin understand God also forgive you and how the desperate need that you have for mercy and for grace. Romans chapter 5 verse 20 says in the new living translation for God's Law was given so that all people could see how sinful they were. But as people sinned more and more. God's wonderful kindness became more abundant.

Just one thing the Bible does as you study the Bible show you where you're messing up. What's cool about one verse by verse, chapter or chapter can you get to know the Bible in your it in a certain activity or behavior that sent him to skip this passage. I'll look at that not doing that right now. Makes me feel bad already this, but as you go. Verse by verse and everybody gets it so God's law. The Bible shows that it the limited living Bible, which I don't often use us to study Bubba, but I have all these different references of the living Bible puts us one like this the 10 Commandments were given so that all can see the extent of their failure to obey God's laws. But the more we see our sinfulness. The more we see God's abounding grace, forgiveness. It is amazing to me that you can have a conversation with some Isaac Hayes going to heaven all absolutely going to happen. Well, how do you know why you think that while kissing him basically good person. Nine.

The mouse is now all fallen short of the glory of God. All there is none righteous, no, no and then amazing thing is sometimes somewhere safe. Well, you know, because I Most attend men know you had.

If you ever read the 10 Commandments you know that you haven't Not only help because some of you going all Rudolph got most just go through a couple of it says youhave any other gods before the Lord answered questions at any time in your life if you ever put anything above God and your relationship with wasn't making well basically good person. No mention idolater says don't take the Lord's name in vain. If you ever use the Lord's name in vain. Hit your hand with a hammer and said some initiatives that are just just said Jesus went when you were really talking to that using the Lord's name in vain ones that make it will basically good person know that makes you a blasphemer. Okay so well yeah but I'm not killed anybody says don't commit murder, literally, in Hebrew, thou shall not commit murder is not thou shall not kill, thou shall not commit murder and counting my Jesus said if you've ever been angry with somebody you're guilty of murder government angry with anybody was that make you basically good person to make sure murder one more just for good measure, says some of you are still thinking you got hope in this 10 Commandments thing.

Can't help it says don't commit adultery never committed adultery. Jesus said if you've ever looked at somebody with lust in your heart you're guilty of adultery.

So the show of hands, can we see not so. So how we know for the commandments how we doing well so far and idolater were a blasphemer were a murderer were an adult or and were thinking were going to get in the heaven on her own good works that he that is not so what we do.

Well, there's good news that's bad news is good news. God hasn't infinite amount of grace and mercy for the next life was God hasn't infinite amount of grace and mercy available to each of us.

God hasn't infinite amount of grace and mercy available to each of some imago you pastor you can tell people that this ground start Senate because we think will likely can be forgiven again verse chapter 6 opens up about, you know, what shall we say to a continuance in the great moment will get into that right now were looking at.

Grace is available. Grace is abounding grace is not like borrowing money from a relative or lending money to a relative grace is available in infinite capacity gets us greatly by want. Well, there's the chosen who knows who the chosen or God knows who the chosen are. He's not telling Ferguson ministry be a lot easier in the chosen just like a yellow stripe down the black back and then you can recognize all you got your strike go, I witnessed to you concerning the unit. We don't know, God knows he's not telling us for all Titus chapter 2 verse 11 says for the grace of God to bring salvation has appeared to all men. First Timothy two, six who gave himself a ransom for all.

The Lord is not in second Peter chapter 3 verse nine the Lord is not slack concerning his promise of some counseling but is long-suffering toward us not willing that any should perish but that all should come to repent.

What is repentance turning to God literally changing your mind and agree.

Turning to the Lord and yet somehow we get this in mind that God is angering God's man when we need grace and mercy I give you little bit better not be back this week, understand, and I grew up in a religious environment which really twisted the way I saw God and as I got deeper into this Bible. I realize that not only did I need to learn about God.

I needed to unlearn some of things I've picked up along Zephaniah chapter 3 verse 17 in the new living translation says, for the Lord your God has arrived to live among you.

He is a mighty Savior.

He will rejoice over you with great gladness with his love, he will calm all your fears he will exult over you by singing happy so the new King James it says that he will rejoice over you with singing. Hope that obliterates an inaccurate picture.

You may have of God, to understand friend that even this morning when we were worshiping God haven't such a delightful that at that point in time as we were singing to the Lord. He was rejoicing over us in singing. Maybe hold in our hands holding us up so we won't fall that's God in the other picture that you've gained probably inaccurate of Scripture. This is why Jesus came that we can be forgiven three back through verse 21, 20 to 21. Moreover the law entered that the offense might abound that were sent abounding grace abounded much more. Verse 21 so that his sin reigned in death, even so grace might reign through righteousness to eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord. Again, looking at the new living translation of this verse it says suggest SN rules over all people involved in the death now. God's wonderful kindness rules instead giving us right standing with God, and resulting in eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord's amazing this is not just good news is greatness that even though we've messed we can do something that not only do we not deserve what we dare not even dreamed that we who have messed can stand righteous before a holy God not only be declared innocent be declared righteous. If we choose so here listening right now you're going, you know I can't come to the Lord today because of messed up their yesterday or last week Nana Jesus is made an offering for your sound that that can't keep you from coming to now you can reject you can somehow sit here and hear of a God who loves you so much. He sings over you and he died for you and you can say that no sex friend.

I hope that does not describe your because you know what, we see a picture of a person like that in the Bible.

A person is Judas. Somehow he sat in the light of God's love had grossly seeing how Jesus love people here and knowing he was headed towards across and in his heart heart. He rejected may wish a lot of things for your friend, but I don't wish that kind of hard on anybody, but that is the choice to reject them in the keep your nature of Adam nature of sin nature of death become the Jesus final lifelessly God has more mercy than you have sent God has more mercy than you have sent. That's wise available today is not that you eat can even sit while not sure of really messed up. And God has a little test to make as well. You can't come to me now. He uses words like whoever not not this certain little people group, not people who look like this act like this do this. Haven't done that pushes whoever tear down the walls of religion that tears down walls of spiritual pride. The picture thereto is, however, whenever some friend in love with the hand of this incredible Savior extended to you when you take his hand. When you grab it when you run to imagine it if you were at the doctor's office and Dr. comes and he says those dreaded words that you know what you got terminal cancer emailing two months to live. And at that moment when your worst enemy someone that you would fall with and feuded with walks into the room and says you know Dr. give me his came sweet Jesus did friend do you know for sure that your sins have been forgiven. You can know right now own Legion. A short simple prayer simply telling God you're sorry and asking him to help you to live for him. Please pray this prayer with me out loud right now.

Dear Jesus, I believe you died for me that I could be forgiven and I believe you were raised from the dead that I could have a new life not done wrong things I have sent and I'm sorry.

Please forgive me of all those things. Please give me the power to live for you. All of my days in Jesus name, amen it friend of you prayed that prayer according to the Bible. You've been forgiven you've been born again, so congratulations for you just made the greatest decision that you will ever make. God bless you if this was your first time praying that prayer with Pastor David we would love to hear from you.

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