Weekly Sermon
Romans 5:17 reads, “For if by one man’s offence death reigned by one; much more they which receive abundance of grace and of the gift of righteousness shall reign in life by one, Jesus Christ.”
In Hebrews 9:27 God’s Word reveals that “it is appointed unto men once to die.” In the opening portion of Psalm 89:48, Ethan the Ezrahite asked the rhetorical question, “What man is he that liveth, and shall not see death?” In the opening portion of 2 Samuel 14:14, the wise woman Tekoah stated unto King David, “For we must needs die, and are as water spilt on the ground, which cannot be gathered up again.” In 1 Corinthians 15:26 God’s Word declares, “The last enemy that shall be destroyed is death.” Death reigns all around us. Yea, death reigns within us. Yet we might ask – Why does death reign? Why does death even exist in this world?
Did the Lord our God and Creator originally create this world as a world of disease and death? No, He most certainly did not. The opening portion of Genesis 1:31 reveals the opposite. It reveals that after the Lord our God and Creator had completed His work of creation, He looked upon “everything that He had made, and, behold, it was very good.” So then, if the Lord our God and Creator did not originally create this world as a world of disease and death, why does disease and death now exist in this world? The answer is given in Romans 5:12 – “Wherefore, as by one man [that is – the first man Adam] sin entered into the world, and death by sin; and so death passed upon all men, for that all have sinned.” Again the answer is given in the opening line of Romans 5:17 – “For if by one man’s offence [that is – the first sin of Adam] death reigned by one [that is – by the first man Adam].”
So then, in this message let us consider a matter of death and of life. Yea, let us consider the Biblical truth concerning the reign of death and the reign of life.
Romans 5:17 reads, “For if by one man’s offence death reigned by one; much more they which receive abundance of grace and of the gift of righteousness shall reign in life by one, Jesus Christ.”
In Hebrews 9:27 God’s Word reveals that “it is appointed unto men once to die.” In the opening portion of Psalm 89:48, Ethan the Ezrahite asked the rhetorical question, “What man is he that liveth, and shall not see death?” In the opening portion of 2 Samuel 14:14, the wise woman Tekoah stated unto King David, “For we must needs die, and are as water spilt on the ground, which cannot be gathered up again.” In 1 Corinthians 15:26 God’s Word declares, “The last enemy that shall be destroyed is death.” Death reigns all around us. Yea, death reigns within us. Yet we might ask – Why does death reign? Why does death even exist in this world?
Did the Lord our God and Creator originally create this world as a world of disease and death? No, He most certainly did not. The opening portion of Genesis 1:31 reveals the opposite. It reveals that after the Lord our God and Creator had completed His work of creation, He looked upon “everything that He had made, and, behold, it was very good.” So then, if the Lord our God and Creator did not originally create this world as a world of disease and death, why does disease and death now exist in this world? The answer is given in Romans 5:12 – “Wherefore, as by one man [that is – the first man Adam] sin entered into the world, and death by sin; and so death passed upon all men, for that all have sinned.” Again the answer is given in the opening line of Romans 5:17 – “For if by one man’s offence [that is – the first sin of Adam] death reigned by one [that is – by the first man Adam].”
So then, in this message let us consider a matter of death and of life. Yea, let us consider the Biblical truth concerning the reign of death and the reign of life.
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