Posts from October 2022

What should we say then? Should we continue in sin so that grace may multiply? Absolutely not! How can we who died to sin still live in it? (Romans 6:1-2)   What does it mean that we have died to sin? When two parties have irreconcilable differences, they end up parting ways. If things are heated, one might declare to the other, “You are dead to me!” At the very least, this is what Paul means. We have chosen the…

But where sin multiplied, grace multiplied even more so that, just as sin reigned in death, so also grace will reign through righteousness, resulting in eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord. (Romans 5:20-21)   Sin spreads like a sickness, but grace heals like an antidote. We all know the power of sin. One lie leads to another; a small theft leads to greater theft; a lustful action leads to an adulterous action. When sin is left unchecked, it simply…

The law came along to multiply the trespass. (Romans 5:20)   The law of God shows us how things really are. Imagine for a moment you are sick and can’t seem to get well. You realize that all the remedies you take are merely masking the symptoms. So you go to the doctor’s office to find out what’s really going on. You undergo testing because you want to know your true condition. As you wait for the results, you feel…

For just as through one man’s disobedience the many were made sinners, so also through the one man’s obedience the many will be made righteous. (Romans 5:19)   Righteousness is our goal. At the birth of Christ, the angel appeared to Joseph with the instructions that he was to give him the name “Jesus”  because “he will save his people from their sins.” Unfortunately, I think that many misinterpret this to mean that Jesus will save us only from the…

So then, as through one trespass there is condemnation for everyone, so also through one righteous act there is justification leading to life for everyone. (Romans 5:18)   Jesus Christ has opened a way for everyone to be saved. So let’s expound upon this one word, “everyone.” God sent his one and only Son out of his love for everyone. The righteousness of Christ is an example for everyone to follow. The death of Jesus is for the sins of…

If by the one man’s trespass, death reigned through that one man, how much more will those who receive the overflow of grace and the gift of righteousness reign in life through the one man, Jesus Christ. (Romans 5:17)   You were meant to reign. When God created Adam and Eve, he blessed them saying, “Be fruitful and multiply, fill the earth and subdue it,” that is, “bring it under your rule. Human beings are hybrids, designed as the spiritual-material…