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Sermon: Romans 5:12-21 Two Humanities

Roms 5:12-20


Two Humanities


We are studying Paul, the apostle’s, C1 letter to the
church at Rome. It is a vital book of the Bible to
understand. J.I. Packer has said,


'When the message of Romans gets into a
man’s heart there is no telling what may
happen.'


Now all preachers are fond of claiming that the text
they are about to consider is significant. However, it is
fair to say, the text we are considering today is
significant in the fullest sense of the word.


In a few highly compressed verses, Paul explains the
reason why our world is in the tragic state it is and the
reason why Jesus is the only answer to its plight.


These verses, however, are not the easiest to follow.
Let me sketch the flow before we read it. The verses
are fundamentally a comparison between:


· Two men - Adam and Jesus.
· Two Acts - an act of disobedience by Adam and
an act of obedience by Jesus
· Two Outcomes/Consequences - Adam’s
disobedience, bringing condemnation and death
and Jesus’ obedience, bringing righteousness and
life


It helps if we notice too that the comparison between
Adam and Jesus begins in v12 but lies uncompleted
until v18.


Vv13-17 is really a parenthesis/a digression. For
although Paul is about to show a parallel between Jesus
and Adam, so jealous is he to guard the uniqueness of
Jesus, that he takes pains to show the contrasts between
the two are as important if not more so, than the
comparison.

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