Easter Reversal God’s Answer to the Human Predicament! Romans 5
Jan 02, 2016
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God’s Answer to the Human Predicament!
Romans 5
Easter ReversalEaster ReversalRomans 5 On a day
when so much is
happening…
…why think about Easter
so early?
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We need to think aboutthe human
predicament…
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The dilemma of God's
Righteousness &
Man's Willful Disobedienc
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Easter ReversalEaster ReversalRomans 5 Romans 5:18-19
“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. For as by one man’s disobedience many were made
sinners, so also by one Man’s obedience many
will be made righteous.”
Easter ReversalEaster ReversalRomans 5 The Genesis
Problem
“And the LORD God commanded the man,
saying, “Of every tree of the garden
you may freely eat; but of the tree of the knowledge of good
and evil you shall not eat, for in the day
that you eat of it you shall surely die.”
Genesis 2:16-17
Easter ReversalEaster ReversalRomans 5 God's
Righteousness Establishes a
Standard
“It is sometimes said, ‘Justice requires God to do this,’ referring to some act we know He will perform. This is an error of thinking
as well as of speaking, for it
postulates a principle of justice…
Easter ReversalEaster ReversalRomans 5 …outside of God
which compels Him to act in a certain
way. Of course there is no such principle. If there were it would be superior to God, for only a superior power can compel
obedience. The truth is that there is not and can never be
anything outside of the nature of God
which…
Easter ReversalEaster ReversalRomans 5 …can move Him in
the least degree. All God’s reasons come
from within His uncreated being.
Nothing has entered the being of God from eternity, nothing has been removed, and nothing has been
changed.” (A.W. Tozer)
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Disobedience Brings Forth
Death & Alienation
“Sweet innocence was lost forever. Remember, there was no man in the
garden but the two of them. But they were
ashamed to face each other…
Easter ReversalEaster ReversalRomans 5 …without clothing.
Not only could they not face each other as they had before, but they dreaded
facing God. When He came to have sweet fellowship with them, they hid themselves
in fear.”(Bob Deffinbaugh)
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Reversal
Jesus Demonstrates the Standard:
Obedience
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the Standard: Obedience
“Let this mind be in you which was also
in Christ Jesus, who, being in the form of God, did not consider it
robbery to be equal with God, but made
Himself of no reputation, taking…
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the Standard: Obedience
…the form of a bondservant, and
coming in the likeness of men.
And being found in appearance as a
man, He humbled Himself and
became obedient to the point…
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the Standard: Obedience
…of death, even the death of the cross. Therefore
God also has highly exalted Him and given Him the name which is
above every name, that at the name of
Jesus every…
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the Standard: Obedience
…knee should bow, of those in heaven,
and of those on earth, and of those
under the earth, and that every tongue should
confess that Jesus Christ is Lord…
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the Standard: Obedience
…to the glory of God the Father.”
Easter ReversalEaster ReversalRomans 5 Jesus' Obedience
Brings Forth Life
“But the angel answered and said to the women, “Do not be afraid, for I
know that you seek Jesus who was
crucified. He is not here; for He is
risen, as He said.” Matthew 28:5-6
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Easter Reverses the
Damage Done
through Adam!
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Easter Established the
New Life Possible Through Christ!
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God’s Answer to the Human Predicament!
Romans 5