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251. Death Through Adam, Life Through Christ

Understanding Series

James R. Edwards

Paul now embarks on a bold typological contrast between Adam and Christ. He continues the train of thought already begun in chapter 5, however, for verse 12 begins, “on account of this,” or therefore, which links 5:12–21 to 5:1–11. Paul’s purpose is to illustrate that the work of redemption has universal significance. The focus shifts from our redemption in the first person plural in 5:1–11 to the...

252. Romans 5:12-19

Sermon

Leonard Sweet

Much of our understanding of Paul's discussion on "sin" in Romans 5:12-19 is colored by centuries of church history and theology. For instance, nowhere in today's text or anywhere else in the New Testament is there any reference to something called "original" sin. That phrase was derived from the Vulgate's Latin translation of Paul's Greek text - a translation which makes a much stronger grammatic...

253. Plaque Buildup

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Leonard Sweet

The world needs a Savior - to save us from ourselves, to scrape the plaque off the human heart. Whoever thought the gooey, grungy film that builds up on your teeth would inspire a huge new growth industry in the cutthroat consumer marketplace? Only a few years ago, "plaque" was something you only heard about in ninth-grade health class or read about on some gruesome wall chart of decaying teeth p...

254. Whatever Became of Sin?

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Robert G. Tuttle

Death pervaded the whole human race, inasmuch as all men have sinned. But, its effect is vastly exceeded by the grace of God and the gift that came to so many by the grace of one man, Jesus Christ (Romans 5:12, 15 NEB). Paul puts it more succinctly in 1 Corinthians 15:21: "As by man came death, by man comes also the resurrection of the dead. For as in Adam all die, so in Christ shall all be made ...

255. You Are A Winner!

Sermon

King Duncan

Some people like stories about winners. It gives them something to aspire to. Some of us prefer stories about losers. Losers help us feel better about our own lives. Like Mrs. Dora Wilson, an English housewife. On February 18, 1981, Mrs. Wilson looked out her window in Harlow, Essex, and saw a group of men loading her neighbors' priceless collection of Persian carpets into a moving van. "What ar...

256. How God's World Got Bugged

Children's Sermon

Wesley T. Runk

Object: A piece of screen with a small hole in it. Good morning, boys and girls. I have something to show you today that really bugs me. I mean it really bugs me. (Take out the piece of screen with the small hole in it.) Do you know what this is? (Let them answer.) That's right, it is a piece of screen. Do you know where it came from? (Let them answer.) It came from my back door. My screen door. ...

257. A Fresh Life

Children's Sermon

Tim Carpenter

Exegetical Aim: To demonstrate how sin came into the world through Adam and salvation through Christ. Props: a cup 1/2 full of water with some dirt to muddy the water, a container to pour the dirty water in and a pitcher of clean water. Lesson: Today I want to show you a cup of water. I've left it sitting out over night and I was wondering if it was okay to drink. What do you think? (response) W...

258. Proper 7

Bulletin Aid

First Lesson: Genesis 28:10-17 Theme: God renews his covenant with Jacob Call to Worship Pastor: God expressed confidence in Jacob even though Jacob was unworthy through sin. People: As Jacob was running from his sin, God came to him with the assurance of divine protection. Pastor: God renewed the covenant he had made with Abraham, promising Jacob he would be blessed with God's faithfulness. Peo...

259. First Sunday in Lent

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First Lesson: Genesis 2:4b-9, 15-17, 25--3:7 Theme: We are sinners by our own choice Call to Worship Pastor: We have each been to the garden, and have eaten freely of the forbidden tree in spite of God's commands. People: We seem unable to help ourselves when it comes to resisting temptation. Pastor: That is because we share the human nature of Adam. We know God's laws, but we choose sin. People...

260. One for All

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Frank Ramirez

Call To Worship One: Happy are those whose transgression is forgiven, whose sin is covered. All: Happy are those to whom the Lord imputes no iniquity, and in whose spirit there is no deceit. One: While I kept silence, my body wasted away through my groaning all day long. All: For day and night your hand was heavy upon me; my strength was dried up as by the heat of summer. Selah. One and All: Then ...

261. Through Christ We Have Salvation

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James Wilson

Call To Worship Leader: Let us gather today and lift our voices in song and praise to God. People: For once we were lost in sin and cried out to God for a Savior. Leader: And God heard our pleas and in Jesus Christ we have our salvation. People: So let us sing and give praise to Almighty God! Leader: And let us walk in the ways of the Lord forever! All: Blessed be the name of the Lord! Collect O ...

262. Lent 1

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John R. Brokhoff

COMMENTARY Lesson 1: Genesis 2:15-17; 3:1-7 (C); Genesis 2:7-9; 3:1-7 (RC); Genesis 2:4b-9, 15-17, 25-3:7 (E) The account of humanity's fall into sin. Today's Lesson is taken from the second Genesis account of creation by the Yahwist (J) school of authors. The first part of the pericope gives the setting for the Fall: creation of Adam from dust and spirit, the garden with the tree of life and the...

263. Proper 7

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John R. Brokhoff

COMMENTARY Old Testament: Genesis 21:8-21 Under Sarah's insistence, Abraham expels Hagar and son. The miracle baby, Isaac, arrived. Seeing her son playing with Ishmael, Abraham's son by the Egyptian Hagar, Sarah orders Abraham to get rid of the boy and his mother. Reluctantly, Abraham sends them into a wilderness with a bag of food and water. But, Yahweh came to their rescue. Old Testament: Jere...

264. Lent 1

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THEOLOGICAL CLUE The structure of the church year determines, in all three years of the lectionary, that this Sunday is, in part, a "pattern" Sunday; it shows that Lent is a forty-day retreat by the faithful, "patterned" after Jesus' solitary sojourn in the wilderness immediately after he had been baptized in the Jordan. As a spiritual journey, Lent is observed in public and in private, in corpor...

265. Lent 1

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Theme: The "excessiveness" of God's grace Exegetical note This linguistically difficult passage has been interpreted through the eyes of Augustine so long that it is hard to extricate its original meaning from the layers of "Original Sin" theory that enshroud it. Taken on its own merits, however, Paul's statement seems to be affirming both the universality of sin and everyone's active participati...

266. Proper 7

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Theme: The "living death" of sin Exegetical note Paul's juridical paralleling of Adam and Jesus is one of contrasts: the former's trespass (disobedience) brought condemnation and death to all under the Law; the latter's righteousness (obedience) brought them acquittal and life under grace. The point here is neither to blame Adam for death (see the "because" clause in v. 15) nor to treat physical ...

267. The Jesus Key

Children's Sermon

Wesley T. Runk

Object: A padlock and a key. Good morning, boys and girls. How many of you have ever played with a lock and key? (Let them answer.) Good, almost all of you. Have any of you ever been locked up so that you could not get out? (Let them answer.) I hope not, because that is very frightening. Today we are going to pretend that we are locked up so that we cannot leave where we are, and we will think ab...

268. One Good Man

Children's Sermon

Wesley T. Runk

Object: Cowboy hats, play guns and holsters, marshal's badge Lesson: For if the many died through one man's trespass, much more surely have the grace of God and the free gift in the grace of the one man, Jesus Christ, abounded for many. Good morning, boys and girls. Today I have with me some cowboy hats and some other things that men might have worn in the days of the wild west. People still wea...

269. You Are a Winner!

Children's Sermon

King Duncan

Object: A sock Good morning, boys and girls. I brought this sock with me this morning because I want to talk about feet. We don't usually talk about feet on Sunday morning, but I want to today. How many of you have feet? O.K., now this is harder. How many feet do you have? How many feet do animals have? Most creatures have more than two, don't they? For instance, one southern European centipede h...

270. Keep The Lid On

Children's Sermon

Wesley T. Runk

Object: A box, decorated to look appealing Lesson: Therefore, just as sin came into the world through one man, and death came through sin, and so death spread to all because all have sinned. Good morning, boys and girls. How do you like the box I have here? (Let them answer.) I'll bet you are wondering what I have in it. Who would like to guess what I have in the box? (Let them guess.) Those all...

271. A Full House

Sermon

Eric Ritz

Tonight is Ash Wednesday. Ash Wednesday is an important service in the Christian Liturgical calendar because it is a season that reminds us of our MORTALITY. Tonight, when many of you come forward for the imposition of ashes upon your hands or your forehead, one of the pastors will share the words, "From dust thou camest, and to dust thou shall return." These penetrating words help to set the tone...

272. One For All

Sermon

Leonard Sweet

The word “Catholic” comes from the Greek katholike, meaning “for all.” We all remember the great rallying cry of the French guards known as the “Musketeers”: “All for one, and one for all!” That loyalty tied the Musketeers together. The safety, the life, the fate, of each individual guardsman depended upon the actions of his fellow soldiers. “All for one, and one for all” wasn’t just a motto. It...

273. Pardon for Sin

Sermon

Dennis Kastens

Human nature will go to great lengths to cover up wrong doings and to excuse its mistakes. In Newark, New Jersey, a lady lost a purse containing twenty-five dollars. A week later it came back in the mail with only fifteen dollars, plus a note from the anonymous finder explaining she had once lost a purse with ten dollars in it. The fact that she once was robbed gave justification to rob a portion ...

274. Like

Sermon

Leonard Sweet

Happy Lent! Oops! No such thing. Of course not. Lent is a solemn season, full of serious stuff. We run special educational courses during Lent. Baptismal candidates are on their “cram course” during Lent. Practicing Christians are supposed to be more intentionally focused on one’s prayer life during Lent. We “give up” things for Lent — chocolates, meat, sweets, smoking, bad TV shows. Forty days ...

275. Adam's Legacy

Sermon

Richard W. Ferris

In the musical Fiddler on the Roof, Tevye is the Jewish father of five girls living in a Russian village who finds himself going through a period that is continually challenging his traditions. First, his oldest daughter, Tzeitel does not want to accept the man picked for her by the village matchmaker. But Tevye has already struck up a deal with this man to marry his daughter. And so Tevye goes th...

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