SERMON OUTLINE Sunday Nov 5th, 2017
ROMANS: Adam Started It, Jesus Finished It
Romans 5: 12-21
• Firsts In History
• The Nature of Sheep
Isaiah 53:6, ESV
• The First Through The Door
“Therefore, just as sin came into the world through one man, and
death through sin, and so death spread to all men because all
sinned—” (Romans 5:12, ESV)
• A Couple of Issues of Clarification…
• There’s Something Available More Than You Can Imagine
Romans 5:15–17 (ESV)
1. Light isn’t the opposite of
2. Grace isn’t the opposite of
3. Life isn’t the opposite of
4. Rightness With God isn’t the opposite of Before
God
• Two Roads, Two Choices, Two Decisions, Two Destinies
Romans 5:18–21 (ESV)
a) Obedience or ?
b) Who Will You ?
“for sin indeed was in the world before the law was given, but sin
is not counted where there is no law. Yet death reigned from
Adam to Moses, even over those whose sinning was not like the
transgression of Adam, who was a type of the one who was to
come.” (Romans 5:13–14, ESV)
c) The Reign of Life
Romans 5:21
• Follow The Leader, Choose Your Lord
Answers: Dark, Sin, Death, Judgement, Disobedience, Follow
LIFE GROUP STUDY GUIDE
We connect in Life Groups to:
• Connect with God and each other
• Connect the Bible to life
• Connect with the community through serving together
Welcome/Mingle/Eat
Leaders: See Agenda Helps document.
Ice Breaker Describe a gift you received a with “strings attached,” meaning there were expectations of return behavior or offering.
Prayer Tithe Give your time to God. Before your sermon discussion, pray
together.
This Week “Adam Started It, Jesus Finished It” Romans 5:12-21
1. Looking back at your notes from this week’s teaching, was there anything that you heard for the first time, caught your attention, challenged,
or confused you?
2. The concept of “original sin” can confuse and even repel people. What
misunderstandings have you had or encountered about sin and Christianity, Christians or the church?
Although Paul describes Adam as a representative of humanity, he states
that people’s own sin condemns them (Rom 3:23; 5:12). The “law” identified the sin that Adam introduced. A pattern was set for the One who is to
come (see also 1 Cor. 15:45).
3. What is your reaction when someone tells you that “Jesus gave his life
for me”? (Rom. 5:15-17)
4. How can you explain the difference Jesus makes to someone who has
not heard the Gospel’s good news?
5. Read Genesis 2:7; 3:23-24, John 6:38, 1 Corinthians 15:47-49 and
Revelation 3:20. How do these passages speak to the Romans 5:12-21
passage?
6. What do these passages say about Jesus love towards us?
WRAP-UP The main question thread throughout the Bible is, “Will we
follow the way of Adam (death) or Jesus (life)?” Jesus stands knocking at
the door… it is our choice whether or not to answer.
7. How do you see your life reflected in the below quote by Bible translator, J.B. Phillips?
The great difference between present-day Christianity and that of
which we read in these [New Testament] letters, is that to us, it is primarily a performance; to them it was a real experience. We are apt to
reduce the Christian religion to a code or, at best, a rule of heart and
life. To these men it is quite plainly the invasion of their lives by a new
quality of life together. They do not hesitate to describe this as Christ
living in them. We are practically driven to accept their own explanation, which is that their little human lives had, through Christ, been
linked up with the very life of God.
8. Looking back over this week’s sermon and study guide, what’s the
most important thing for you to remember and put into action?