"Where sin abounded grace abounded much more" Romans 5:20
A statement heard at an Easter Service stays with me.."More has been gained in the resurrection of Jesus from the dead, than was lost in the fall of Adam" More gained in Jesus than was lost in Adam? Can it be true?
The damage caused by the depravity of sin and its entry into the world, bringing greed, disease, injustice, cruelty, bondage, death, all these trace their origins back to the decision of Adam and Eve to follow their own path rather than that directed by God. Gen. 3.
Without the intervention of the Lord God Almighty....through Jesus death on the cross as the "Lamb of God", dying for our sin and suffering in our stead, mankind would be without hope, and in such hopeless situation would be left to their own imaginatiuons. Rom.1:21.
But Jesus overpowered sin through His cross and conqured death by His resurrection.
The victory of Christ is celebrated in Romans ch. 5, often called the "much more" chapter of the New Testament, where Paul contrasts the devastation caused by sin, with the restoring power of Gods grace. In every case 'grace' overpowers the consequences of sin.
In a grand conclusion Paul says "Where sin abounded, grace abounded much more, so that as sin reigned in death, even so 'grace' might reign through righteousness to eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord. Rom.5:20-21.
No matter how much we have personally lost because of sin, we have now gained far more through the resurrection victory of Christ.
"No condemnation now I dread
Jesus and all in him is mine
Alive in him my living head
And clothed in righteousness divine
Bold I approach the eternal throne
And claim the crown through Christ
my own.
C.Wesley
A statement heard at an Easter Service stays with me.."More has been gained in the resurrection of Jesus from the dead, than was lost in the fall of Adam" More gained in Jesus than was lost in Adam? Can it be true?
The damage caused by the depravity of sin and its entry into the world, bringing greed, disease, injustice, cruelty, bondage, death, all these trace their origins back to the decision of Adam and Eve to follow their own path rather than that directed by God. Gen. 3.
Without the intervention of the Lord God Almighty....through Jesus death on the cross as the "Lamb of God", dying for our sin and suffering in our stead, mankind would be without hope, and in such hopeless situation would be left to their own imaginatiuons. Rom.1:21.
But Jesus overpowered sin through His cross and conqured death by His resurrection.
The victory of Christ is celebrated in Romans ch. 5, often called the "much more" chapter of the New Testament, where Paul contrasts the devastation caused by sin, with the restoring power of Gods grace. In every case 'grace' overpowers the consequences of sin.
In a grand conclusion Paul says "Where sin abounded, grace abounded much more, so that as sin reigned in death, even so 'grace' might reign through righteousness to eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord. Rom.5:20-21.
No matter how much we have personally lost because of sin, we have now gained far more through the resurrection victory of Christ.
"No condemnation now I dread
Jesus and all in him is mine
Alive in him my living head
And clothed in righteousness divine
Bold I approach the eternal throne
And claim the crown through Christ
my own.
C.Wesley
