Rediscover Grace- Evangelism

TITLE: Gods Remarkable GiftTEXT: Romans 5:12-21THEME: The believer experiences God’s saving grace through Jesus alone.

COMMON FALLCY

Man is basically good and that he has to learn how to do bad things- by being taught, by example or by environment.

Jean-Jacque Rousseau

• French philosopher

Jean-Jacque Rousseau

• French philosopher • His first book in response to a contest to

answer the question, “Is education in arts and sciences beneficial to mankind?”

Jean-Jacque Rousseau

• French philosopher • His first book in response to a contest to

answer the question, “Is education in arts and sciences beneficial to mankind?”

• He responds “No”

Jean-Jacque Rousseau

• French philosopher • His first book in response to a contest to

answer the question, “Is education in arts and sciences beneficial to mankind?”

• He responds “No” • His argument is that education has

corrupted us and alienated us from our original innocent position

Richard Edgeworth

• Decided to raise his son on the principles of Rousseau’s book.

Richard Edgeworth

• Decided to raise his son on the principles of Rousseau’s book.

• The young son went shoeless, had no schedules or structure and received no discipline- his freedom was never violated.

Richard Edgeworth

• Decided to raise his son on the principles of Rousseau’s book.

• The young son went shoeless, had no schedules or structure and received no discipline- his freedom was never violated.

• The experiment was a failure

Richard Edgeworth

• Decided to raise his son on the principles of Rousseau’s book.

• The young son went shoeless, had no schedules or structure and received no discipline- his freedom was never violated.

• The experiment was a failure. • The boy grew to be highly bigoted, prone to

self-centeredness, had no compassion for others.

Richard Edgeworth

• Decided to raise his son on the principles of Rousseau’s book.

• The young son went shoeless, had no schedules or structure and received no discipline- his freedom was never violated

• The experiment was a failure. • The boy grew to be highly bigoted, prone to

self-centeredness, had no compassion for others.

“What is the source of evil?”

How can you be certain that God accepts you so that you have

eternal life?

I. Acknowledge that you are a sinner before God (12)

Romans 5:12

Therefore, just as sin entered the world through one man, and death through sin, and in this way death came to all people, because all sinned—

I. Acknowledge that you are a sinner before God (12)

A. Sin and Death entered the world through Adam.

I. Acknowledge that you are a sinner before God (12)

A. Sin and Death entered the world through Adam.B. As a result all are condemned to sin- that includes you.

Augustine and Original Sin

• The ancient Bishop of Hippo,was struggling with the question, “Where does evil come from?”

Augustine and Original Sin

• The ancient Bishop of Hippo,was struggling with the question, “Where does evil come from?”

• In his book “Confessions” he gives an account of this struggle.

Augustine and Original Sin

• The ancient Bishop of Hippo,was struggling with the question, “Where does evil come from?”

• In his book “Confessions” he gives an account of this struggle.

• He saw the prevalence of evil in himself and others but did not know its source.

Martin Luther

• Luther saw the corruption that had infiltrated the Roman Catholic Church.

Martin Luther

• Luther saw the corruption that had infiltrated the Roman Catholic Church.

• When traveled to Rome as a priest and saw the immoral practices of those who were supposed to be God’s representatives he left in disgust.

Martin Luther

• Luther saw the corruption that had infiltrated the Roman Catholic Church.

• When traveled to Rome as a priest and saw the immoral practices of those who were supposed to be God’s representatives he left in disgust.

• He shared with Augustine the view that sin infects us all and only the grace of God can redeem us from it.

How can you be certain that God accepts you so that you have

eternal life?

II. Understand that you cannot perfect yourself (13-14)

Romans 5:13-14

To be sure, sin was in the world before the law was given, but sin is not charged against anyone’s account where there is no law. 14 Nevertheless, death reigned from the time of Adam to the time of Moses, even over those who did not sin by breaking a command, as did Adam, who is a pattern of the one to come.

I. Acknowledge that you are a sinner before God (12)

A. Sin precedes the Law.

I. Acknowledge that you are a sinner before God (12)

A. Sin precedes the Law.B. The Law only teaches us God moral standard- and what sin is.

I. Acknowledge that you are a sinner before God (12)

A. Sin precedes the Law.B. The Law only teaches us God moral standard- and what sin is.C. Man is incapable of living up to that standard by his own efforts.

Romans 8:3-4

For what the law was powerless to do because it was weakened by the flesh, God did by sending his own Son in the likeness of sinful flesh to be a sin offering. And so he condemned sin in the flesh, 4 in order that the righteous requirement of the law might be fully met in us, who do not live according to the flesh but according to the Spirit.

How can you be certain that God accepts you so that you have

eternal life?

III. Accept that God’s Grace alone brings the righteousness

that leads to eternal life.

Romans 5:15-21

But the gift is not like the trespass. For if the many died by the trespass of the one man, how much more did God’s grace and the gift that came by the grace of the one man, Jesus Christ, overflow to the many! 16 Nor can the gift of God be compared with the result of one man’s sin: The judgment followed one sin and brought condemnation, but the gift followed many trespasses and brought justification.

Romans 5:15-21

17 For if, by the trespass of the one man, death reigned through that one man, how much more will those who receive God’s abundant provision of grace and of the gift of righteousness reign in life through the one man, Jesus Christ!

Romans 5:15-21

18 Consequently, just as one trespass resulted in condemnation for all people, so also one righteous act resulted in justification and life for all people. 19 For just as through the disobedience of the one man the many were made sinners, so also through the obedience of the one man the many will be made righteous.

Romans 5:15-21

20 The law was brought in so that the trespass might increase. But where sin increased, grace increased all the more, 21 so that, just as sin reigned in death, so also grace might reign through righteousness to bring eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord.

I. Acknowledge that you are a sinner before God (12)

A. Justification means that God declares and treats us as righteous.

I. Acknowledge that you are a sinner before God (12)

A. Justification means that God declares and treats us as righteous.B. Only Jesus could fulfill the righteous requirements of the Law.

I. Acknowledge that you are a sinner before God (12)

A. Justification means that God declares and treats us as righteous.B. Only Jesus could fulfill the righteous requirements of the Law.C. Jesus’s death took our penalty- Jesus’s resurrection gives us life.

I. Acknowledge that you are a sinner before God (12)

A. Justification means that God declares and treats us as righteous.B. Only Jesus could fulfill the righteous requirements of the Law.C. Jesus’s death took our penalty- Jesus’s resurrection gives us life.D. It requires only that we accept that free gift.

Phillip Zimbardo from Stanford University in Pal Alto

• Conducted the Stanford Prison Experiment.

Phillip Zimbardo from Stanford University in Pal Alto

• Conducted the Stanford Prison Experiment. • An experimental prison in the basement of

the Stanford Psychology building.

Phillip Zimbardo from Stanford University in Pal Alto

• Conducted the Stanford Prison Experiment. • An experimental prison in the basement of

the Stanford Psychology building. • One group was to play the role as prisoners-

the others to play the role as guards.

Phillip Zimbardo from Stanford University in Pal Alto

• Conducted the Stanford Prison Experiment. • An experimental prison in the basement of

the Stanford Psychology building. • One group was to play the role as prisoners-

the others to play the role as guards. • Within six days the guard’s reign of terror

over the prisoners forced them to end the experiment.

The experiment proved that everyone has a disposition

toward evil and certain contexts can bring that disposition out.

APPLICATION

• There have not been or ever will be any utopias since the fall in that evil is in all of us. We treat men with dignity because they are created in God’s image but we accept that sin has distorted that image so man cannot recreate Eden.

APPLICATION

• You cannot attain God’s righteousness on your own. You are not God. Only one person is the unique God/Man and that is Jesus Christ. When we accept and trust Him he grants (imputes) to us his righteousness. From that point on God sees us through Christ and treats us as His own.

APPLICATION

• Our only hope against our propensity toward sin is the grace of God. We must accept his free gift and allow him to change us from the inside out. While it may take years for it change us outside the inside change is immediate.

Matt Chandler: The Explicit Gospel

In the middle of our conversation, seemingly out of nowhere, she asked me, "Do you think I'm a dirty rose?" My heart sank inside of me, and I began to explain to her the whole weight of the gospel of Jesus Christ is that Jesus wants the rose. It's Jesus' desire to save, redeem, and restore the dirty rose.