Easter Reversal
Romans 5
God’s Answer to the Human
Predicament!
Easter Reversal
Romans 5
On a day
when so much
is happening…
…why think
about Easter
so early?
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We need to
think about
the human
predicament…
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The dilemma
of God's
Righteousness
&
Man's Willful
Disobedience
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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.”
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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
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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
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…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
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…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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Man's Willful
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…
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…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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Easter
Reversal
Jesus
Demonstrates
the Standard:
Obedience
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Jesus Demonstrates
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
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Jesus Demonstrates
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
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Jesus Demonstrates
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,
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Jesus Demonstrates
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
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Jesus Demonstrates
the Standard:
Obedience
…to the glory of God
the Father.”
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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.”
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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