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Romans 5:12-19
!! Kingdoms in Conflict
Intro.
This passage has a very large influence on theology as a whole.
It is very difficult for us with our modern minds to understand.
Because we have been brought up in a world that has taught us a very distorted view of independence.
What is independence?
An independence without interdependence
Simon and Garfunkel (reflected on a ‘self sufficient’ independence).
“A winter’s day, in a deep and dark December
I am alone,
Gazing from my window to the streets below,
I touch no one and no one touches me!
I am a rock, I am an island.”
“And a rock feels no pain and an island never cries.”
As if to say, ‘If this is independence why am I so lonely?!’
Our independence develops like this:
We are part of a nation that is independent.
· -national independence-
we’re an American different and superior
there is no solidarity between us and the (German, French, Italian, Brazilians, Chinese)
(draw the circle) of solidarity; we are not one with other nations.
· -racial independence-
Most of us are white.
Sadly, we tend to think that we have little in common with blacks, native Americans, Spanish descent, (draw the circle)
·-regionally-
learn to exclude those with an accent different from ours
(‘hillbillies’, ‘city-slickers’, suburbanites, Yanks, Rebs) -draw the circle of solidarity tight
· -politically independent-
democrat, Republican, Independent
different ideologies
· -religiously independent –
disagree in details of God’s revelation (no way can fellowship)
disagree in practice with some in your church (draw the circle)
just my family, (and we disagree sometimes) - so the only one that I feel a deep, unmovable solidarity with is myself.
This lack of solidarity with mankind we call “independence!”
This is all part of our make-up, that makes it very difficult for us to grasp the portion of Scripture we want to look at today.
(Romans 5:12-19)
difficult passage
Paul has said we’re condemned; yet we can be justified.
In these verses he gives us the link between the two.
The very same path down which death, sin and condemnation traveled into humanity became the path that would make it possible for life, grace and justification to travel.
(Read 5:12-19)
As we read notice how many times the word ‘one’ occurs (13 times) - emphasizing solidarity of all men.
-Analyze passage
v.
12 just as…
v. 18, 19 even so…
vss.
13-17 parenthesis between death (12) and life (18,19)
a bridge … as with death, condemnation came - so also with life comes justification.
Paul is contrasting two kingdoms
Kingdom of Death~/ Kingdom of Life - and these are connected by a principle in the economy of God known as *imputation.*
| One Man (Adam) | One Man (Christ) |
| v.15 One man’s trespass® many died | One Man’s grace® gift of righteousness to many |
| v.17 through one man’s trespass® death reigned | Through one man, Jesus® believers reign in life |
| v.18 one trespass®condemnation for all | One act of righteousness®justification offered to all |
| v.19 disobedience of one®many constituted sinners | Obedience of one®many constituted righteous |
| v.21sin reigned in death | Grace reigns to bring eternal life |
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I.
The Reign of sin and death
v. 12
I haven’t liked this – being raised on Independence
I have difficulty getting hold of this solidarity ‘ Why should Adam’s blunder be allowed to adversely affect my life?’
Is it fair?
Yes!
Fair, wise, and gracious
The Jews would have had no trouble with this solidarity
-they grew up never really thinking of themselves as individuals
-he would think of himself as part of a clan, a family, a nation; and apart from that society he had no existence, his existence was wrapped up in the nation.
Ex.
Today, if an Australian aborigine is asked his name he will give the name of his tribe or clan.
He thinks of himself as a member of a clan.
Ill.) tribal wars – a man is murdered, not a war between individual persons but 2 tribes.
O.T. examples
Josh 7 – Achan sinned, the whole nation suffered.
Achan’s sin was not one man’s sin, it was the nation’s sin.
The nation was not a collection of individuals it was a solid mass.
What the individual did the nation did.
\\ 7:1 “The sons of Israel were unfaithful in that Achan sinned.
7:11 “Israel has sinned”
This is how Paul says we’re to see Adam
He was not an individual, He was part of mankind
Because of the solidarity of the first kingdom (Adam’s race) all mankind actually sinned in Adam.
The kingdom that fell under the reign of death.
Paul shows that this must be true in v. 13,14…\in that those who lived before the law also died without breaking a commandment
Ill.) the genealogy of Genesis 5 - Adam’s descendants “…and they died…”
Still Death reigns! (
Death is not a natural part of God’s created order.
It is an enemy.
The last enemy to be destroyed.
- still- nuclear build-ups, disease, holocaust, abortion, fighting, misery, murder, divorce – it’s always been like this in this kingdom of death.
Again – Is it fair that you and I should suffer so as a result of the solidarity of the human race?
Yes!
And it is very wise and gracious
An example of Isaiah’s statement “God’s ways are high above our ways.
Follow this
God has chosen to subject all his rational creatures to a probation
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