1. Strait is the gate to salvation 1. Strait is the gate to sal-va-tion, Nar-row the way lead-ing there. Rock-y the path way of life is, Rough, and be-lea-gure'd with care. Yet, though we be all en-tan-gled. In the un-clean-ness of sin, Let us put off each de-file-ment, Search out the strait gate and go in! Come, en-ter in at the strait gate, Sal-va-tion's path-way and door! This is the way, walk we in it This way is life ev-er-more! 1

2. Strait is the gate to salvation 2. Man-y pre-fer am-ple arch-es, Ways trod-den broad through the years. Such roads, though pleas-ant to walk in, End in de-struc-tion and tears. Let us fore-go earth-ly treas-ures, Glo-ry and loft-y es-tate Walk in the way of the Gos-pel, En-ter to life through the strait gate. Come, en-ter in at the strait gate, Sal-va-tion's path-way and door! This is the way, walk we in it This way is life ev-er-more! 2

3. Strait is the gate to salvation 3. Je-sus has o-pen'd sal-va-tion. Walk in the strength of His grace. Step out with-out hes-i-ta-tion! On, for our life's dwell-ing-place! Life's gate won't be there for-ev-er. Some day it's clos-ing and then All of your wish-ing can nev-er O-pen it up for you a-gain! Come, en-ter in at the strait gate, Sal-va-tion's path-way and door! This is the way, walk we in it This way is life ev-er-more! 3

4. Saemoonan English Bible Study 2016-06-19 http://niv.saemoonan.org 4

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9. Greetings 9

10. Today’s Announcements 6/26 Prayer: Mee Hee Lee, Psalm 98 10

11. Prayer List (Apr.~Jun.) 11 DatePrayerPsalmsDatePrayerPsalms 4/3 강기우 89:16-295/22 금영욱 94:1-13 4/10 박경호 89:30-415/29 문정선 94:14-23 4/17 신용수 89:42-526/5 김은숙 95 4/24 안덕화 906/12 하헌승 96 5/1 최옥주 916/19 손기순 97 5/8 윤애란 926/26 이미희 98 5/15 차경순 93

12. Today’s New Members 12

13. Apostle’s Creed I believe in God the Father Almighty, Maker of heaven and earth, and in Jesus Christ, His only Son our Lord, who was conceived by the Holy Spirit, born of the Virgin Mary, suffered under Pontius Pilate, was crucified, dead, and buried; He descended into hell, The third day He rose again from the dead; He ascended into heaven, and sitteth on the right hand of God the Father Almighty; from thence He shall come to judge the quick and the dead. I believe in the Holy Spirit; The Holy Catholic Church; The communion of saints; The forgiveness of sins; The resurrection of the body; And the life everlasting. Amen 13

14. Today’s Psalm Reading: : Kisoon Sohn Psalms 97 1 The L ORD reigns, let the earth be glad; let the distant shores rejoice. 2 Clouds and thick darkness surround him; righteousness and justice are the foundation of his throne. 3 Fire goes before him and consumes his foes on every side. 4 His lightning lights up the world; the earth sees and trembles. 5 The mountains melt like wax before the L ORD, before the Lord of all the earth. 6 The heavens proclaim his righteousness, and all peoples see his glory. 14

15. Today’s Psalm Reading: : Kisoon Sohn Psalms 97 7 All who worship images are put to shame, those who boast in idols— worship him, all you gods! 8 Zion hears and rejoices and the villages of Judah are glad because of your judgments, L ORD. 9 For you, L ORD, are the Most High over all the earth; you are exalted far above all gods. 10 Let those who love the L ORD hate evil, for he guards the lives of his faithful ones and delivers them from the hand of the wicked. 11 Light shines [a] on the righteous and joy on the upright in heart.a 15

16. Today’s Psalm Reading: : Kisoon Sohn Psalms 97 12 Rejoice in the L ORD, you who are righteous, and praise his holy name. 16

17. Today’s Prayer Prayer by : Kisoon Sohn 17

18. This Week’s Verse 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 5:17)(June 19 th ) 18

19. Next Week’s Verse The law was brought in so that the trespass might increase. But where sin increased, grace increased all the more, so that, just as sin reigned in death, so also grace might reign through righteousness to bring eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord. (Romans 5:20-21)(June 26 th ) 19

20. Today’s Reading Romans 5:12~21 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— 13 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. 15 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.

21. Today’s Reading Romans 5:12~21 12 그러므로 한 사람으로 말미암아 죄가 세상에 들어오고 죄로 말미암아 사망이 들어왔나니 이와 같이 모든 사람이 죄를 지었으므로 사망이 모든 사람에게 이르렀느니라 13 죄가 율법 있기 전에도 세상에 있었으나 율법이 없었을 때에는 죄를 죄로 여기지 아니하였느니라 14 그러나 아담으로부터 모세까지 아담의 범죄와 같은 죄를 짓지 아니한 자들까지도 사망이 왕 노릇 하였나니 아담은 오실 자의 모형이라 15 그러나 이 은사는 그 범죄와 같지 아니하니 곧 한 사람의 범죄를 인하 여 많은 사람이 죽었은즉 더욱 하나님의 은혜와 또한 한 사람 예수 그 리스도의 은혜로 말미암은 선물은 많은 사람에게 넘쳤느니라 16 또 이 선물은 범죄한 한 사람으로 말미암은 것과 같지아니하니 심판은 한 사람으로 말미암아 정죄에 이르렀으나 은사는 많은 범죄로 말미 암아 의롭다 하심에 이름이니라

22. Today’s Reading Romans 5:12~21 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! 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. 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.

23. Today’s Reading Romans 5:12~21 17 한 사람의 범죄로 말미암아 사망이 그 한 사람을 통하여 왕 노릇 하였 은즉 더욱 은혜와 의의 선물을 넘치게 받는 자들은 한 분 예수 그리스 도를 통하여 생명 안에서 왕 노릇 하리로다 18 그런즉 한 범죄로 많은 사람이 정죄에 이른 것 같이 한 의로운 행위로 말미암아 많은 사람이 의롭다 하심을 받아 생명에 이르렀느니라 19 한 사람이 순종하지 아니함으로 많은 사람이 죄인 된 것 같이 한 사람 이 순종하심으로 많은 사람이 의인이 되리라 20 율법이 들어온 것은 범죄를 더하게 하려 함이라 그러나 죄가 더한 곳 에 은혜가 더욱 넘쳤나니 21 이는 죄가 사망 안에서 왕 노릇 한 것 같이 은혜도 또한 의로 말미암아 왕 노릇 하여 우리 주 예수 그리스도로 말미암아 영생에 이르게 하려 함이라

24. Christ and the Reign of Life (Romans 5:15-21) 24

25. Introduction 25 Paul continues his analogy of Adam and Christ, showing how the life that was made possible for all men by Christ’s atoning sacrifice is illustrated antithetically by the death that was made inevitable for all men by Adam’s sin. It is the truth the apostle summarizes in his first letter to Corinth: “For as in Adam all die, so also in Christ all shall be made alive” (l Cor. 15:22).

26. Introduction 26 As noted in the previous chapter, the only truly analogous factor between Adam and Christ is that of one man/one act. That is, just as the one man Adam’s sin brought sin to all mankind, so the one man Jesus Christ’s one sacrifice made salvation available to all mankind.

27. Introduction 27 In the present passage, as if to examine every facet of this marvelous analogy, Paul explores five essential areas of contrast between the condemning act of Adam and the redemptive act of Christ. Those acts were different in their effectiveness (v. 15), in their extent (v. 16), in their efficacy (v. 17), in their essence (vv. 18–19), and in their energy (vv. 20–21).

28. THE CONTRAST IN EFFECTIVENESS (5:15): 28 The first contrast is clearly stated as being between the free gift of Christ and the transgression of Adam, acts that were totally opposite. 15 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!

29. THE CONTRAST IN EFFECTIVENESS (5:15): 29 By definition, all gifts are free, but charisma (free gift) refers to something given with special graciousness and favor, and therefore could also be appropriately rendered “grace gift.” When used of what is given to God, the term refers to that which is right and acceptable in His sight; when used of that which is given by God, as here, it refers to that which is given completely apart from human merit. In regard to Jesus’ atoning sacrifice, both meanings are involved. Going to the cross was Jesus’ supreme act of obedience to His Father and therefore was wholly acceptable to the Father. His going to the cross was also the supreme act of divine grace, His free gift offered to sinful mankind.

30. THE CONTRAST IN EFFECTIVENESS (5:15): 30 Transgression is from paraptōma, which has the basic meaning of deviating from a path, or departing from the norm. By extension, it carries the idea of going where one should not go, and therefore is sometimes translated “trespass.” The one sin of Adam that was bequeathed to all his posterity and that brought the reign of death on the world was a transgression from the one command, from the single norm for obedience, that God had given.

31. THE CONTRAST IN EFFECTIVENESS (5:15): 31 The impact of the free gift and of the transgression are distinct to themselves. By the transgression of the one, that is, Adam, the many died. Perhaps for the sake of parallelism, Paul uses many in two different senses in this verse. As will be seen below, he uses the term all with similarly distinct meanings in verse 18. In regard to Adam’s act, many is universal and inclusive, corresponding to the “all” in verse 12. Because all men, without exception, bear in themselves the nature and mark of sin, they are all, without exception, under the sentence of death (as he has made clear in earlier chapters).

32. THE CONTRAST IN EFFECTIVENESS (5:15): 32 By eating of the fruit of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, Adam departed from God’s standard and entered a divinely-forbidden realm. And instead of becoming more like God, as Satan had promised, man became more unlike His Creator and separated from Him. Instead of bringing man into the province of God, Adam’s transgression delivered him and all his posterity to the province of Satan.

33. THE CONTRAST IN EFFECTIVENESS (5:15): 33 The heart of Paul’s comparison, however, is that Christ’s one act of salvation had immeasurably greater impact than Adam’s one act of damnation. Much more, he says, did the grace of God and the gift by the grace of the one Man, Jesus Christ, abound to the many. The divine provision of redemption not only is an expression of the grace of God the Father but of the grace of God the Son, the one Man, Jesus Christ.

34. THE CONTRAST IN EFFECTIVENESS (5:15): 34 The sin of Adam brought death. But the gift by the grace of the one Man, Jesus Christ, did more than simply provide the way for fallen mankind to be restored to the state of Adam’s original innocence. Jesus Christ not only reversed the curse of death by forgiving and cleansing from sin but provided the way for redeemed men to share in the full righteousness and glory of God.

35. THE CONTRAST IN EFFECTIVENESS (5:15): 35 John Calvin wrote, “Since the fall of Adam had such an effect as to produce ruin of many, much more efficacious is the grace of God to the benefit of many; inasmuch as it is admitted, that Christ is much more powerful to save, than Adam was to destroy” (Commentaries on the Epistle of Paul the Apostle to the Romans [Grand Rapids: Baker, 1979], p. 206). God’s grace is greater than man’s sin. Not only is it greater than the one original sin of Adam that brought death to all men but it is greater than all the accumulated sins that men have ever or will ever commit.

36. THE CONTRAST IN EFFECTIVENESS (5:15): 36 It might be said that Adam’s sinful act, devastating as it was, had but a one-dimensional effect—it brought death to everyone. But the effect of Christ’s redemptive act has facets beyond measure, because He not only restores man to spiritual life but gives him the very life of God. Death by nature is static and empty, whereas life by nature is active and full. Only life can abound.

37. THE CONTRAST IN EFFECTIVENESS (5:15): 37 Contrary to its use in the beginning of this verse regarding Adam, the term many now carries its normal meaning, applying only to those for whom Christ’s gracious gift of salvation is made effective through their faith in Him. Although Paul does not mention that qualifying truth at this point, He has just declared that believers are “justified by faith” and are introduced “by faith into this grace in which we stand” (5:1–2). That, of course, is the cardinal truth of the gospel as far as man’s part is concerned; it is the focus of Paul’s teaching in this epistle from 3:21–5:2.

38. THE CONTRAST IN EFFECTIVENESS (5:15): 38 Many of the Puritans and Reformers ended their sermons or commentary chapters with a statement about the passage’s “practical use.” The practical truth of Romans 5:15 is that the power of sin, which is death, can be broken, but the power of Christ, which is salvation, cannot be broken. “Our Savior Christ Jesus,” Paul declared to Timothy, “abolished death, and brought life and immortality to light through the gospel” (2 Tim. 1:10).

39. THE CONTRAST IN EFFECTIVENESS (5:15): 39 Jesus Christ broke the power of sin and death, but the converse is not true. Sin and death cannot break the power of Jesus Christ. The condemnation of Adam’s sin is reversible, the redemption of Jesus Christ is not. The effect of Adam’s act is permanent only if not nullified by Christ. The effect of Christ’s act, however, is permanent for believing individuals and not subject to reversal or nullification. We have the great assurance that once we are in Jesus Christ, we are in Him forever.

40. THE CONTRAST IN EXTENT (5:16): 40 The second contrast between the one act of Adam and the one act of Christ is in regard to extent. In that regard, just as in effectiveness, Christ’s justification is far greater than Adam’s condemnation. 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.

41. THE CONTRAST IN EXTENT (5:16): 41 In verse 15 Paul speaks of “the transgression of the one,” whereas in verse 16 he speaks of the one who sinned, that is, the one who transgressed. In the first case the emphasis is on the sin, in the second it is on the sinner. But the basic truth is the same. It was the one sin by the one man at the one time that brought God’s judgment and its resulting … condemnation.

42. THE CONTRAST IN EXTENT (5:16): 42 But the gift of God’s grace through Jesus Christ is not like that. God’s judgment on Adam and his posterity arose from but one transgression. On the other hand, however, the free gift arose not simply because of that single transgression but from many transgressions, and its result is not simply restoration but justification.

43. THE CONTRAST IN EXTENT (5:16): 43 John Murray offers a helpful observation: “The one trespass demanded nothing less than the condemnation of all. But the free gift unto justification is of such a character that it must take the many trespasses into its reckoning; it could not be the free gift of justification unless it blotted out the many trespasses. Consequently, the free gift is conditioned as to its nature and effect by the many trespasses just as the judgment was conditioned as to its nature and effect by the one trespass alone” (The Epistle to the Romans [Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 1965], p. 196).

44. THE CONTRAST IN EXTENT (5:16): 44 This verse contains two very practical truths that are closely related. The first is that God hates sin so much that it took only one sin to condemn the entire human race and separate them from Him. It was not that Adam’s first sin was worse than others he committed or worse than men have committed since. It was simply that his first sin was sin. At the time, eating the forbidden fruit was the only sin that Adam and Eve could have committed, because God had placed but one restriction on them. But had it been possible, any other sin would have had the same effect. In the same way, any sin that any man has ever committed would be sufficient to damn the whole human race, just as Adam’s one sin did. A sobering thought, indeed.

45. THE CONTRAST IN EXTENT (5:16): 45 The other truth in verse 16 is still more amazing and incomprehensible, and is as heartening as the first is sobering. Greater even than God’s hatred of sin is His love for the sinner. Despite the fact that God hates sin so much that any one sin could damn the human race, His loving grace toward man is so great that He provides not only for the redemption of one man from one sin but for the redemption of all men from all sins. Jesus Christ took upon Himself the sins of the whole world. “God was in Christ reconciling the world to Himself, not counting their trespasses against them” (2 Cor. 5:19).

46. THE CONTRAST IN EFFICACY (5:17): 46 The third contrast between the one act of Adam and the one act of Christ is in regard to efficacy, the capacity to produce a desired result. 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!

47. THE CONTRAST IN EFFICACY (5:17): 47 As Paul has already pointed out, the one sin of the one man Adam brought the reign of death (vv. 12–14). It is to that truth that the if—which here carries the idea of “because“—refers. It has been established that Adam’s one act of sin brought the reign of death. But that was hardly the intent of the first sin. Neither Adam nor Eve sinned because they wanted to die; they sinned because they expected to become like God. Their sin produced the very opposite result from that which they desired and emphasized the deception of the tempter. As noted above, instead of becoming more like God, they became more unlike Him.

48. THE CONTRAST IN EFFICACY (5:17): 48 The one act of the one Man, Jesus Christ, however, produced precisely the desired result. The divine intent of Jesus’ sacrifice of Himself on the cross was that those who receive the abundance of that unmatched act of grace and of the gift of righteousness would reign in life through the One who died for them, namely, Jesus Christ.

49. THE CONTRAST IN EFFICACY (5:17): 49 The one-dimensional result of Adam’s one act was death, whereas the result of Christ’s one act is life, which is multidimensional. Christ not only offers life but abundant life, life that abounds (v. 15; cf. John 10:10). The redeemed in Christ not only receive abundant life but are given righteousness as a gift (cf. 2 Cor. 5:21). They reign in that righteous life with their Lord and Savior. They possess the very righteous, glorious, and eternal life of God Himself.

50. THE CONTRAST IN EFFICACY (5:17): 50 The “practical use” of this great truth is that the One who has granted us spiritual life will fulfill that life in us. “For I am confident of this very thing,” Paul assured the Philippian believers, “that He who began a good work in you will perfect it until the day of Christ Jesus” (Phil. 1:6). God is the great transformer and fulfiller of life. “Therefore if any man is in Christ, he is a new creature; the old things passed away; behold, new things have come” (2 Cor. 5:17).

51. THE CONTRAST IN EFFICACY (5:17): 51 To reign in life through Christ is also to have power over sin. Later in this letter Paul says, “Thanks be to God that though you were slaves of sin, you became obedient from the heart to that form of teaching to which you were committed, and having been freed from sin, you became slaves of righteousness” (6:17–18). As believers, we know from experience as well as from Scripture that we are still plagued with sin, still clothed in the sinful rags of the old self (see Eph. 4:22). But sin is no longer the nature or the master of the believer. In Christ we are no longer victims of sin but victors over sin (1 Cor. 15:57).

52. THE CONTRAST IN ESSENCE (5:18–19): 52 The fourth contrast between the one act of Adam and the one act of Christ is in regard to essence. These two verses summarize the analogy of Adam and Christ. 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.

53. THE CONTRAST IN ESSENCE (5:18–19): 53 As with the many in verse 15, Paul apparently uses all in verse 18 for the sake of parallelism, although the two occurrences of the term carry different meanings. Just as “the many died” in verse 15 refers inclusively to all men, so life to all men here refers exclusively to those who trust in Christ. This verse does not teach universalism, as some have contended through the centuries. It is abundantly clear from other parts of this epistle, including the first two verses of this chapter, that salvation comes only to those who have faith in Jesus Christ (see also 1:16–17; 3:22, 28; 4:5, 13).

54. THE CONTRAST IN ESSENCE (5:18–19): 54 Paul’s primary teaching in these two verses is that the essence of Adam’s one transgression (v. 18a) was disobedience (v. 19a), whereas the essence of Christ’s one act of righteousness (v. 18b) was obedience (v. 19b). When God commanded Adam not to eat of the forbidden fruit, Adam disobeyed and brought death. When God sent His only begotten Son into the world to suffer and die, the Son obeyed and brought life.

55. THE CONTRAST IN ESSENCE (5:18–19): 55 Made translates kathislēmi and here carries the idea of constituting, or establishing. The guilt of Adam’s disobedience was imputed( 죄를 씌우다 ) to all his descendants. They were thus made sinners—in the sense that they became legally guilty in God’s sight. In the same way, but with the exact opposite effect, Christ’s obedience causes those who believe in Him to be made righteous in God’s sight. The consequence of His perfect obedience—an unblemished, impeccable righteousness—is imputed to their account, making them legally righteous.

56. THE CONTRAST IN ESSENCE (5:18–19): 56 From beginning to end, Jesus’ earthly life was characterized by perfect obedience to His heavenly Father. Even at the age of twelve, He reminded His parents that He had to be about His Father’s business (Luke 2:49). Jesus’ sole purpose on earth was to do His Father’s will (John 4:34; 5:30; 6:38; cf. Matt. 26:39,42). In His incarnation, “He humbled Himself by becoming obedient to the point of death, even death on across” (Phil. 2:8).

57. THE CONTRAST IN ESSENCE (5:18–19): 57 Christ’s obedience to the divine commandments is often called “active obedience,” and His death on the Cross is called “passive obedience.” Though He obeyed the law perfectly in His life, He also submitted to the penalty of the law in all its horrible fullness. Both active and passive obedience are included in the perfect righteousness of Christ that is imputed to believers. It is therefore a righteousness that satisfies all the demands of the law, including the law’s penal requirements. The obedience of the One thus secured redemption for the many who will be made righteous in God’s sight. God—“who justifies the ungodly” (Rom. 4:5)—can therefore declare still-sinful believers fully righteous without any taint on His righteousness. he is both “just and the justifier of the one who has faith in Jesus” (Rom. 3:26).

58. THE CONTRAST IN ESSENCE (5:18–19): 58 The “practical use” of this truth is that genuine believers can truly sing with H. G. Spafford in his great hymn: My sin, O the bliss of this glorious thought, My sin, not in part but the whole, Is nailed to the cross and I bear it no more It is well, it is well with my soul.

59. THE CONTRAST IN ENERGY (5:20–21): 59 The fifth and last contrast between the one act of Adam and the one act of Christ is in regard to energy (driving force). The law was brought in so that the trespass might increase. But where sin increased, grace increased all the more, so that, just as sin reigned in death, so also grace might reign through righteousness to bring eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord.

60. THE CONTRAST IN ENERGY (5:20–21): 60 As Paul explains more fully in chapter 7, the energizing force behind man’s sin is the Law, which came in that the transgression might increase. Knowing that he would be charged with being antinomian and with speaking evil of something God Himself had divinely revealed through Moses, Paul states unequivocally that “the Law is holy, and the commandment is holy and righteous and good” (Rom. 7:12). Nevertheless, God’s own Law had the effect of causing man’s transgression to increase. The law was brought in so that the trespass might increase. But where sin increased, grace increased all the more, so that, just as sin reigned in death, so also grace might reign through righteousness to bring eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord. antinomian: one who holds that under the gospel dispensation of grace the moral law is of no use or obligation because faith alone is necessary to salvation

61. THE CONTRAST IN ENERGY (5:20–21): 61 It should be noted here that God’s law—ceremonial, moral, or spiritual—has never been a means of salvation during any age or dispensation. The divinely-ordained place it had in God’s plan was temporary. As the biblical scholar F. F. Bruce has stated, “The Law has no permanent significance in the history of redemption” (The Letter of Paul to the Romans [Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 1985], p. 121). Paul has already declared that Abraham was justified by God solely on the basis of his faith—completely apart from any good works he accomplished and several years before he was circumcised and many centuries before the law was given (4:1–13).

62. THE CONTRAST IN ENERGY (5:20–21): 62 The Law was a corollary element in God’s plan of redemption, serving a temporary purpose that was never in itself redemptive. Disobedience to the law has never damned a soul to hell, and obedience to the law has never brought a soul to God. Sin and its condemnation were in the world long before the law, and so was the way of escape from sin and condemnation.

63. THE CONTRAST IN ENERGY (5:20–21): 63 God gave the Law through Moses as a pattern for righteousness but not as a means of righteousness. The law has no power to produce righteousness, but for the person who belongs to God and sincerely desires to do His will, it is a guide to righteous living.

64. THE CONTRAST IN ENERGY (5:20–21): 64 The law identifies particular transgressions, so that those acts can more easily be seen as sinful and thereby cause men to see themselves more easily as sinners. For that reason the Law also has power to incite men to unrighteousness, not because the Law is evil but because men are evil.

65. THE CONTRAST IN ENERGY (5:20–21): 65 The person who reads a sign in the park that forbids the picking of flowers and then proceeds to pick one demonstrates his natural, reflexive rebellion against authority. There is nothing wrong with the sign; its message is perfectly legitimate and good. But because it places a restriction on people’s freedom to do as they please, it causes resentment and has the effect of leading some people to do what they otherwise might not even think of doing.

66. THE CONTRAST IN ENERGY (5:20–21): 66 The Law is therefore a corollary both to righteousness and to unrighteousness. For the lawless person it stimulates him to the disobedience and unrighteousness he already is inclined to do. For the person who trusts in God, the law stimulates obedience and righteousness.

67. THE CONTRAST IN ENERGY (5:20–21): 67 Again focusing on the truth that Christ’s one act of redemption is far greater than Adam’s one act of condemnation, Paul exults, But where sin increased, grace abounded all the more. God’s grace not only surpasses Adam’s one sin but all the sins of mankind.

68. THE CONTRAST IN ENERGY (5:20–21): 68 Like a master weaver, Paul pulls all the threads together in his tapestry of redemptive truth, declaring: As sin reigned in death, even so grace might reign through righteousness to eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord.

69. This Week’s Conversation A: So, how does Paul contrast Adam and Christ? B: That’s simple! Adam committed one sin that resulted in death that was opposite of what he desired. A: What about Christ? B: Jesus Christ made one sacrifice and resulted in salvation for all, which was precisely the desired result. A: Oh how wonderful! B: Praise God! 69

70. Next Week’s Conversation A: From the NIV English Bible Class, I learned very interesting concept. B: Oh yeah? What is it? A: The law has totally opposite effects for the unrighteous and the righteous. B: Really? How? A: The law stimulates the unrighteous to sin more, whereas it restrains the righteous from sinning. B: That’s a very interesting idea. Does that mean the law can be evil? A: No. The law is not evil but men are evil. B: I see. You are right! 70

71. This Week’s phrase Their sin produced the very opposite result from that which they desired. ______________ produced the very opposite result from that which ______________ desired. (June 19 th ) 71

72. Next Week’s phrase The Law is therefore a corollary both to righteousness and to unrighteousness. ______________ is therefore a corollary both to ________________ and to _________________. (June 26 th ) 72

73. Today’s Prayer Thank God for Jesus Christ and the reign of life. 73

74. The Lord’s Prayer Our Father in heaven, Hallowed be your name, your kingdom come, your will be done on earth as it is in heaven. Give us today our daily bread. Forgive us our debts, as we also have forgiven our debtors. And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from the evil one. for yours is the kingdom and the power and the glory forever. Amen. (Matthew 6:9-13) 74

75. God will make a way Where there seems to be no way He works in ways we cannot see He will make a way for me He will be my guide Hold me closely to His side With love and strength for each new day He will make a way.... He will make a way 75

76. Shalom My Friend Shalom, Shalom Till We meet again Shalom, Shalom 76