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October 8 - Romans 5 · A Chapter a Day Bible Reading

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Hello friends, it's Sean. Here it is Wednesday.
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It's the 8th of October and it's so good that you have invited me
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into your day so that you and I can do what we do together.
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We read God's word together. You're my Bible reading buddy.
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Thank you. Thank you so much A, for
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pressing on play and B, for being a part of this community,
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a community that stretches around the world, but well, many
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of us down here in the bottom corner of Australia.
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And that we are able to just work our way through God's word
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chapter by chapter by chapter. And not to get through God's
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Scripture like a notch on our belt, but just to spend time
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hearing God's word every day to shape us to be more like the
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people that God's made us to be. Ah, what a treat.
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And it has been almost five years since we read through
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Romans together on this podcast. This was the very first book
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that we read all the way back when we started almost five
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years ago. And I just got to say, every
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chapter of Romans just makes me feel so grateful for everything
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that God has done for us. What an incredible book.
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So Holy Spirit, just continue to move us and shape us and guide
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us and grow us as we hear these words today.
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Alright friends, let's do it. Let's read Romans chapter 5.
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Therefore, since we have been made right in God's sight by
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faith, we have peace with God because of what Jesus Christ our
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Lord has done for us. Because of our faith, Christ has
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brought us into this place of undeserved privilege where we
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now stand, and we confidently and joyfully look forward to
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sharing God's glory. We can rejoice, too, when we run
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into problems and trials, for we know that they help us develop
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endurance, and endurance develops strength of character,
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and character strengthens our confident hope of salvation.
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And this hope will not lead to disappointment.
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For we know how dearly God loves us, because He has given us the
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Holy Spirit to fill our hearts with his love.
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When we were utterly helpless, Christ came at just the right
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time and died for us sinners. Now, most people would not be
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willing to die for an upright person, though someone might
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perhaps be willing to die for a person who was especially good.
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But God showed His great love for us by sending Christ to die
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for us while we were still sinners.
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And since we have been made right in God's sight by the
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blood of Christ, He will certainly save us from God's
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condemnation. For since our friendship with
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God was restored by the death of His Son while we were still His
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enemies, we will certainly be saved through the life of His
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Son. So now we can rejoice in our
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wonderful new relationship with God, because our Lord Jesus
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Christ has made us friends of God.
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When Adam sinned, sin entered the world.
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Adam's sin brought death, so death spread to everyone, for
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everyone sinned. Yes, people sinned even before
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the law was given, but it was not counted as sin because there
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was not yet any law to break. Still, everyone died from the
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time of Adam to the time of Moses, even those who did not
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disobey an explicit commandment of God as Adam did.
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Now Adam is a symbol, a representation of Christ who was
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yet to come. But there is a great difference
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between Adam's sin and God's gracious gift for the sin of
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this one man. Adam brought death to many, but
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even greater is God's wonderful grace and His gift of
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forgiveness to many through this other man, Jesus Christ.
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And the result of God's gracious gift is very different from the
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result of that one man's sin. For Adam's sin led to
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condemnation, but God's free gift leads to our being made
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right with God, even though we are guilty of many sins.
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For the sin of this one man, Adam, cause death to rule over
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many. But even greater is God's
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wonderful grace and His gift of righteousness.
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For all who receive it will live in triumph over sin and death
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through this one man, Jesus Christ.
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Yes, Adam's one sin brings condemnation for everyone, but
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Christ's one act of righteousness brings a right
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relationship with God and new life for everyone.
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Because one person disobeys God, many became sinners, but because
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one other person obeyed God, many will be made righteous.
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God's law was given so that all people could see how sinful they
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were. But as people sinned more and
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more, God's wonderful grace became more abundant.
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So just as sin ruled over all people and brought them to
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death, now God's wonderful grace rules instead giving us right
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standing with God and resulting in eternal life through Jesus
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Christ our Lord. Wow, wow God, what an incredible
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passage of scripture. What an incredible gift that you
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give us. Yes, even though we are sinners,
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you have made us your friend. You, the God of the universe,
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this all powerful being who simply, with a breath of your
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word brings all of life into creation.
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You would count us as your friends, even while we are still
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sinners. Wow, wow.
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And as your friends, you open up your arms and you bless us, and
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you bring us into this undeserved place of love and
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forgiveness and wholeness and peace and joy.
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Oh, what joy we have in you, Jesus.
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Thank you for what you have done for us.
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Thank you, Father, for orchestrating this incredible
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plan to make us right with you. And thank you, Holy Spirit, for
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dwelling in US and continually reminding us of this glorious,
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glorious truth. Ah, we are yours and we love
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you, and we bring ourselves to you as your children, as your
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friend. Just so grateful we love you and
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we pray all of this in your just incredible name, Jesus, Amen.