Terminal! (Romans 5:12-17)

Scripture

• Romans 5:12–17

About this sermon

Share a comment (https://www.buzzsprout.com/2545810/fan_mail/new) One out of one dies, yet most of us spend our lives trying not to think about it. We start with the uncomfortable honesty that sits under every funeral, every fear of aging, and every late night worry: death is universal because sin is universal. Using the Black Death as a grim mirror, we argue there’s an even deadlier plague that has touched every home on earth, and we ask why our culture works so hard to drown out the message written on the heart: you will die, and judgment follows. From there we walk through the stories people tell themselves to cope with mortality. Fatalism calls it fate. Skepticism claims nothing can be known. Hedonism says pleasure is king. Evolutionism reduces life to a cycle. Universalism rewrites God into someone who never confronts sin. Then we bring it right into the modern world of wrinkle cures, self improvement obsessions, and even cryogenic freezing. The point isn’t that health is wrong, but that denial can never heal what’s killing us. Finally, we open Romans 5 and follow three mile markers: Adam initiates the epidemic of sin, the disease is terminal and universal, and Jesus Christ is the antidote for terminal humanity. We unpack what it means to be “in Adam” and why the good news is that you can be “in Christ” by faith, receiving the free gift of grace that leads to justification and new life. If you’ve ever wondered why Christians can talk about death as a doorway rather than a tyrant, this is the theological backbone. Subscribe for more Bible teaching on sin, grace, salvation, and union with Christ, then share this with a friend and leave a review. What line hit you hardest: death as proof of sin, or grace as a free gift? The Wisdom Journey is Stephen Davey's' teaching series through the entire Bible. German, Persian, and Indonesian are among the next languages to launch. Would you include us in your year-end giving? Give: https://www.wisdomonline.org/give Learn more: https://www.wisdomonline.org/2050 Support the show (https://app.easytithe.com/App/Form/d39a9be4-01ce-4f82-a3ae-8b860c3ab89e)