Romans: Rooted in Jesus, Adam's Family of Death

Sunday is Palm Sunday when we celebrate the triumphant entry of Jesus into Jerusalem. Palms and garments were laid in his path as he rode into the city. It begins his final week before his death on the cross. While the people were “stirred” up, some of them shouting Hosanna and celebrating what they perceived as a political movement, and others asking who he was, Jesus knew what he was moving toward: death. 

Sunday we’ll put Passion Week in context by considering Romans 5:12-21. In our text, the Apostle Paul describes the effects of Adam’s sin on our race: condemnation and death. Like a cruel master, death reigns over humanity, even for people who don’t knowingly break God’s law. When God gave the law, the conscience of man awakened, and the numbers changed. He could no longer ignore what the law exposed. What might have seemed like a minimal intrusion became an avalanche of evil. 

Our cursed race needs more than a cleanup on aisle nine; we need the waters of Niagara Falls to cleanse us. Join us Sunday as we consider the reason for Passion Week and ultimately Good Friday.