Third Sunday after Pentecost
June 18, 2023
“The One Man Adam and the One Man Jesus Christ” (Romans 5:6-15)
As by one man all mankind fell
And, born in sin, was doomed to hell,
So by one Man, who took our place,
We all were justified by grace.
So we just sang, and so is the message of our Epistle reading today, from Romans chapter 5. As it says in verse 15 of our text: “For if many died through one man’s trespass, much more have the grace of God and the free gift by the grace of that one man Jesus Christ abounded for many.”
In our text, Paul has been setting up a contrast, a stark contrast. Through one man and his trespass, death reigned over all of us. Through another “one man” and his obedience, grace abounded for all of us. What a difference! It literally is the difference between life and death, what comes to us through these two men. Thus our theme this morning: “The One Man Adam and the One Man Jesus Christ.”