Opening: Who do you take after? Whose eyes do you have? Which parent or relative
is your temperament most like? How about musical ability or mechanical skills?
Scripture: Read
Romans 5:12-21.
Connect
the Text with Your Life:
- Before we discovered the role of DNA, Paul was saying that the disease of sin came from a single source: Adam. What was Adam and Eve’s first sin? How has their sin affected their present day descendants? How would you describe it in medical terms: a disease? An epidemic? An infection that attacks the immune system?
- The main theme of this section continues to be the future hope of those who have trusted in Christ. Adam brought sin and death into the world, but those who have believed in Christ are full of hope, for Christ has reversed the consequences of Adam’s sin and has given his own life and righteousness to secure their eternal glory. What are the sources of hope for you? List as many as you can.
- Paul wrote, “But there is a great difference between Adam’s sin and God’s gracious gift. For the sin of this one man, Adam, brought death to many. But even greater is God’s wonderful grace and his gift of forgiveness to many through this other man, Jesus Christ.”[1] What a wonderful gift: grace and forgiveness! Why don’t you write a prayer of thanksgiving.
Prayer
Focus: That we, like Christ, would be obedient to God, so
that many will be made righteous (see verse 19)
