Title: God's Abundant Grace/Romans 5:12-19
All people live between two kingdoms, whether they realize it or not. They live where sin reigns, or they live where grace reigns. That is, everyone in this world is either living under the dominion and dominion of sin or the protection and dominion of grace. According to Paul's expression, people are in the first man 'Adam' Or, whether you are in the second person, 'in Jesus the Christ,' you are living on one side.
The Bible says that every human being is either a sinner in Adam (Romans 3:23) or a righteous person by being saved in Jesus (Romans 10:10-13). This is what we call the principle of representation and union. In short, when a person enters into a contract on behalf of himself and the whole community united on any legal basis, the principle of the legal consequences of his attitude toward the contract on the whole of the community associated with it is represented with association. It is said to be the principle of Adam, the ancestor of mankind, was recognized as the representative of all mankind and entered into a covenant with God and good and evil. As Adam broke the covenant, the punishment for his sin and the innocence at the time of creation were damaged as a result of the crime, and the sexuality he had had was passed on to all mankind who were united with Adam, and the entire human race was put to shame. God established Jesus, who became the Christ incarnate as the new representative for the chosen saints among all mankind, and made the covenant of redemption by dying for the sins of the saints.
We are truly grateful that we, who had previously groaned under the dominion of sin and death in Adam, have been saved by God's grace so that we may live in Jesus Christ, the Christ, and become 'citizens of the kingdom of grace' where grace reigns in our lives. We who believe in Jesus have entered into the 'Kingdom of Grace' where God's grace reigns. Then what kind of place would the kingdom of grace be?
1. The kingdom of God's grace is governed by God's grace.
2, God says that grace does not reap.
This shows that God did not withhold grace because of their sins.
If we look carefully at the genealogy of the Messiah in Matthew's genealogy, there are several people who are not worthy of the Messianic genealogy. It contains the shameful history of murderers, daughter-in-law and incestuous Judas and Tamar, and the prostitute Rahab. However, the work of God's grace has swallowed up even that sin. This is because, despite their deep sins, the work of God's grace continued. Here we can see the work of God's grace working deep in the most corrupt human affairs.
3, God's grace toward us is a great grace that cannot be erased.
No sin, error, or mistake in the world can erase our names that are written in the heavenly book of life. It is because we are in the kingdom of God's grace, where grace reigns. Our sins will eventually be swallowed up by the flood of grace. And we can always rise above that grace again. Our sins today do not prevent the full flow of God's grace into our lives. Of course, this should not be misunderstood.
This is not to say that God temporarily overlooks our sins. God hates sin, so he sent Jesus to save us from its destructive dominion and domination. He made him suffer a terrible punishment in our place on that terrible cross. He is a God who always punishes sin. Obviously God hates sin in our lives. Therefore, God will continue to work in the Holy Spirit to take away sin from our lives and will give us the power to overcome sin. After all, the focus here is that God will not withhold 'grace toward us because of our sins'. Therefore, this grace of God, which was poured out on Adam and Eve in abundance like a flood in the beginning, and on all sinners, disobedients, adulterers, and even those who commit murder throughout history, Grace is never 'indelible grace' and is irresistible grace. When God gives grace, you cannot avoid that grace.
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Today we are living in the indelible drama of God's grace. So, even if we sometimes fall in the fight against sin, we must always remember that we are under the rule of God's grace. For the saints who are in grace, this grace will eventually swallow them up. The kingdom of grace, in which grace reigns like this, started from the beginning and continues to our churches and families today.