The following sermon is by John MacArthur, pastor, author, and Bible teacher with Grace to you.

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John MacArthur.

Go back in your Bibles to Romans chapter 5, and I remind you of what we read earlier in this

service, Romans 58, but God demonstrates His own love toward us in that while we were yet sinners,

Christ died for us. It was definitely a cross of love.

There are so many facets of the cross.

There are so many angles, so many perspectives regarding the death of Christ.

But one that is powerful, if it's understood, is laid out for us in the portion of Scripture

I read to you earlier.

And it is the comparison between Adam and His impact and Christ and His impact.

The reason this comparison even comes up in the book of Romans is because a question arises

as Paul presents the gospel, and the question is this.

When he speaks about the death of Christ being all that is necessary for our salvation,

having been validated by his resurrection, the question that immediately follows that is,

how could enact by one man have such a massive effect on so many people throughout all of human history.

That's the question.

The Christian gospel says Christ died for the sins of the world.

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