Amen and amen. How we doing church? Doing all right? Welcome, welcome to church. If you would please stand for the reading of God's Word. We are back in the book of Romans. We're going to be reading, where I'm going to be reading. Romans chapter 5 versus 12 through 21. Pay attention. It's very complicated. Ready? Therefore, just as sin came into the world

through one man and death through sin and so death spread to all men because all sin,

for sin indeed was in the world before the law was given, but sin is not counted where there is no law.

Yet death reigned from Adam to Moses, even over those whose sinning was not like the

transgression of Adam, who was a type of the one who was to come.

But the free gift is not like the trespass.

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.

And the free gift is not like the result of that one man's sin.

For the judgment following one trespass brought condemnation, but the free gift following many trespasses brought

justification. For if, because of one man's trespass, death reign through that one man, much more

will those who have received the abundance of grace and the free gift of righteousness reign in life through the one man Jesus Christ.

Therefore, as one trespass led to condemnation for all men, so one act of righteousness

leads to justification in life for all men.

For as by the one man's disobedience, the many were made sinners. So by the one man's obedience, the many will be made righteous. Now the law came in to increase the trespass, but where sin increased, grace abounded all the more. So that as sin reigned in in death grace also might reign through righteousness leading to

eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord may God add blessing to the reading and the hearing of

his word you may be seated if you need a couple things today first of all you need your bible

Romans chapter 5 is where we're going to be and then also you need your roman study journal so if you brought it back good job we took a week off

last week for Easter to celebrate resurrection Sunday and maybe you're here for the first time maybe you

were check this out between all of our services maybe you were one of the 18,000 people that celebrated

the resurrected Jesus with us last week. Isn't that crazy?

And so that's great.

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