Today’s Passage: Romans 6:1-14
Today’s Message: Easter is about creation, fall, redemption, and restoration and to be celebrated every Sunday and to be reflected in everyday life in Christ .
- His Story is about
a. Scripture flows from Creation, Fall, Redemption, and Recreation but also interweaves throughout God’s progressive revelation.
b. We were created in His Image – to live a life that honors God and to excel in work that makes God famous (i.e. to glorify Him).
c. What is your ? To God and Him forever.
d. Why do we miss this point?
- His Story is about the
a. We were to be ambassadors of God having rule and dominion over creation (Genesis 1-2).
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- We ! We .
- Romans 5:18-21 summarizes how we got to created to rule to how we failed to accomplish God’s purpose.
- Condemnation through the first Adam – righteousness through the second Adam.
- We are still commissioned to be ambassadors for God as His disciples.
3. His Story is about
a. We are dead in sin through Christ work and person ———> Romans 6:3-4
b. We do not continue to sin yet we live in the tension (in our redemption and sanctification) that we are saved sinners yet no longer held captive by sin. (Romans 6:9) Death will be put to death.
3. His Story is about
a. Romans 5:21 claim is that we have eternal life . Therefore, Romans 6:12-14 states that we are instruments of and not instruments of .
Easter is His Story about creation, fall, redemption, and restoration
and to be celebrated every Sunday and to be reflected in everyday life in Christ alone.