Welcome to Trinity Church Aldgate. We are really glad you’re here with us today! Below you’ll find all the information you’ll need for today’s service.
Order of Service
Song – A Thousand Hallelujahs
Song – Good And Gracious King
Welcome
Ministry Matters
Communion
Song – What Love My God
Bible Reading – Romans 5:12-21
Sermon – Does ‘Not By Works’ Work? – Chris Jolliffe
Prayers
Song – Amazing Grace
Song – Yet Not I But Through Christ In Me
Song – We Belong To The Day
Bible passage
Romans 5:12-21 – New International Version
12 Therefore, just as sin entered the world through one man, and death through sin, and in this way death came to all people, because all sinned—
13 To be sure, sin was in the world before the law was given, but sin is not charged against anyone’s account where there is no law. 14 Nevertheless, death reigned from the time of Adam to the time of Moses, even over those who did not sin by breaking a command, as did Adam, who is a pattern of the one to come.
15 But the gift is not like the trespass. For if the many died by the trespass of the one man, how much more did God’s grace and the gift that came by the grace of the one man, Jesus Christ,overflow to the many! 16 Nor can the gift of God be compared with the result of one man’s sin: The judgment followed one sin and brought condemnation, but the gift followed many trespasses and brought justification. 17 For if, by the trespass of the one man, death reigned through that one man, how much more will those who receive God’s abundant provision of grace and of the gift of righteousness reign in life through the one man, Jesus Christ!
18 Consequently, just as one trespass resulted in condemnation for all people, so also one righteous act resulted in justificationand life for all people. 19 For just as through the disobedience of the one man the many were made sinners, so also through the obedience of the one man the many will be made righteous.
20 The law was brought in so that the trespass might increase.But where sin increased, grace increased all the more, 21 so that, just as sin reigned in death, so also grace might reign through righteousness to bring eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord.
Sermon Outline
Does ‘not by works’ … work? Romans 5.12-21
1. Too good to be true?
~ breathtaking confidence
~ but does ‘not by works’ truly work?
2. Not at all! Christ has changed things forever
a) In Adam (12-14)
disaster
b) Adam & Christ – the Differences (15-17)
motivation, magnitude, might
Christ’s act of obedience is MORE THAN ABLE to deal with the disaster of Adam’s disobedience
c) Adam & Christ – the Similarity (18-19)
- one act affects many
- The assurance of Christ’s active obedience
d) Humanity in Adam, the new Humanity in Christ
3. Real grounds for boasting
Next Week’s Topic
Genesis 12-13 – The Blessing Plan – Chris Jolliffe
Communication slip
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