'THE PRESENCE OF HOPE DURING THE REIGN OF DEATH'

Rev. Canon George Sinclair

by Rev. Canon George Sinclair                           

 Pastor of the Church of the Messiah, Ottawa, ON.
 www.messiahchurch.ca 

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Podcast of CFRA broadcast on Sunday, June 25th,  2017:

http://proxy.autopod.ca/podcasts/chum/6/54558/good_news_266_jun25.mp3

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Broadcast Notes:

First, a shout out to a couple that their financial donation allowed this show to be aired, today. Our thanks to Piebe and Maryke Dejong for your generous gift!

Dear friends, this radio talk is a shortened version of a sermon I gave at Church of the Messiah, Ottawa. The sermon was part of a series of Sermons on the first 11 chapters of Genesis. The series was called, God: The Creator And Sustainer Of All Things.

https://messiahchurch.sermons.io/sermons/the-presence-of-hope-during-the-reign-of-death

The Presence of Hope 

During the Reign of Death

Prayer:

Father, please pour out your Holy Spirit upon us as we read your Word. Lead us to Jesus. Lead us to yourself. And we ask this in Jesus’ name. AMEN.

Scripture Refrence:

Genesis 5: 1-5  (ESV)

Adam's Descendants to Noah

5 This is the book of the generations of Adam. When God created man, he made him in the likeness of God. ² Male and female he created them, and he blessed them and named them Man^[a] when they were created. ³ When Adam had lived 130 years, he fathered a son in his own likeness, after his image, and named him Seth. ⁴ The days of Adam after he fathered Seth were 800 years; and he had other sons and daughters. ⁵ Thus all the days that Adam lived were 930 years, and he died.

Footnotes:

1.       Genesis 5:2 Hebrew adam

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Notes:

1. Adam sought to begin the reign of humans, but he launched the reign of death.
2. Even though death reigns, there is hope. Human beings are still made in the image of God.
3. Even though death reigns, there is hope. God wants us to call out to Him for rest and relief.
4. God stymied death for Enoch. Jesus Christ defeated death.
5. God stymied death for Enoch. Jesus Christ’s death and resurrection dealt with your sin and mine.
6. Only Enoch benefited from his deliverance. The benefits of Jesus Christ’s death and resurrection were always meant to be given to all who asked with humble faith.
7. Enoch’s deliverance gave a glimmer of hope. The resurrection of Jesus Christ is God’s vindication of the person and work of Jesus as humanity’s true hope.
8. “For I am not ashamed of the Gospel, for it is the power of God for salvation to everyone who believes....” Romans 1:16
9. Father in Heaven, please pour out the Holy Spirit upon me, and make me a disciple of Jesus gripped by the Gospel, living with hope as I live for Your glory. In Jesus Name, AMEN.

 

Rev. Canon George Sinclair

Church of the Messiah

www.messiahchurch.ca
613-235-0596
messiahchurch.office@gmail.com

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'JESUS: THE TRUE AND GREATER ADAM'

Rev. Canon George Sinclair

by Rev. Canon George Sinclair                           

 Pastor of the Church of the Messiah, Ottawa, ON.
 www.messiahchurch.ca 

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(Podcast of CFRA broadcast on Sunday, December 27th,  2015)

http://proxy.autopod.ca/podcasts/chum/6/38762/good_news_189_dec27.mp3 

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Broadcast Notes:

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The following is a shortened version of a Sermon I preached at Church of the Messiah. It was part of a sermon series on the Book of Romans called "Grace Shaped Life".
 

‘Jesus: The True And Greater Adam’

Romans 5:1-12 (ESV)

Peace with God Through Faith

5 Therefore, since we have been justified by faith, we^[a] have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ. ² Through him we have also obtained access by faith^[b] into this grace in which we stand, and we^[c] rejoice^[d] in hope of the glory of God. ³ Not only that, but we rejoice in our sufferings, knowing that suffering produces endurance, ⁴ and endurance produces character, and character produces hope, ⁵ and hope does not put us to shame, because God's love has been poured into our hearts through the Holy Spirit who has been given to us.

⁶ For while we were still weak, at the right time Christ died for the ungodly. ⁷ For one will scarcely die for a righteous person—though perhaps for a good person one would dare even to die— ⁸ but God shows his love for us in that while we were still sinners, Christ died for us. ⁹ Since, therefore, we have now been justified by his blood, much more shall we be saved by him from the wrath of God. ¹⁰ For if while we were enemies we were reconciled to God by the death of his Son, much more, now that we are reconciled, shall we be saved by his life. ¹¹ More than that, we also rejoice in God through our Lord Jesus Christ, through whom we have now received reconciliation.

Death in Adam, Life in Christ

¹² Therefore, just as sin came into the world through one man, and death through sin, and so death spread to all men^[e] because all sinned—

Footnotes:

a.       Romans 5:1 Some manuscripts let us

b.      Romans 5:2 Some manuscripts omit by faith

c.       Romans 5:2 Or let us; also verse 3

d.      Romans 5:2 Or boast; also verses 3, 11

e.       Romans 5:12 The Greek word anthropoi refers here to both men and women; also twice in verse 18

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1. When Adam sinned, so did I, and so did you.

2. Adam is my Covenant Head by birth.

3. The Bible's teaching that we are "in Adam" does not contradict science or reason - it contradicts our individualism and self-centeredness.

4. Death follows sin. Death is a symptom of sin.

5. We do not need more rules - we need rescue - right rescue by God.

6. We need more that justice alone from God. We need perfect justice and perfect mercy from God.

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Romans 5:12-21  (ESV)

Death in Adam, Life in Christ

¹² Therefore, just as sin came into the world through one man, and death through sin, and so death spread to all men^[a] because all sinned— ¹³ for sin indeed was in the world before the law was given, but sin is not counted where there is no law. ¹⁴ 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.

¹⁵ 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. ¹⁶ 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. ¹⁷ For if, because of one man's trespass, death reigned through that one man, much more will those who receive the abundance of grace and the free gift of righteousness reign in life through the one man Jesus Christ.

¹⁸ Therefore, as one trespass^[b] led to condemnation for all men, so one act of righteousness^[c] leads to justification and life for all men. ¹⁹ 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. ²⁰ Now the law came in to increase the trespass, but where sin increased, grace abounded all the more, ²¹ so that, as sin reigned in death, grace also might reign through righteousness leading to eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord.

Footnotes:

a.      Romans 5:12 The Greek word anthropoi refers here to both men and women; also twice in verse 18

b.      Romans 5:18 Or the trespass of one

c.       Romans 5:18 Or the act of righteousness of one

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7. Jesus is the true and greater Adam.

8. I am in Adam by birth. I receive Jesus as my new and greater Covenant Head by faith alone.

9. As my New Covenant Head, Jesus' obedience, life and standing becomes mine as well.

Let me pray:

Dear Father, Thank you that Jesus is the true and greater Adam; that He can become our Covenant head when we put our faith and trust in Him
Father, help us to be disciples of Jesus, gripped by the Gospel, learning to live for your glory. 

Rev. Canon George Sinclair

Church of the Messiah

www.messiahchurch.ca
613-235-0596
messiahchurch.office@gmail.com

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