April 21, 2006

The Word April 21, 2006
Obedience & Rebellion

Romans 5:19 (King James Version)
“For as by one man’s disobedience many were made sinners, so by the obedience of one shall many be made righteous.”

-The one man that the verse is referring to that disobeyed was Adam. When Adam disobeyed God and partook in the forbidden fruit, he caused death to befall on all men. Genesis 3:19 “In the sweat of thy face shalt thou eat bread, till thou return unto the ground; for out of it wast thou taken: for dust thou art, and unto dust shalt thou return.”
-Jesus, in his obedience, caused many men to become righteous. As we have learned in the last couple of days, Jesus only did what God told him to do. Even to the point where he gave up his life for us. That was still something that was hard for him to do. As he prayed to God, he said, “Father, if thou be willing, remove the cup from me: nevertheless not my will, but thine, be done,” (Luke 22:42). Jesus obeyed God even when he really did not want to. Lord, give me the strength to obey your word, even when I really don’t want to.