"One for All" (Roman 5:12-19)

First Sunday of Lent, March 1, 2020

People may be willing to help when it isn’t too much of an inconvenience, or as long as the needs of others fit in with our own needs and interests. We like the idea of all for one, as long as the one is me?

It is that very sort of sinful human thinking that underlies the very first sin, the sin of Adam and Eve in the garden. The eating of the forbidden fruit was a “me first” moment. But where the first Adam failed, the second succeeded.

Jesus did not give in. He did not set aside God’s command or intention for any reason whatsoever. Jesus relied on God’s Word; he trusted his Father to provide.

It was bad news when one sin brought sin and death to all, but it is amazing news when one sinless life and innocent sacrifice brings righteousness.

Pastor Nathan Kassulke