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Living worthily as recipients of the best gift (1)     [Romans 6:1-11]   We have already learned through meditation on Romans 5:12-21 that the greatest gift God gives us is eternal life.   We must believe in Jesus Christ if we want to receive this gift of eternal life.   Whoever believes in his heart that God raised Jesus from the dead and confesses with his mouth that Jesus is Lord will be saved (10:9) and can enjoy this greatest gift, eternal life, not only in the world to come but also in this world.   If there are people who have not yet received this blessing of eternal life, I hope and pray that you will receive this blessing today.   Believe that Jesus died on the cross to forgive all your sins.   Also, believe that Jesus, who died to justify you, rose from the grave (4:25).   To all those who believe in the death and resurrection of Jesus Christ, God will give you eternal life, the greatest gift that cannot be exchanged for...

The gift that came by the grace of Jesus Christ     [Romans 5:12-21]     I will give you an English test question.   What does the English word “present” mean?   What does it mean in Korean?   The word “present” can be either “the present” or “gift” in Korean.   When I think about these two meanings, I get a lesson to think of the present life as a gift.   When I heard the news that a co-worker whom I had been praying for two weeks ago fell asleep (died) in the Lord, I thought that I should value the time given to me every day and enjoy it in the Lord.   We should cherish every moment.   Today is a gift given to us, so we must live thinking of the present as a present.   Romans 5:15 speaks of “the gift.”   The Scripture says that we who believe in Jesus have received the gift.   What gift is the apostle Paul talking about?   I would like to think about this gift in four ways.   First, th...

‘The free gift is not like the transgression’       [Romans 5:12-21]                       Look at Romans 5:14b – “…   Adam, who is a type of Him who was to come.”   The first Adam, the representative of mankind, is a type of Jesus Christ, who is to come.   Here the Greek word for “type” appears 16 times in the New Testament.   However, not all Korean Bibles have been translated as “type”.   The word “form” was translated the most, and almost half of the 16 times were translated as “form” (eg. Rom. 6:17), and “imprint” was also translated twice (Jn. 20:25).   It is also translated as “image”, “form”, “like”, “mirror”, “example”, and “shadow”.   For example, let's say we have 2 objects.   Let's call one object "A" and the other object "B".   A marks B.   This is referred to as a type.   A is the type and B is the ...