亚当和基督
(Adam and Christ) Rom5:12-21
　

Intro.

Q1: What is it that makes us human beings?(为何人类特别呢？)
  人类的祖先不是猴子，是亚当(our ancestor is not monkey but Adam)。
  人类是万物之灵，与神所创造的其它动物不一样(Man is special and differs from all God’s other creation)。神要人管理这地和其中的万物(God makes man the manger of the earth and all his creation)。
  另外，人类是照着神的样式和形象造的(Also, man was created in the image and likeness of God)。人类要对神负责(Man will be responsible to God)。
Q2: What are some of the peril of human beings?(人类有那些危险呢？)
  人没有找到自己，和自己在神创造中的位置(Man can not find himself and his position in God’s creation)。迷失在骄傲和痛苦中(They lost in pride and suffering)。
  人虽然活在现在但他会有一个永恒的盼望(Man maybe live at present but in his heart he hopes for eternity)。
  人也活在罪的辖制下，和死亡的阴影中(Man also live under the control of sin and the shadow of death)。
　

1. Adam incurs sin and death(亚当引来了罪和死亡)(vv12-14)
   How does sin and death come into the world?(为何罪和死亡到了世界？)(v12)
   How can those who without the law sin?(为何没有律法的也死亡呢？)(v13-14)

2. Christ reverses sin and death(基督逆转了罪和死亡)(vv15-19)
   The contrast of Adam and Christ was depicted five times.
   (亚当和基督的对比描写了五次。)

3. Christ triumphs over the law, sin and death(基督勝了律法罪和死亡)(vv20-21)
   　

Conclusions:
  人在亚当里和在基督里会有不同的人生和生命的结局(A man who is in Adam and a man, they will have different lives and results of lives)。但我们最大的敌人就是我们自己。我们一方面不想改变，另一方面也不想被神改变(But our worst enemy is ourselves, we do not want to change; and do not want to be changed by God)。然而因着基督，我们会改变(But because of Jesus, we will change)。林前(1Cor)9:26-27。愿我们选择跟随基督，至死不渝(May we choose to follow Christ to the end of our lives)。