All It Takes Is One Man/Woman
14: Nevertheless death reigned from Adam to Moses, even over them that had not sinned after the similitude of Adam’s transgression, who is the figure of him that was to come.
15: But not as the offence, so also is the free gift. For if through the offence of one many be dead, much more the grace of God, and the gift by grace, which is by one man, Jesus Christ, hath abounded unto many.
16: And not as it was by one that sinned, so is the gift: for the judgment was by one to condemnation, but the free gift is of many offences unto justification.
17: For if by one man’s offence death reigned by one; much more they which receive abundance of grace and of the gift of righteousness shall reign in life by one, Jesus Christ.)
As I searched this scripture out I found myself to be very enlightened on sin and grace. Stay with me for a minute. One person can change your entire life. Look at this how many of us still don’t trust people because of what one
person did? How many of us became singers,actors,preachers,sports stars,teachers, etc because of one person. By Adam eating the apple he sent us into sin. The reason being he never communicated to Eve fully what God told him.
Therefore she was deceived. Look it up in Genesis chapter 3. She was told she would be as Gods. In this she got Adam to eat of the tree and there was sin born. Anyway that was not my point. When you look at this scripture it shows
you that one person can change the world. Look at Jesus he changed the world for the better and people are still disagreeing about it. He changed the world and was unselfish because he saw the ultimate need not just for those people but
for us. For us he saw the need and then laid his life down for us. Martin Luther King Jr forever will be known as the champion for civil rights. Much like Jesus Christ he laid his life on the line. Both of them had people before them who did great things
to help generations and generations but these two men were special because they did it with non violence and an unselfishness never before heard of. Jesus of course was perfect and Martin was being perfected. In contrast now Martin’s dream
has been realized through Senator Obama. Jesus dream has been realized through Bishop Jakes,J Moss, Karen Gatling, and many other people who champion the cause for change and Godly living. What this scripture also lets me know is
Romans 3 :22: Even the righteousness of God which is by faith of Jesus Christ unto all and upon all them that believe: for there is no difference:
23: For all have sinned, and come short of the glory of God;
24: Being justified freely by his grace through the redemption that is in Christ Jesus. That we all have grace upon us; even the unrighteous has grace. Someone you know may have problems and are not right but that doesn’t mean they won’t get right.
Because one person could change their life by them living right. One person could stand up and say I shall not be moved. I am going to stand firm on the gospel of Jesus Christ. I know I hear you saying you don’t understand Darnell I am going through.
All of us that are living are going through. I am under the understanding that even Jesus had to go through. Come on it is not easy living around folks who are imperfect and dealing with their ways but Jesus made himself man so he could truly say “I understand.”
Come on you all. Jesus understands us because he has been through what we have been through. You can change situations at your schools, jobs, home, relationships, injustices in your neighborhood. Who will be that one person. It is hard Darnell.
Nothing worth doing is easy. So I am challenging all who read this to give a 2nd,3rd, 4th, 5th,6th try to the situations going on in your life. Most importantly put Jesus into the equation and watch him work on your behalf. Love you.
One person can make a change.
In God’s Grace
Darnell