Preparing for Sunday - Adam's Sin and Us - Romans 5:12-21

February 5, 2026 by Campbell Bortel Preparing for Sunday

Prepare your heart for our Sunday Morning Gathering by looking through these suggestions that will assist you in making the most of our time together.

You will find tangible suggestions for putting scripture to action in your personal life and in our corporate body, links to the songs we will sing, and lyrics for you to prepare for our corporate singing.

Critically Think

Read Romans 5:12-21.
Considering the word “but” at the beginning of verse 15, what is the nature of the contrast? What is being contrasted?
In what way is the “free gift” not like the transgression according to verse 15?
What is the difference between the “grace of God” and the “gift by the grace of the one Man, Jesus Christ according to verse 15?
What parallel relationships do you see between verses 15 and 16-17? Look for similar wording and structure in each of these verses?
In what way does death reign according to verse 17?
In verse 18, there is a change from a contrast to a comparison. What is the comparison being made here?
Why does the law come according to verse 20?
Describe the contrast in verse 20 signaled by the word “but.” What is being contrasted?
Why does grace abound where sin increased according to verse 21?

Prayerfully Meditate

What is “the free gift” referring to? Use scripture to support your answer.
Who is the one man through whom many died? Support your answer with scripture.
Summarize the argument being made in verse 17 in your own words.
What is condemnation? Support your answer with scripture.
What is justification? Support your answer through scripture.
How does eternal life come to believers according to this text?

Intentionally Act

Summarize this passage in 21 words or less.
Pray in light of this passage expressing gratitude for the sufficient sacrifice of Christ, the God-man, for your sin.
Pray in light of this passage praising God for the exclusivity of Jesus’ sacrifice trusting in him as the sole way for salvation.
Click the links below to find the lyrics and recordings of the songs planned for our gathering this Sunday; learn the songs, study the lyrics and sing them with others.
Pray for those leading our corporate gathering this week and for the Holy Spirit’s work as the Word of God is further explained and applied: Dawson Bryant: music; Ben Gardner: elder prayer & scripture reading; Dalton Vansell: teaching.

Songs for Sunday

Morning Gathering

Lyrics

Lyrics Morning Gathering - January 18, 2026 by Summit Woods Baptist Church