In the first sermon of The People of God series, we looked at who the people of God really are and how Adam is the pattern for all who would follow after him. Adam and Eve were created as image bearers and the image of God was passed on from them to the rest of mankind. As the apostle Paul reminds us in Romans 5, the image of God that was marred by the sin of Adam has been passed down to you. The good news of the Gospel is that Jesus has made available to each of us an abundance of grace and the free gift of being made righteousness through faith. The people of God aren’t perfect people. They are people in need of God’s abundant grace. As we journey through this sermon series, we will see how the people of the Bible fit into God’s redemption story and, ultimately, serve to point us to Jesus. We will also see our role in God’s redemption story and find that the people of God are the many sinners made righteous through believing in the death and resurrection of Jesus.
