YOU ARE WHAT HE ATE (1 OF 4)
by Jeff Strite
Scripture: Romans 5:10-19
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You Are What He Ate (1 of 4)
Series: Players in the Passion
Jeff Strite
Romans 5:10-19
OPEN: In the 14th century, in the land we now call Belgium, there was a duke by the name of Raynald III.. Raynald was grossly overweight and was commonly called by his Latin nickname, Crassus, which means "Fat."
Now, it seems that Raynald had a violent quarrel with his younger brother Edward and Edward was so angry he led a successful revolt against him. But Edward did not kill Raynald. Instead, he built a room around Raynald in the Nieuwkerk castle and he promised his brother he could regain his title and property as soon as he was able to leave the room.
This would not have been difficult for most people since the room had several windows and a door of near normal size, and none was locked or barred. The problem was Raynald's size. To regain his freedom, he needed to lose weight.
But Edward knew his older brother, and each day he sent a variety of delicious foods. Instead of dieting his way out of prison, Raynald grew fatter. When Duke Edward was accused of cruelty, he had a ready answer: "My brother is not a prisoner. He may leave when he so wills."
Raynald stayed in that room for 10 years and wasn't released until after Edward died in battle. By then his health was so ruined that he died within a year... a prisoner to his own appetite. (Thomas Costain's history, "The Three Edwards," cited in Leadership, Spring 84, p. 44)
APPLY: Raynald III was a prisoner.
It's what he ate that imprisoned him.
And though he could have left his prison whenever he wished, the actions of another… and his own weakness kept him imprisoned.
Romans 5 tells us that mankind has been imprisoned as well.
And just as Raynald was imprisoned by the actions of his relative… so have we.
We have been imprisoned by the actions of a relative named Adam.
Romans 5:12 tells us "sin entered the world through one man, and death through sin, and in this way death came to all men, because all ...
Series: Players in the Passion
Jeff Strite
Romans 5:10-19
OPEN: In the 14th century, in the land we now call Belgium, there was a duke by the name of Raynald III.. Raynald was grossly overweight and was commonly called by his Latin nickname, Crassus, which means "Fat."
Now, it seems that Raynald had a violent quarrel with his younger brother Edward and Edward was so angry he led a successful revolt against him. But Edward did not kill Raynald. Instead, he built a room around Raynald in the Nieuwkerk castle and he promised his brother he could regain his title and property as soon as he was able to leave the room.
This would not have been difficult for most people since the room had several windows and a door of near normal size, and none was locked or barred. The problem was Raynald's size. To regain his freedom, he needed to lose weight.
But Edward knew his older brother, and each day he sent a variety of delicious foods. Instead of dieting his way out of prison, Raynald grew fatter. When Duke Edward was accused of cruelty, he had a ready answer: "My brother is not a prisoner. He may leave when he so wills."
Raynald stayed in that room for 10 years and wasn't released until after Edward died in battle. By then his health was so ruined that he died within a year... a prisoner to his own appetite. (Thomas Costain's history, "The Three Edwards," cited in Leadership, Spring 84, p. 44)
APPLY: Raynald III was a prisoner.
It's what he ate that imprisoned him.
And though he could have left his prison whenever he wished, the actions of another… and his own weakness kept him imprisoned.
Romans 5 tells us that mankind has been imprisoned as well.
And just as Raynald was imprisoned by the actions of his relative… so have we.
We have been imprisoned by the actions of a relative named Adam.
Romans 5:12 tells us "sin entered the world through one man, and death through sin, and in this way death came to all men, because all ...
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