As you have therefore received Christ Jesus the Lord,
walk in union with Him.
Have your roots firmly planted, being continually built
up in Him, becoming increasingly more confirmed and
established in the faith, just as you were taught,
abounding and overflowing in it with thanksgiving.
(Colossians 2.7)
HALLELUJAH! AMEN!
Nor is the free gift at all to be compared
to the effect of that one man’s ( Adam’s)
sin.
For the sentence following the trespass
of one man brought condemnation
whereas the free gift following many
transgressions brings justification.
For if because of one man’s trespass
death reigned through that one
much more surely will those who
receive God’s overflowing grace
and the free gift of righteousness
reign as kings in life through the
one Man Jesus Christ.
Well then, as one man’s trespass led
to condemnation for all men,
so one man’s act of righteousness leads
to acquittal and right standing with God
and life for all men.
(Romans 5.16-18).
Consider these points:
1) The sin of Adam concluded all mankind in sin.
2) Sin led to death and decay ( corruption).
3) Jesus Christ, the Eternal Son, the second
person of the Holy Trinity ( Godhead) being
fully God, also became fully human to give
all humanity a new start ( recapitulation).
4) Now His righteousness is imputed to us
and brings about our reconciliation and
justification.
5) We become a new creation in Christ with
His characteristics, instead of the old sinful
human nature inherited from Adam.
6) Jesus Christ reversed the guilty verdict
and gave us right standing in God’s sight.
7) Because of our right standing which we
receive through Jesus Christ, God’s grace and
extravagant favor overflow into our lives.
Thererfore , as sin came to the world
through one man
and death as the result of sin
so death spread to all men
because all men sinned.
Sin was in the world before
ever the Law was given
but sin is not charged to
men’s account where
there is no law.
Yet death held sway from
Adam to Moses
even over those who did not
transgress as Adam did.
Adam was a type of the One
Who was to come.
But God’s free gift is not at all
to be compared to the trespass.
For if many died through one man’s
falling away, much more profusely
did God’s grace and the free gift
that comes through the undeserved
favor of the one Man Jesus Christ
abound and overflow for many.
( Romans 5.12-15).
Reflect on these verses. Pray and thank
God for His immesurable free flowing grace.