By One Man's Obedience
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rom 5:18
18 Therefore, as through one man’s offense judgment came to all men, resulting in condemnation, even so through one Man’s righteous act the free gift came to all men, resulting in justification of life.
19 For as by one man’s disobedience many were made sinners, so also by one Man’s obedience many will be made righteous.
20 Moreover the law entered that the offense might abound. But where sin abounded, grace abounded much more,
21 so that as sin reigned in death, even so grace might reign through righteousness to eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord.
12 Therefore, just as through one man sin entered the world, and death through sin, and thus death spread to all men, because all sinned—
13 (For until the law sin was in the world, but sin is not imputed when there is no law.
14 Nevertheless death reigned from Adam to Moses, even over those who had not sinned according to the likeness of the transgression of Adam, who is a type of Him who was to come.
15 But the free gift is not like the offense. For if by the one man’s offense many died, much more the grace of God and the gift by the grace of the one Man, Jesus Christ, abounded to many.
16 And the gift is not like that which came through the one who sinned. For the judgment which came from one offense resulted in condemnation, but the free gift which came from many offenses resulted in justification.
17 For if by the one man’s offense death reigned through the one, much more those who receive abundance of grace and of the gift of righteousness will reign in life through the One, Jesus Christ.)
18 Therefore, as through one man’s offense judgment came to all men, resulting in condemnation, even so through one Man’s righteous act the free gift came to all men, resulting in justification of life.
19 For as by one man’s disobedience many were made sinners, so also by one Man’s obedience many will be made righteous.
20 Moreover the law entered that the offense might abound. But where sin abounded, grace abounded much more,
21 so that as sin reigned in death, even so grace might reign through righteousness to eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord.
Justification is by Faith. This has been Paul’s theses from the outset of Romans.
16 For I am not ashamed of the gospel of Christ, for it is the power of God to salvation for everyone who believes, for the Jew first and also for the Greek.
17 For in it the righteousness of God is revealed from faith to faith; as it is written, “The just shall live by faith.”
Rom 1:
What is meant by “faith”?
1 Now faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen.
Faith is substance, faith is evidence, it is rational, not blind, based on solid evidence. For example, in my life I have substantial evidence that God is good. That He is my Father and He loves me and gives me only what is good for me.
But there is the not seen and the hope for. That is there are times in my life when from my our rational perspective I can’t see God’s goodness or I feel like God is indifferent to me. But in those time faith becomes my substance and evidence. I know from God’s word and from passed experience that God is and He is good. So by faith I hold on in hope that soon I will see how He has loved me and is good to me through my struggles.
Because..
6 But without faith it is impossible to please Him, for he who comes to God must believe that He is, and that He is a rewarder of those who diligently seek Him.
Heb 11:
So faith is believing that He is and that He rewards those who seek Him even when I don’t immediately see the reward.
Why am I speaking about faith in Hebrews when we are in Romans?
In this passage, which we have been wrestling with for a few weeks now, we have very deep and important truths about the gospel. We may struggle to see how these things can be. Some of these things may rub us the wrong way. They certainly, are in opposition to our western independent sensibilities. But this is the Word of God and it is truth whether we can bear in in our rational minds or not. Just because we can’t comprehend the logic does not mean that it is illogical. So we work and we dig and we try to understand the depth of this truth, and where our minds and comprehension cease, our faith carries on in hope that one day God will make all known to us.
Review of verses 12-17
12 Therefore, just as through one man sin entered the world, and death through sin, and thus death spread to all men, because all sinned—
13 (For until the law sin was in the world, but sin is not imputed when there is no law.
14 Nevertheless death reigned from Adam to Moses, even over those who had not sinned according to the likeness of the transgression of Adam, who is a type of Him who was to come.
15 But the free gift is not like the offense. For if by the one man’s offense many died, much more the grace of God and the gift by the grace of the one Man, Jesus Christ, abounded to many.
16 And the gift is not like that which came through the one who sinned. For the judgment which came from one offense resulted in condemnation, but the free gift which came from many offenses resulted in justification.
17 For if by the one man’s offense death reigned through the one, much more those who receive abundance of grace and of the gift of righteousness will reign in life through the One, Jesus Christ.)
Romans 12:
But now pick up Paul’s thought from verse 12 with the “just as” Adam so Christ.
Judgement in Adam Justification in Christ
Judgement in Adam Justification in Christ
18 Therefore, as through one man’s offense judgment came to all men, resulting in condemnation, even so through one Man’s righteous act the free gift came to all men, resulting in justification of life.
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One man’s offense brought judgement to all men.
The verdict of the judgement was condemnation and as we have already seen that condemnation was death. Not just physical death but spiritual death for all mankind
Now this is what doesn’t appeal to our individualistic ideas. We all have a keen awareness of injustice, none of us like to be blamed for something that we didn’t do. However, we know that God is just and loves justice, we know that God is good, and God is holy. So even if our minds can’t grasp the idea of our guilt in Adam we must except by faith that by God’s righteous judgement this is in fact true. But why is Paul telling us about original sin here?
The reason is so that we can hear and hopefully receive the most blessed and gracious and wonderful thing that anyone could ever hear.
Even so through Man’s righteous act the free gift came to all men, resulting in justification of life.
So in order to prepare our ears to hear this gospel Paul tells us of original sin and draws the parallel between how we are condemned and how we are justified. If believing that we are all judge and righteously condemned for one man’s sins is difficult, how must more difficult is it to believe that by one Man’s righteous act the free gift of justification has been offered to a sinner like me. We must believe by faith. Not believing either one of these will leave you in Adam condemned to death.
Some can’t believe that they are a sinner, others can’t accept that they can be forgiven both remain in Adam.
Made Sinners in Adam Made Righteous in Christ
Made Sinners in Adam Made Righteous in Christ
19 For as by one man’s disobedience many were made sinners, so also by one Man’s obedience many will be made righteous.
He follows the same pattern here. In verse 18 it was one man and all men but here in verse 19 he says one man and many.
This is the primary similarity here that Paul is making between Adam and Christ. This also links back to our discussion around verse 12
12 Therefore, just as through one man sin entered the world, and death through sin, and thus death spread to all men, because all sinned—
Adam as the head of the human race through one act of disobedience made many sinners. We became a sinner first in Adam. Before we ever committed an act of disobedience we were already sinners, made such in Adam when he sinned.
Just as we became sinners without committing any sins through Adam so through Christ and His obedience we are made righteous without doing any righteousness.
Who is the all in verse 18 and the many in verse 19.
17 For if by the one man’s offense death reigned through the one, much more those who receive abundance of grace and of the gift of righteousness will reign in life through the One, Jesus Christ.)
By faith we receive abundance of grace and the gift of righteousness.