The Better Adam

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The Better Adam

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Sin and Death

12-Through Adam, sin and death entered the world. In Adam, all sin. We are sinful, we are sinners.
Paul’s writings make much use of the portrayal of Christ as the “last Adam” and the Adam of garden fame as the counter part “first Adam”. This is not unique to Paul’s writing in the New Testament, we don’t even know who started this contrast or when. What we do know is that Paul fleshes out this thought better than other New Testament author.
Sin is the “the transgression of God’s Law,” and the one man by whom it entered into the world was Adam. He was created in the image of God, placed in Eden, where he was given one job, not to eat from the tree of the knowledge of good and evil. This functioned as the Law, showing that God had the right to command, man the obligation to obey, and the responsibility and the final account which man must render to the Almighty for his conduct. Satan we know enters the
Through Adam sin entered the world through one man. Turn with me to , the story of that fateful event. Satan made his appeal to Eve, but Adam rightfully bears the responsibility since he was God’s appointed representative. Before this they lived in the enjoyment of God’s immediate presence. Sin hadn’t entered the question. Since we are marred from sin it is difficult if not impossible to come to grasp of the beauty of this rich and intimate relationship between Adam, Eve and God had. Death is the natural consequence of sin. The death of which Paul spoke was, on the one hand, physical. While Adam and Eve did not die physically for a number of year, the seed of death were planted at the moment of disobedience. Adam and Eve instantly died spiritually, the relationship with God separated. Adam was the first man created by God, so his sin has consequences for all who were to be born into the human race. In verse 12 Paul writes, “In this way death came to all men”. The guilt of sin was spread to all men. We have to deal with the “because all sinned.” clause. What does this mean? It means that the primary cause of our being under the wrath of God is the fall of Adam, the result of that sin would be the history of sinning on the part of humanity and do in fact sin of their own accord. I see “because all sinned” this way because it does best justice to the Greek text and conforms to the theological outlook of Paul throughout his ministry.
13-Was there no sin held against man before the Law was given? (Of course not but why text?)
Verses 15-21 are made up of six comparisons between Adam and God. God’s act of grace is shown to be shown much larger than the trespass of this one man. Through the acts of the first man, Adam’s sin led to the death of all humanity. Since that is the case we should marvel over the enormity of the death of the sun of God and the grace present within. GODS GRACE IS INFINITELY GREATER FOR GOOD THAN ADAMS SIN FOR EVIL. God’s grace transforms our lives, taking us from the family of Adam, condemned, and making us a part of God’s own family, now justified. Just as the one sin of Adam brought condemnation, so also did one righteous act of Christ bring justification.
If righteousness is by faith, it is reasonable to ask where law fits into the picture. The law was never intended to provide salvation but to convince people of their need for salvation. Sin increases, but “grace increased all the more.” God lavished His grace upon us beyond all measure. God is more graceful than we are sinful. When we understand the depths of human depravity can we hope to grasp, even in part, the unmitigated wonder of divine forgiveness. Death is the fate of all who follow sin as their master. Eternal life is destiny of those whom God calls to himself. It is life eternal.Death—eternal separation from God, who alone possesses life immortal—is the self-inflicted penalty for pursuing sin rather than accepting salvation.
Robert H. Mounce, Romans, vol. 27, The New American Commentary (Nashville: Broadman & Holman Publishers, 1995), 146.
14-Death reigned in the world, it still does. Adam’s sin is no worse than ours. Adam now is said to be a type of the one to come.
15-God’s gift of salvation is not like the trespass. God gave up His own son, a grace so amazing.
16. God’s
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