First and Last Adam

Romans 5:12,19‑21  •  1 min. read  •  grade level: 5
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Rom. 5 brings in two men: the first man Adam, and the second, the last Adam-Christ. "Wherefore, as by one man sin entered into the world, and death by sin; and so death passed upon all men, for that all have sinned." Rom. 5:1212Wherefore, as by one man sin entered into the world, and death by sin; and so death passed upon all men, for that all have sinned: (Romans 5:12). Judgment came in through the first man-Adam. He disobeyed and brought the race, of which he was the head, into that position of death. "By one man's disobedience many were made sinners." Rom. 5:1919For as by one man's disobedience many were made sinners, so by the obedience of one shall many be made righteous. (Romans 5:19).
"Moreover the law entered, that the offense might abound. But where sin abounded, grace did much more abound: that as sin bath reigned unto death, even so might grace reign through righteousness unto eternal life by Jesus Christ our Lord." Rom. 5:20,2120Moreover the law entered, that the offence might abound. But where sin abounded, grace did much more abound: 21That as sin hath reigned unto death, even so might grace reign through righteousness unto eternal life by Jesus Christ our Lord. (Romans 5:20‑21).
From Rom. 5:1212Wherefore, as by one man sin entered into the world, and death by sin; and so death passed upon all men, for that all have sinned: (Romans 5:12) on, the subject is not, as previously, the guilt of sin. That is forgiven and the believer by faith in Christ is clean through the work of the cross. The subject is not what I have done, but what I am. I am a new man in Christ; the old man is still with me, but in the place of death.