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Romans: 5:12-21 For July 31st 2001 Into Thy Word - Romans: 5:12‑21 Into Thy Word Online Bible Study 12 originally for July 31st 2001 B. Two General Idea: Our heredity of sin! This is the passage that tells us about the universal sinful nature of humanity: Original Sin. We placed ourselves under sin, if anyone who has ever lived was there in the Garden, they, that means you and I, would have disobeyed and sinned. Yet though God’s love, a plan of redemption comes about to save us. The world and frustrated Christians will object to our fallen nature, as it goes against our pride, self-determination and will. They do not see His plan, only their views. Perhaps you wondered that this is totally unfair! Adam sinned not me. I was not at the Garden of Eden; I did not disobey God, so why do I have to suffer under his punishment. This is liberal thinking that sin is an idea and/or is unfair. And this passage agrees! But not in the liberal sense or by the objection of the world; rather in the realty of God’s love and redemptive plan is at our hand. Sin is more than an idea and yes it is unfair. That sin entered in the world by one man that affected all people by Adam; but the grace of God, which justified us, comes in the world by one man/God. All of humanity deserved it, Christ did not; thus, yes it is unfair- to God, but not to us (2 Sam. 11:1-27; and Psalm 51)! He takes us from our old creation under Adam and places under the new creation under Christ (2 Cor. 1. Adam by nature passes sin that leads to death to us all; all of his posterity, but Christ by grace communicates His righteousness unto His people for life. All have sinned all would have sinned! a. Therefore means Paul is continuing his argument and phases into an illustration to prove his point. When you ever see therefore in Scripture, ask why is it there? The answer is the context! b. Just as, death was not God’s original plan. His plan became corrupted by our sin (Gen. 2:17). c. Adam's offense is contrasted to Christ's free gift and obedience. i. One man brought sin in, One took it away. ii. One brought condemnation, One brought justification. d. When we belonged to sin and death (Gen. 2:17) we were part of the old creation under Adam (Psalm 51:5). e. Adam was the first man who represented all of humanity, and was the one who brought sin into the world. Jesus represented all of humanity by bringing redemption. i. Thus, everyone who was ever born is born into/ with sin. ii. Sin is the right and the claim to myself, that I am my own boss; our self-realization that resulted from Adam. And one man took it away, the last Adam (Heb. f. We cannot escape our sin from birth; no baptism can wash it away. i. Only through redemption does our sin nature go away. ii. Self-realization is the enemy of the cross, and what keeps Christ away with the explanation that I am my own God (John g. Sin is no excuse to cover our wrong doing and just say the Devil made me do it! Not at all! We still have personal responsibility! 2. Now we belong to Christ, the new Adam and new creation (2 Cor. a. Christ takes on Adam's role as the representative of all humanity (1 Cor. 15:45-49; Eph. 2:1-7; Heb. 2:14-18 1 Pet 1:3). b. Many refers to an aspect of the “elect” as a reference to Isaiah 53:11 and the Suffering Servant who will redeem them, a prophecy of our Lord. Christ is our head spiritual leader, Lord and God, where our hope and life come from. i. We are kings and queens by the grace of God. ii. Beware that condemnation and justification results from our actions; first by sin, second experience a second birth that will put us in Christ and away from death (John 3:7). 3. Regeneration happens by Christ's work and through the Holy Sprit, and hits us when we have a sense of our need and futility (Gal. a. The miracle of redemption is that the Spirit places in us a new nature, and our reward and response is a new life. b. The miracle is that we cannot touch or remove our sin, we cannot even hide it, and we can’t even see it. He does and He removes it from His sight. c. Redemption is that we are delivered from the heredity of sin. d. We have a picture of God’ redemptive plan in the lives of Adam and Noah from Genesis and its fullness in the Gospel (Gen. 5:29; 9:1-2; 7). God was at work to restore humanity from the beginning!
God did not just punish all of humanity for one person’s sin. This would be contrary to His character. It is the nature of the sin that corrupts and punishes. It affects everything and everyone, from the soil to the sky to our lives and relationships. Everything has been distorted from God’s plan. Yet, in the mist of the sin, God is weaving His redemptive threads though it and though us. These redemptive treads become our covering, the atonement of Christ’s work on the cross our new garments declaring us sin free and pure before our Lord. Our tendency is to remain in the sin, we relish it and desire it and help fuel its growth (John
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Theological Thought: “Baptism” means a ceremonial cleansing and purification: a sign that tells God that we repent and seek His forgiveness and desire to accept a new life (Acts © 1998, 2002, 2004 R. J. Krejcir Into Thy Word Ministries www.intothyword.com Please spread the word about the Word! And let people know about our online Bible studies!
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