Did all people sin in Adam or like Adam? “Consequently, just as condemnation for all people came through one transgression, so too through the one righteous act came righteousness leading to life for all people.” Romans 5:18. God created humankind (all its members) in one Man, Adam, on the sixth day of creation. God breathed
The illustration of justification continued. Consequently, just as condemnation for all people came through one transgression, so too through the one righteous act came righteousness leading to life for all people.” Romans 5:18, NET. The Greek text also reads that just as one transgression that applied to all people came condemnation of all people came
The illustration of justification continued. “But to the one who does not work, but believes in the one who declares the ungodly righteous, his faith is credited as righteousness. Romans 4:5, NET. Jews could not accept that legal justification could be granted to those who did not obey the law of Moses. The Jewish law
The illustration of justification continued. In Paul’s time, the Jewish Christians insisted that non-Jewish Christians must obey the requirements of the law of Moses, including circumcision. They insisted that obedience to the law of Moses was required to justify sinners. Paul counteracts this claim with a logical argument. “Now to the one who works, his
An illustration of justification. Paul employs the example of Abraham for additional clarification of justification. “What then shall we say that Abraham, our ancestor according to the flesh, has discovered regarding this matter? For if Abraham was declared righteous by works of the law, he has something to boast about – but not before God.
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The wonderful exchange of life on the cross “’ And I, when I am lifted up from the earth, will draw all people to myself.’ Now he said this to indicate clearly what kind of death he was going to die.” John 12:32, 33, NET. “Draw all people to myself” does not mean that each
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How could Jesus be all-in-one? To understand how Jesus could be the sacrifice for sin and the scapegoat in his body, we must accept Jesus’s definition of life. “The spirit is the one who gives life; the flesh counts for nothing; the words I speak to you, are spirit and life.” John 6:63, From a
The Mercy Seat – continued. “God publicly displayed him at his death as the mercy seat accessible through faith. This was to demonstrate his righteousness, because God in his forbearance had passed over the sins previously committed.” Romans 3:25, NET. The literal rendering of the Greek text is: “Whom set forth God a mercy seat
The Mercy Seat. “God publicly displayed him at his death as the mercy seat accessible through faith. This was to demonstrate his righteousness, because God in his forbearance had passed over the sins previously committed.” Romans 3:25, NET. Paul, in Romans 3, refers to Jesus Christ as the atoning sacrifice, how the atonement is accomplished,
The Mercy Seat. We have learned thus far that whole of humankind became an irrevocable sinner in the garden of Eden. There are no exceptions. Also, there are no privileged people in the eyes of God. All are sinners, unable to do anything about it through their effort. However, because God loves humankind, he justified
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How did God justify sinful humankind? Continued. “And we have seen and testify that the Father has sent the Son to be the Savior of the world.” 1 John 4:14, NET. God the Father commissioned Jesus to the earth and redeem humankind from slavery in the kingdom of sin and darkness. And to save it
“By his grace,” what does it mean? “For all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God. But they are justified freely by his grace through the redemption that is in Christ Jesus.” Romans 3:23, 24, NET. Traditionally, “justified by his grace” presented a problem when determining its true meaning. The difficulty results
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How did God make humankind righteous? In Romans chapters 3 through 7, Paul presents the very core of the good news, the completed and perfect salvation in Christ Jesus. God made us righteous in Jesus. He did not declare us righteous by covering our sinfulness. He removed our sinfulness from us and thus made us
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