Here we go again, 'grace' is mentioned 5 times in this short passage! Praise the Lord that though we were condemned in Adam, God's grace overflowed to humanity through our wonderful Saviour in Jesus!!
I must admit that I have struggled in the past with the concept of one man's sin bringing both condemnation for all of humanity, and also making everyone a sinner (vv. 18-20). However, the concept of all of humanity being seminally in Adam (just as Levi was in the body of Abraham when he presented a tenth of the plunder to Melchizedek (cf. Heb. 7:9-10)) makes sense. Herein we can see the definite link between Adam's sin and our own in that we were in him when he sinned, thus its not hard to see why we would inherit this sin nature. In any case, whatever our conclusion on this matter, if God determines that the judgment for sin should include the offspring of the sinner to be ensnared by its grasp, then who are we to argue??
Lets not get too side tracked here, for the thrust of this passage is God's grace through 'one act of righteousness' bringing justification for all of humanity, praise the Lord!!
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