Justification by Jesus Christ and Jesus Christ alone
God looks at all people and sees only two persons : Adam and Jesus Christ.
From Adam: (Sin,Death)
- First man was of dust (1Cor15:47)
- Sin enters the world because of the sin of one man(v.12)
- Adam and Eve are one body because of marriage (Gen)
- Death enters world because of sin
- Before Adam and Eve sinned, nothing on Earth died
- Wages of sin is death (Rom )
- Through Adam, death to many
- Death “reigned” from Adam to Moses(v14)
- No law before Moses
- Death because of sin due to Adam’s line and not breaking of commands
- (v20) Law increased the trespass, but trespass was present before law
- All of us are descendants of Adam and Eve thus we are all sinners
- The one sin brought condemnation to all (v19)
- We bear the likeness of Adam because we are his descendants (1Cor15:48)
- Adam was disobedient(v18)
From Jesus Christ: (Righteousness, Grace=> Life)
- Second man is of heaven (1Cor15:47)
- Grace enters through Jesus Christ (v15)
- Gift of God (charisma) over judgment(v16)
- Eternal life (v21)
- New creation when we belong to Christ and no longer to Adam( 2 Cor 5:17)
- Jesus was obedient(v18)
- Jesus obeyed the will of the father (Phillipians 2:8)