“THE
BOOK OF ROMANS” Part 5 of 8
Chapter 5
– Adam vs
Christ
Christ died for the ungodly
We are justified by his blood
Having
established that …being
justified by faith, we
have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ: (Rom
5:1), Paul
points out that we
now have access to the grace of God.
Paul then
superbly compares Adam with Christ. Like a computer virus that
can spread to all the computers in the whole world, Adam’s sin has been
passed
on down to us six thousand years ago.
This is
Adam’s legacy to the world.
The
‘virus’ of sin is already in us the moment we are conceived in the
womb. Indeed, we sin because we are born sinners. As Paul
states … 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 5:12).
But he
gives the solution: For as by
one man's disobedience many were made sinners, so by the
obedience of one shall many be made
righteous. (Rom 5:19).
Indeed, 8
But God
commendeth his love
toward us, in that, while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us. 9 Much more then, being now
justified by his
blood, we shall be saved from wrath through him. (Rom 5:8-9 )
When we
are physically born, we are condemned from the start.
We are born
sinners. Therefore we must become spiritually
born again to be declared righteous – have right standing with God.
How many
is many?
“Many” can
mean “all without distinction” or “all without exception”
“Christ
died for many” means without exception
Through
Adam “many be dead” (Rom 5:15) that is all 100% “without
exceptions”
“Many be
made righteous” (Rom 5:19) less than 100% and means “all without
distinction”
Many means all – 1.
Without distinction
– less than 100% 2. All without exception 100%
Romans
5:12-19
12 Wherefore, as by one
man sin
entered into the world, and death by sin; and so death passed upon all
(100%) men, for
that all have sinned:
13 (For until the law
sin was in
the world: but sin is not imputed when there is no law.
14 Nevertheless death
reigned from
Adam to Moses, even over them that had not sinned after the similitude
of
Adam's transgression, who is the figure of him that was to come.
15 But not as the
offence, so also
is the free gift. For if through the offence of one many (100%) be dead,
much more the grace of God, and the gift
by grace, which is by one man, Jesus Christ, hath abounded unto
many
(less the
100%. All are offered “UNTO” UP and TO, but
not “into”)
16 And not as it was by
one that
sinned, so is the gift: for the judgment was by one to condemnation,
but the
free gift is of many offences unto justification.
17 For if by one man's
offence
death reigned by one; much more they which receive abundance of grace
and of
the gift of righteousness shall reign in life by one, Jesus Christ.)
18 Therefore as by the
offence of
one judgment came upon all (100%) men to
condemnation; even so by the righteousness of one the free gift
came upon all men unto (all are
offered,
up and to not into) justification
of life.
19 For as by one man's
disobedience
many (100%) were made
sinners,
so by the obedience of one shall many (not 100%)
be made
righteous.
Joh 8:36 make
you free not set you free.
Many is less
than 100%
Many can be
100% or
many may not be 100%
All or few.
Many can be
all
without distinction
Many can be
all
without exception.
THE BIBLE
USEAGE of the word “many”
Many =
few, lots, all, 100%
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Harley
Hitchcock
www.
AustralianBibleMinistries
.com