Romans 5:15
15 But [alla] not [ou] as [hos] the offence [paraptoma], so [houto] also [kai] is the free gift [charisma].
For [gar] if [ei] through the offence [paraptoma] of one [heis] many [polus] be dead [apothnesko], much [polus] more [mallon] the grace [charis] of God [theos], and [kai] the gift [dorea] by [en] grace [charis], which is [ho] by one [heis] man [anthropos], Jesus [Iesous] Christ [Christos], hath
abounded [perisseuo] unto [eis] many [polus]. KJV-Interlinear
15 But the free gift is not
like the trespass. For if many died through one man’s trespass, much more have
the grace of God and the free gift by the grace of that one man Jesus Christ
abounded for many. ESV
This verse demonstrates a huge contrast between what
Adam had prior to his fall, versus what Adam had after his fall, and
subsequently to what Adam had after his salvation or rebirth by believing in
the promised Savior.
The first point is that as a result of Adam’s first
sin, which is commonly referred to as the fall of Adam, the entire human race
also fell as a result of that sin. Through Adam all died. And this is a
reference to spiritual death is a result of that sin which is handed down
through the male to all generations.
When God created Adam, Adam had forever life. If Adam
had never sinned he could’ve lived forever in the garden. That is not really a
bad thing, however, as a result of Adam sin and spiritual death, God gave Adam
an opportunity to have eternal life, which is different from forever life.
Forever life, is simply Adam living in the Garden of
Eden on planet earth.
Eternal life on the other hand, means living with God
forever in eternity, in heaven, and the entire universe, and with far greater
blessings and benefits.
So when Paul says, much more, then we have to realize
that eternal life is a phenomenally greater blessing of life, than what Adam
had in the garden.
Therefore, Adam was created, and Adam committed a sin.
For that, some might blame Adam for all of our troubles and woes that we have
in the world.
But not so.
Adam did, only what everyone else in history has done.
He sinned, and we all have sinned. So we cannot blame Adam for something that
we are all guilty of, because when God looked down through the tunnel of time He
saw all of the possibilities for history. And in all of those possibilities,
creation failed, and therefore the necessity for a plan for salvation, and a
correction of that failure.
You cannot blame God for all of the woes and problems
we have in this world, because he didn’t create them, nor cause them. People
did that themselves.
But what God did do was create life and then set the
stage for man’s potential failure, which man did fail, and that opened up the
opportunity for an even greater life, eternal life, by means of the salvation
plan of Jesus Christ.
It also opened up the opportunity for each one of us
to be born, and have a life of our own.
Note that Adam and Eve did not have children while in the Garden. Children came only after they had sinned and
were out of the Garden. Without any
sins, Adam and Eve could easily have been the only two humans ever, and
forever. But with sin, oddly enough, we
have been given our opportunity for an existence. All things worked together for good, and in
this case, that good was and is our individual lives.
And even though we have to endure to the difficulties
of this world, which by the way is the Devils world, a perfect garden, a
perfect environment, a perfect world, even a perfect life, will not solve the
ultimate woes of humanity.
Only faith in Jesus Christ, because of what He did,
and who He is, will ultimately lead to the perfect solution. The solution which
will last for all of eternity. And a solution that will be greater than the
initial creation could ever be.
And one final point. This life and this opportunity is
all free, a gift courtesy of the grace of God. You cannot earn it and you do
not even deserve it. But you do have a responsibility to pursue it.
These
studies, are a part of the massive daily study web site at DailyBibeStudy.Org,
that is easily accessible, and are written, so that you can come to Christ if
you have not done so already, and therefore not be lost forever.
And
if you have already believed in Christ, then these studies are written so you
can learn and understand and grow in your spiritual life, so that you can come
to the full knowledge of Christ, so that you can fulfill your meaning and
purpose in life as God intended for you, and so you can qualify for a
phenomenal eternal reward which you will have forever.
To
ignore this opportunity to pursue a daily study means you will be incomplete, unfulfilled
and you will lose out, big time.
The
Daily Bible Study is online, making it possible as never before in all of human
history, to advance in ones relationship with God, through Christ, and to
complete yourself beyond your imagination.
But
you have to decide to make that commitment.
No one else can study for you.
You have to do that yourself.
