Adam and Christ

Good morning brothers and sisters,
Today Paul draws a parallel between Jesus and Adam. Adam (and Eve) first disobeyed God. Their sin brought judgment and death into the world, which has held power over us since then. Jesus came into the world to heal the separation between us and God. Scripture often talks about Jesus as a second Adam because in him we are a new creation; we have a fresh start. He overcame our sin with grace and replaced our disobedience with perfect obedience to God. Now that Christ has come, sin no longer has the upper hand. God's free gift of grace overpowers sin, and one day will complete the reconciliation between people, creation and God. Until then we work in hope for a day of peace and love, trusting in God who forgives and welcomes us.

Blessings on your week,
Sam

Romans 5:11-21

11But more than that, we even boast in God through our Lord Jesus Christ, through whom we have now received reconciliation. 12Therefore, just as sin came into the world through one man, and death came through sin, and so death spread to all because all have sinned— 13sin was indeed in the world before the law, but sin is not reckoned when there is no law. 14Yet death exercised dominion from Adam to Moses, even over those whose sins were not like the transgression of Adam, who is a type of the one who was to come.


15But the free gift is not like the trespass. For if the many died through the one man’s trespass, much more surely have the grace of God and the free gift in the grace of the one man, Jesus Christ, abounded for the many. 16And the free gift is not like the effect of the one man’s sin. For the judgment following one trespass brought condemnation, but the free gift following many trespasses brings justification. 17If, because of the one man’s trespass, death exercised dominion through that one, much more surely will those who receive the abundance of grace and the free gift of righteousness exercise dominion in life through the one man, Jesus Christ.