Friday, May 25, 2018

Death by Sin. / Life by Christ


Romans 5:12“Therefore, just as through one man (Adam) sin entered the world, and death through sin, and thus death spread to all men, because all sinned.”

I read that this very important verse conveys several vital truths. It teaches us that, first of all, death came into the world only when sin came into the world. Suffering and death of conscious life, whether animal or human, were not a part of God’s “finished” and “very good” creation. In the Garden of Eden, there was no abundance of food and all other provisions for both people and animals. There was certainly no “struggle for existence” or “survival of the fittest,” for every creature was created “fit” for its own environment. When Adam sinned, however, it became necessary for God to bring the curse of decay and death not only upon Adam, but also upon all his dominion.

This is the Hebrew word for "man". According to Genesis, Adam was created from the earth by God (there is a word play on Hebrew אֲדָמָה ('adamah) "earth"). Furthermore, there remains no warrant for the notion that “Adam” is simply a generic term representing the human race. He was “one man.” In fact, he was “the first man”, and Eve was “the mother of all living”. There was certainly no population of evolving hominids becoming “Adam.” Adam and Eve were created creatures by the Creator. In fact, Christ Himself made it clear that Adam and Eve were there in Mark 10:6 “From the beginning of the creation, God ‘made them male and female.’“

There is reality in the saving work of Christ. Rejection of the Christian faith is hardly warranted by the fragmentary fossils with no intermediate forms that have been alleged to try and support the notion of human evolution. No one should stake his eternal soul on such a theory as that! Mankind made the sin mess and God is cleaning up the mess; reconciling us unto salvation and eternal life in heaven. We allowed sin and death into the world, but Jesus, the Savior of the world, conquered sin and death. 

Romans 5:10-11,15“For if when we were enemies we were reconciled to God through the death of His Son, much more, having been reconciled, we shall be saved by His life. And not only that, but we also rejoice in God through our Lord Jesus Christ, through whom we have now received the reconciliation. The free gift is not like the offense. For if by the one man’s offense many died, much more the grace of God and the gift by the grace of the one Man, Jesus Christ, abounded to many.”

Blessings in Christ

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