Daily Word

Therefore, just as sin came into the world through one man, and death through sin, so death spread to all me because all sinned- for sin indeed was in the world before the law was given, but sin is not counted where there is no law. Romans 5:12-14. Paul viewed both Christ and Adam as historical individuals. In the case of Adam, the focus of attention is on his “one trespass” by which we were all made sinners. (Paul begins a comparison here that will be completed later on in this chapter). Death is not natural to humanity, but is the direct result of sin. The universal reign of death is the consequence of sin, and all have sinned in the sin of Adam. All people were subject to death before the law was given to Moses. Yesterday we looked at what needed to be “laid aside” through repentance; today we need to take a long, deep look at the sin in our lives that we have made compromise in to justify it in our own minds. Sin is Sin…period.