Daily Word

Yet death reigned from Adam to Moses, even over those whose sinning was not like the transgression of Adam, who was a type of the one to come. 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. Romans 5:14-15. Adam, the first man, was the divinely appointed head of the whole humanity, and his sin forfeited righteousness for all those he represented. In the same way, God made Christ the representative head of the new humanity so that His obedience to death might gain their justification. Paul spells out the contrast between Christ and Adam. Not only are the acts of the two men contrary, the grace of the work of Christ is seen to be greater than the sin, judgment, and condemnation of Adam in the way it brings justification, righteousness, and the life to ruined souls. When was the last time you shared the greatness of Christ with a wounded soul?