Commentary on Romans 5:12-21
How Adam’s sin brought death to all men and what is the righteousness we obtained by the obedience of Jesus Christ are both surprisingly controversial.
These verses in Romans 5:12-21 declare that by one man’s sin, death came upon all men. The verses do not say how that death came upon all men, but it does say how it did not come upon all men. It did not come by imputation of sin. And yet many commentators and theologians, although they are not fully agreed on how that sin is imputed, do argue that it must come upon all men by imputation of sin. These slides, From Condemnation to Justification, will evaluate the various arguments and find a solution that is consistent with Scripture.
Then in the face of verses that say righteousness is given as a free gift unto abundance of life, many commentators and theologians argue that God gives no righteousness at all. They argue that the justification that God gives is to count the person who remains totally unrighteous as righteous through God having chosen to view them through the righteousness of Jesus Christ that He exhibited when He was obedient unto the death of the cross. These slides, From Condemnation to Justification, will evaluate arguments for such imputation and establish how God’s gift of righteousness leads to abundance of life as promised in the passage.