Adam was the representative of the human race. As Adam goes so go we.
"For as by one man's disobedience (Adam) many were MADE sinners" Romans 5:19.
We were MADE sinners. We did not become sinners. It is not our fault that we are sinners, its Adam's fault. We were born into sin. King David wrote, "Behold I was shapen in iniquity; and in sin did my mother conceive me" Psalm 51:5.
Many don't like the idea that we are born sinners, but this is what the Bible teaches. This is why we need to be born again, 1 Peter 1:23. This is also why we need a savior. Just as we were lost by a representative, so shall we be saved by a representative.
"So by the obedience of one (Christ) shall many be MADE righteous" Romans 5:19.
We do not become righteous; we are MADE righteous by the doing and the dying of Jesus. Jesus in our name and on our behalf fulfills all of the demands of God's Holy Law and justifies us, Romans 3:26.
"Therefore, as by the offense of one (Adam) judgment came upon all men to condemnation; even so by the righteousness of one (Christ) the free gift came upon all men into justification of life" Romans 5:18.
Man does not have a righteousness that God will accept, we are saved by the righteousness of Christ. When we receive Christ as our savior the righteousness of Christ is imputed to us. God sees us as righteous only "In Christ". However, we are still in these sinful, unredeemed, Adamic bodies, Romans 8:23.
Salvation is a free gift from God, the law has been fulfilled and all sin has been atoned for. This is why Paul said, "You are Complete in him" Colossians 2:10. When God accepted Jesus back into heaven, we were accepted in him.
"For as by one man's disobedience (Adam) many were MADE sinners" Romans 5:19.
We were MADE sinners. We did not become sinners. It is not our fault that we are sinners, its Adam's fault. We were born into sin. King David wrote, "Behold I was shapen in iniquity; and in sin did my mother conceive me" Psalm 51:5.
Many don't like the idea that we are born sinners, but this is what the Bible teaches. This is why we need to be born again, 1 Peter 1:23. This is also why we need a savior. Just as we were lost by a representative, so shall we be saved by a representative.
"So by the obedience of one (Christ) shall many be MADE righteous" Romans 5:19.
We do not become righteous; we are MADE righteous by the doing and the dying of Jesus. Jesus in our name and on our behalf fulfills all of the demands of God's Holy Law and justifies us, Romans 3:26.
"Therefore, as by the offense of one (Adam) judgment came upon all men to condemnation; even so by the righteousness of one (Christ) the free gift came upon all men into justification of life" Romans 5:18.
Man does not have a righteousness that God will accept, we are saved by the righteousness of Christ. When we receive Christ as our savior the righteousness of Christ is imputed to us. God sees us as righteous only "In Christ". However, we are still in these sinful, unredeemed, Adamic bodies, Romans 8:23.
Salvation is a free gift from God, the law has been fulfilled and all sin has been atoned for. This is why Paul said, "You are Complete in him" Colossians 2:10. When God accepted Jesus back into heaven, we were accepted in him.