The Bible teaches the solidarity of the human race and that sin and death came into this world through the actions of our father, Adam. The first man that God created was designed by God to be the representative of the whole human race. As such, what he did and what happened to him, has consequences for us all.
The Apostle Paul explains this in the text before us this morning as we continue our study through the book of Romans. Today we come to Romans 5:12-21. Martyn Lloyd-Jones calls this passage "the very heart and centre of the Epistle to the Romans" (Romans, Exposition of Chapter 5: Assurance, 176). Tom Schreiner has also called it "one of the most difficult and controversial passages to interpret in all of Pauline literature" (267). Anders Nygren says this passage is where "the point where all the lines of (Paul's) thinking converge, both those of the preceding chapters and those of the chapters that follow" (cited in Morris, 228)
It is without a doubt, one of the most important theological texts in all of the Bible. Because of that we will spend the next few weeks looking into these 10 verses. What I want to do today is to introduce this passage by 1) showing its connection to what Paul has just written & will elaborate in chapter 6, and 2) by looking at the overall structure and point of Paul's argument.
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Romans #24 The Grace of God in the Gospel Grace Baptist Church
