You know, we were made sinners thanks to the disobedience of one, and we were given life through the obedience of one.
“19For as by the one man’s disobedience the many were made sinners, so by the one man’s obedience the many will be made righteous. 20Now the law came in to increase the trespass, but where sin increased, grace abounded all the more, 21so that, as sin reigned in death, grace also might reign through righteousness leading to eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord.” – Romans 5:19-21 (ESV)
We know the story of Adam’s deliberate eating from the Tree of Knowledge. He knew the rule and chose to break it. Once he broke the rule, sin was introduced to the world. As a result of his rule breaking, the Ten Commandments were given by God to provide our guidance. And then, man decided that we needed more rules and laws to “keep us from sinning”. What we learned from Adam (by way of Satan) is the adage that “rules were meant to be broken”.
Careful with how you interpret what I am saying here, if the law did not outline all of the things we should not do, we may not do those things. The lore of the forbidden drives us to “try” things that we would not normally try. Adam was ultimately intrigued to break the rule and likewise we are as well. His rule breaking ultimately led to our sinful nature.
Jesus on the other hand was without sin. No matter the rules before Him as set by man, He followed the rules of God and therefore did not sin. (See Romans 12 to know and study the marks of a true Christian.) One man, Jesus, brought us salvation from our sinful nature, that one man, Adam, brought us into.
When you look at the sin in your life, are you aware that it is a result of the one man, Adam? Are you looking for the way out of that sinful life? Are you willing to accept the gift of one man, Jesus Christ our Lord?
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