They Will Reign in Christ

When Adam ate the forbidden fruit, we were there with him, though we had not yet been born. His sin, then, did not end as the sin of one man. It was imputed to all his descendants, and not one person has escaped death.

The law cannot save anyone. It is only a fence that shows how sinful we are, and to stay within that fence is like clinging to a rotten rope. If the first man, Adam, let sin and death reign, Jesus Christ, the last Adam, lifted people out of the pit of death and gave them justification and eternal life.

Through the obedience of one man, many were made righteous. Salvation is wholly the grace of God, and that grace covers every sin, great or small. All that remains is to step through that open door in faith, without doubting.