“Wherefore, as
by one-man sin entered into the world, and death by sin; and so death passed
upon all men, for that all have sinned: That as sin hath reigned unto death,
even so might grace reign through righteousness unto eternal life by Jesus
Christ our Lord.” Romans 5:12, 21
What so many people are clueless about is sin. The sin
that condemns mankind is not our sins, it is the sins of Adam. God said “…as by one-man sin entered into the world,
and death by sin; and so death passed upon all men, for that all have sinned…”
The word “passed” means - to go through, pass through – which means it goes
from Adam throughout the entire population of human’s. Some people want to
believe that if they live good enough then they can get to heaven, but that is
a false thought. Since you are a sinner before you were ever born, then your
sins have nothing to do with whether or not you go to hell when you die. God
said through the Psalmist, “Behold, I was
shapen in iniquity; and in sin did my mother conceive me.” Psalms
51:5 The word “shapen” means – formed – which means in conception you were
a sinner, and when you were born you were already a sinner. Job asked this
question and then answers it, “Who can
bring a clean thing out of an unclean? not one.” Job 14:4 in other
words if your parents were sinners then how could they ever bring forth a clean,
sin free child? I know most people hate these two words, but when we are
born we are totally depraved. There is nothing good in us, nor can they
ever be. Our total being is condemned to eternal hell before we ever exit
our mother’s womb. This condemnation reigns from Adam to us, we are born condemned
for Adams sin. This is why God said, “What
then? are we better than they? No, in no wise: for we have before proved both
Jews and Gentiles, that they are all under sin; (10) As it is written, There is
none righteous, no, not one: (11) There is none that understandeth, there is
none that seeketh after God.” Romans 3:9 – 11 People can fight total
depravity all they want, but the truth is the truth. Job went on to write, “What is man, that he should be clean? and he
which is born of a woman, that he should be righteous?” Job
15:14 not because of their mother, because Jesus was clean, and He had an
earthly mother in Mary. But it is through the father, sin comes through Adam
which is the father. However, Mary was a sinner, she had an earthly father, but
God is Jesus Father. People can argue all they want but God said “…There is none righteous, no, not one”
that includes me, you, and every single human outside of Jesus Christ.
Therefore, you can never be righteous in the flesh, nothing you can do can save
your soul from the sin it is born with, you are condemned to eternal hell.
However, there is a remedy, and His name is Jesus Christ. Just as we are all
sinners through Adam we can all be made perfectly clean through Jesus Christ.
There is no other way to be just before God except through Jesus Christ. Just
as Adam brought sin on us because he had sinned, Jesus can bring us cleanness’s
because He is pure and sin free. Just as sin is handed down through the blood
of Adam, we can all be made clean by the blood of Jesus. “In whom we have redemption through his blood, even the forgiveness of
sins:” Colossians 1:14 People must realize this in order to be saved,
salvation is only through Jesus Christ and none other. Not by works,
baptism, not in any church membership, or religious faith or practice. God
said, “And almost all things are by the
law purged with blood; and without shedding of blood is no remission.” Hebrews
9:22 If you are not purged by the blood of Jesus then you are in your sins
and you are condemned to the lake of eternal fire. Listen very closely to this
scripture, “So Christ was once offered to
bear the sins of many; and unto them that look for him shall he appear
the second time without sin unto salvation.” Hebrews 9:28 “without
sin unto salvation” that is those whom Christ was offered, Jesus did not die
and shed His blood for everyone, but for those whom trust Him as Saviour. “Now if we be dead with Christ, we believe
that we shall also live with him: (9) Knowing that Christ being raised from the
dead dieth no more; death hath no more dominion over him. (10) For in that he
died, he died unto sin once: but in that he liveth, he liveth unto God.” Romans
6:8 - 10
