ROMANS 5:20. “Moreover the law entered, that the offence might abound. But where sin abounded, grace did much more abound:” GRACE ABOUNDED. The stream of humanity got poisoned at the source. Adam started the cycle of sin that has “abounded” or affected every one. We are not held guilty for his sin because we have the same right of making choices that he had.
In a similar way, grace has brought blessing from the Source, the Lord Jesus Christ. Deliverance from sin is available to all. So now we are left with two choices just like Adam at the beginning. We are free to choose freedom to sin or freedom from sin.
The good results of grace far out-measure the bad results of Adam’s sin. Many were made sinners because of him – many are made righteous because they choose Christ. When we do that, the free gift of righteousness is given by God as a permanent possession.
Sin was reigning in me at the first – and death, separation from God, was the result. Now grace reigns and union with God is the result, because life in Christ is eternal. Death is the loser.
“I praise Thee, Father, for this great reconciliation made because of what the grace of the Lord Jesus Christ has given. Amen.”