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Romans 5:16\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0On the one hand the judgment arose from one transgression resulting in condemnation, but on the other hand the free gift arose from many transgressions resulting in justification.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
A good magician is a master of distraction. He distracts the audience from what he\u2019s really doing by pointing their attention in another direction. In a way, Satan was the original magician. He distracted Adam and Eve from God\u2019s blessings and pointed their attention toward the one restriction God gave them.<\/p>\n
Satan said to Eve, \u201cIndeed, has God said, \u2018You shall not eat from any tree of the garden\u2019?\u201d (Genesis 3:1). No, God had said, \u201cFrom any tree of the garden you may eat freely; but from the tree of the knowledge of good and evil you shall not eat, for in the day that you eat from it you will surely die\u201d (2:16\u201317). But Satan caused Eve to doubt God\u2019s Word by twisting what He had said. Then Satan caused Eve to doubt God\u2019s character. \u201cYou surely will not die!\u201d he said. \u201cFor God knows that in the day you eat from it your eyes will be opened, and you will be like God, knowing good and evil\u201d (3:4\u20135). In other words, \u201cGod is trying to withhold something good from you.\u201d Satan successfully convinced Eve, and she and Adam ate from the forbidden tree.<\/p>\n
In Romans 5:12, we find the result of Adam and Eve\u2019s sin: \u201cThrough one man sin entered into the world, and death through sin, and so death spread to all men, because all sinned.\u201d Everybody has inherited the sin virus, and physical death is the proof. Do only mature adults die? No, even babies die. All of humanity dies because all of humanity has inherited the sin virus. We are not sinners because we sin; we sin because we\u2019re sinners. When God says yes, our first instinct is to say no. We have inherited Adam\u2019s guilt\u2013and every time we rebel against God, we confirm Adam\u2019s choice as our own.<\/p>\n
If you think it\u2019s unfair that everybody is held accountable for one person\u2019s sin, Paul had an answer in Romans 5. He said, in essence, \u201cThe only thing more unfair than everybody being held guilty for one man\u2019s sin is one innocent man being held guilty for everybody\u2019s sin.\u201d Paul wrote, \u201cIf by the transgression of the one, death reigned through the one, much more those who receive the abundance of grace and of the gift of righteousness will reign in life through the One, Jesus Christ\u201d (v. 17). It may seem unfair that we suffer the consequences of one man\u2019s sin. But it\u2019s even more unfair that God offers us forgiveness because of one man\u2019s righteousness. That\u2019s the free gift of God\u2013for those who receive it. (Jeffress)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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