We want to say shalom and welcome everyone to our Bible classes of the Holy Scriptures in Israel. God bless you. We are so happy that you are able to join us for these meetings. We are studying the book of Romans and this is a very important portion of the Word of God which helps us to understand the righteousness of God. So we will pray. Hopefully you have a Bible in your hands and you can turn it, open it to the book of Romans and to chapter 5 when we are going to begin with reading from verse 12 today. But before we will read, let's pray together. Let's ask the Lord to bless our meeting together.

Our God and our Father, thank you for this amazing grace that reached us. And saved us through the person and the work of our Messiah Yeshua, who came to this world to pay for the sin of this world. Bless your word, we pray, for we ask it in Yeshua's name. Amen. Amen. So, beloved brothers and sisters, dear friends, I'm reading today this session from Romans chapter 5, 12 to verse to the end of the chapter the verse 21 please follow me as we are reading this portion the apostle Shaul Paul continued to write to the Romans and he says in verse 12 wherefore as by one man sin entered into the world and death by sin and so death passed upon all men for all have sinned for until the law Sin was in the world, but sin is not imputed when there is no law.

Nevertheless, death reigned from Adam to Moses. Even over them that had not sinned after the similitude of Adam's transgression, who is the figure of him that was to come. But not as the offense, so also is the free gift. For if through the offense of one many be dead, much more the grace of God and the gift by grace, which is by one man, Yeshua HaMashiach, Jesus Christ, has abounded unto many, was by one that sinned so is the gift for the judgment was by one to condemnation but the free gift is of many offenses unto justification for if by one man's offense death rain by one much more they which receive abundance of grace And of the gift of righteousness shall reign in life by one Jesus Christ, Yeshua HaMashiach.

Therefore, as by the offense of one judgment came upon all men to condemnation, even so by the righteousness of one, the free gift came upon all men unto justification of life. Many were made sinners, so by the obedience of one shall many be made righteous. Moreover, the law entered that the offense might abound. But where sin abounded, grace did much more abound. Reigns through righteousness unto eternal life by Jesus Christ our Lord, by Yeshua HaMashiach Adonainu. And I will stop here in the reading here of Romans chapter 5 verses 12 to verse 21. Beloved brothers and sisters, I don't know if you feel like me, but when we read such a passage as Romans chapter 5 verse 12 to verse 21, it is kind of difficult to grasp or understand.

In fact, it had been said by many Bible teachers that this portion from Romans chapter 5 verses 12 to verse 21 is not an easy passage to understand, but even more, it's not an easy passage to explain. And yet, with the help of the Lord, we will seek to go over this, hopefully. We will be able to go over this in this meeting but if not we may need to have another session on this portion of Romans chapter 5 from verse 12 to the end. Now if you remember we do find ourselves right now in Romans chapter 5 the last verses of Romans chapter 5 and if you remember in our study together of the book of Romans we said that The theme of Romans chapter 3 verse 21 to Romans chapter 5 verse 21, really the theme is the theme of salvation, salvation that God had provided.

You remember the whole book of Romans is divided into these five S's, sin, salvation, sanctification, sovereignty, and service. The second section of the book of Romans in the section that deal with salvation. Again, to remind you, the five sections of the book of Romans, sin, salvation, sanctification, sovereignty, and service. Five S's. The whole book of Romans is divided into these five sections. Very helpful to understand. We are in the second section. We've covered already the thought of sin in the book of Romans, Romans chapter 1 in verse 1 to Romans chapter 3 in verse 20, that dealt with the question of sin. And right now we are in the second part of the book of Romans, Romans chapter 3 verse 21 to 5 verse 21, and the second section is, the theme of this second section is the salvation that God.

Provided for mankind. Now we are in the last portion of Romans chapter 5 verses 12 to 21 and we have already covered the fact that justification was explained by the apostle Paul chapter 3 verse 21 to 31. Justification was illustrated in the life of Abraham in Romans chapter 4 verses 1 to 25. In our previous meetings we dealt with the blessing that accompanies salvation and justification in Romans chapter 5 verses 1 to verse 11. And now we are dealing with the basis of our justification. Now again, the book of Romans is a book of doctrine, of teaching, especially the first part of the book of Romans. Later on, the apostle Paul will deal with the practical aspect of the book of Romans.

Are right in the center of the doctrine of teaching that is very important for the believer in Yeshua the Messiah to understand that will help us to appreciate what the Lord Jesus the Messiah has done for us. So once we have covered the blessings that accompany salvation in chapter 5 verses 1 to 11 now Paul is the basis for justification for our justification for the believers justification what are the basis of our justification on what basis we who are sinners can be declared just on what basis well we have somewhat received some glimpse in the earlier verses it is obviously on the basis of the finished work. Of the Lord Yeshua Jesus the Messiah God the son who became a man and came down to this world and died in our stead and became a substitute the just one for the unjust in order to bring us to God now we need to bear in mind when we're in a conversation with one another and friends and people around us the fact is man the fact is that man is not a sinner because he sinned but men sin because he or she are sinners by nature let me repeat it men or women or people are not sinners because they sin but they are sinners they are they are sinning because they are sinners we are all are sinners by nature and that's what the apostle Paul is seeking to explain here.

And for our justification. I want you just to notice a few things before we're going to deal with these verses one by one. First of all, I want you to notice that the word one is mentioned quite a few times in this section. Romans 5 verses 12 to verse 21, you notice it used the word as by one man. Notice that? And then in verse 15, you notice once again in the middle, through the offense of one, many be dead. He continued the second part of verse 15, and the gift by grace, which is by one man. Notice the word one is mentioned here in this portion of Scripture some 11 to 12 times.

A time it applied the word one to the person of Adam, and a time it applied the word one applied to another, Yeshua, Jesus, the Messiah, as the one. By one man sin entered into this world, and by one man, Jesus Christ, God's grace is abound towards all. Notice this expression here, one is mentioned more than 11, 10 11 12 times in this portion of the Scripture secondly you will notice as we read this portion in Romans chapter 5 verses 12 to 21 that the the key truth that we learn here is our identification with Adam or our identification with Yeshua with Jesus the Messiah we identify with Adam by virtue of the fact that he is the federal head of the human race.

And we are identified with Yeshua Jesus by the very fact that he is the one that is the head of the new creation. You notice the truth that we will learn here, identification. The key truth that we learn here in this portion is our identification. With Adam by natural birth and we identify with Yeshua by a spiritual by new birth thirdly you will notice beloved brothers and sisters that the word rain to rain as a king is mentioned here about five times the word to rain to rain as king notice in verse 14 he says nevertheless death rained from Adam to Moses you know What is that?

A little bit later on, in verse 17, we read once again the word reign. He says, time in this portion, verse 14, twice in verse 17, twice in verse 21. The next thing to point, beloved brothers and sisters, to us all, the word much more, much more is mentioned some three times, three to five times here in this portion, and it is much more in relationship to the blessing that we have in the Messiah, in Christ. Notice in verse 15, in the middle, much more the grace of God. In verse 17, again, you notice, much more they which receive abundance of grace. And once again, if you notice a little bit later, in verse 20, we do read, moreover, the law entered that the offense might abound, but when sin abound, grace did much more.

More abound. The Hebrew word is much more. In other words, what we have in Christ, what we have in the Mashiach, what we have in Yeshua is much more than we could have through Adam. That's what Paul is seeking to explain here in this portion. And then one more point to emphasize, The fifth thing that Paul is emphasizing here is Paul presents before the Romans six contrasts. Six contrasts. Verses 12 to 14, a contrast between Adam, the man Adam, and the man Yeshua. In verse 15, the contrast between Adam's offense and Messiah. Free gift, Yeshua's free gift, Jesus free gift. In verse 16 the contrast is between the effect of Adam's sin is contrasted with the effect of the Messiah's obedience, of Yeshua's obedience.

Next in verse 17 we have the two reigns contrast, the contrast between Adam's reigned here in this world as king, between the Messiah, Yeshua's righteousness which reigned because of what he had done for us. Then number five, when it comes to the contrast, we have here two of the word one act. One act of one is contrasted by the one act of the other in this passage in verse 18 and 19. And finally, beloved brothers and sisters, there is a contrast between the law and grace. Torah, Chok, the Chesed, the law and grace in verses 20 and 21. Let me just repeat these six contrasts once more time. Verses 12 to 14, contrast between the man Adam with the man Yeshua.

Verse 15, contrast between Adam's offense and Messiah, Yeshua's free gift. Verse 16, the contrast between the effects of Adam's sin and the effect of the Messiah, Yeshua's obedience. Verse 17, there's a contrast between the two reigning. Adam's offense reigned here in this world and Messiah's righteousness reigning in the life of those that belong to him. To him. Verses 18 and 19, the contrast between the one act of Adam and the one act of Yeshua, of Jesus. And then verse 20 and 21, the contrast between law, Chok Torah, and grace, Chesed. That's what we have here set before us, beloved brothers and sisters, as we are going to move along into the study of this very, very important portion of Scripture.

So I just want to make just one more point before we're going to move along here. We have to realize that this passage in Romans 5:12-21 is not an easy passage to understand. Paul's writings are not always, we should say, sometimes or many times, the teaching of the apostle Shaul Paul are not always easy to be understood. That's why we need the help of the Holy Spirit of God to help us understand what the writings of Paul and other writings, of course. We need the help of the Holy Spirit to understand the Word of God, that we will be able to be grow and appreciate what God has done for us through the Lord Jesus the Messiah.

Now, if you just turn with me to 2 Peter 3, and I want you to notice what Peter wrote about Paul and Paul's writings. In the Word of God, in the New Testament, the Apostle Peter wrote in 2 Peter 3 verses 14, 15, and 16 concerning the writings of the Apostle Paul. Peter wrote in verse 14 of 2 Peter 3: "Wherefore, beloved, seeing that ye look for such things, be diligent, that ye may be found of him in peace without spot and blameless. An account that the long-suffering of our Lord is salvation, even as our beloved And then he said in verse 16, twist as they do also the other Scriptures unto their own destruction. In other words, Peter had acknowledged that some of the writings of the apostle Paul are hard or some things hard to be understood.

And that's why we need the help of the Spirit of God if we are to understand some of these difficult portions of Scripture the apostle Shaul Paul is writing to us in one of these portions that are hard to be understood yet with the Spirit of God we can understand it with the help of the Holy Spirit of God is Romans 5 and verses 12 to 21. Now we're moving along into this portion but let me just mention that we have already learned from the apostle Paul from chapter 1 to chapter 3 verse 20. What is known to us as the universality of condemnation. We have learned that already: "For all have sinned and come short of the glory of God." Universally all have sinned and all come short of the glory of God.

This is what we have already learned from the first three chapters of the book of Romans. In chapter 3 verse 21 to chapter 5 verse 11 the fact that there is the because of the work of Christ there is the universality of justification for all those who will believe in other words the work of the Lord Jesus the Messiah is sufficient to justify everyone that live upon the face of this world but he or she must believe and accept the word of the Lord accept the message of the gospel. But now as we are entering here into this portion in Romans chapter 5 verses 12 to 21, Paul is pointing to the fact that this universality of salvation is only available through the person of the Lord Jesus the Messiah himself.

And therefore, Paul is pointing to number one, to the death that pass upon all, the universal death that we all participate because of Adam's sin. We are in Adam, all is dead, all dies. And yet, on the other hand, in Christ, in a Messiah, all believers who are in Christ are made alive. So this is what we will learn here. The universality of death in Adam and not only because of what we have done but because of what we are by nature you see we all sinned and did wrong things which lead violate God's law and therefore we die but here we learn from this portion that we are all because of Adam we have inherited a sin nature and therefore there is the universal death that comes upon all long even before the law was given to Israel in Exodus chapter 19 and chapter 20.

So as we mention here that there are contrasts and a contrast that we have already pointed to, we have already mentioned in a previous thought that we had, but you notice that there will be a contrast between Adam and Yeshua, Jesus. There's a contrast between disobedience and obedience. There's a contrast that will be between sin and righteousness. There's a contrast that will be taught here between law and grace. There's a contrast that will be between condemnation and justification. This is a contrast between death and life. You will see this contrasted here in this portion of Romans 5 verses 12 to verse 21. So let's begin by looking first of all into the imputation of Adam's sin upon all.

The imputation upon Adam's sin because of Adam's sin that came upon all. Notice verse 12. Verse 12 is a very interesting verse, beloved brothers and sisters. Romans 5 at verse 12, Paul says, have sinned. Specifically here he makes reference to the physical death, which ultimately of course is leading to an eternal death if a person hasn't accepted the Lord. But the physical death that we all have part in came because sin entered into this world by one man. With me to the book of Genesis and we just have to read these verses because otherwise we will not we're not kind of understand it listen to what what we read in Genesis chapter 2 Genesis chapter 2 and then the verse is verse 17 Genesis chapter 2 and verse 17 to 19.

You remember what God said to Adam Genesis 2 verse 17 God said to Adam in fact i read verse 16 and the Lord God commanded man Adam he commanded ha Adam the Adam saying of every tree of the garden thou may freely eat but of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil thou shall not eat of it and notice that what he said at the end for in the day that thou shall eat thereof thou shall surely. Die in Hebrew mot temutun he continued in verses in i'll actually stop here in verse 17 but of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil thou shall not iterate for in the day that thou shall eat thereof thou shall surely die in Hebrew mot temutun dying you shall die now turn to chapter three and you notice what happened there in chapter three and verses 6 and 7 where we do read, beloved brothers and sisters, it says in verse 6, and when the woman saw that a tree was good for food and that it was pleasant to the eye and a tree to be desired to make one wise, she took of the fruit thereof and did it and gave it unto her husband with her and he did it.

The eyes of them both were opened, and they knew that they were naked, and they sewed fig leaves together, made themselves aprons, and in verse 8 we read that they hid themselves from the presence of the Lord. That's how sin came in. Sin came in by one man. Now notice that Paul does not mention Eve here, Chava, although Chava, Eve, was the first one that have eaten from the fruit of the tree. Notice also that Paul does not mention Satan, because Adam really was not the first one that have sinned, because sin have already entered by Satan himself, Lucifer, who violated the Word of God. But because Adam was the federal head of the human race.

Adam was the man that God created from the Adama, from the ground, from the dust of the ground. And Adam became the federal head of the whole human race. It was out of his side that God had built Chava, Eve. And out of their union together, children were born, and the grandchildren were born, and all the family of the earth entered into a living here in this world, through Adam and Eve, but Adam was the federal head of the human race. And therefore, what we learn, beloved brothers and sisters, we learn here that by one man, notice that, that man was Adam. Adam. The first man that God created out of the dust of the ground.

It was to Adam that God gave the command in chapter 2. It was not given to Eve. Although it was Chava, Eve, who knew what God had said and disobeyed by taking and being beguiled by Satan, but it was Adam who violated the command of God. And therefore, by one man, sin entered into the world, not by one woman, but by one man, to the human world. That God has created and placed here in this world and therefore in verse 12 we learn of the imputation or our participation in Adam's sin because verse 12 tells us wherefore just as or as by one man sin enter into the world notice his second half of verse 12 and death by sin Adam died physically.

Of course, he died spiritually first because he was separated from God spiritually. Genesis 3 verse 8, he was hiding behind the trees. But here it's speaking about the physical death that will lead to eternal death for those that are not born again through Yeshua, Jesus the Messiah. But you notice this, it was one man. And that's the whole point. In Romans 5 verses 12 to 21 to contrast between one man the man of this earth earthy the earthy man Adam and the man that came from heaven Yeshua Jesus the Messiah God the son who became a man and the contrast is very clear by one man sin enter into this world into the world and what happened of sin sin is missing the Mark sin is the disobedience of Adam sin is violating God's command what happened it brought death because of sin the day that you will eat out of this fruit dying you shall die God said to Adam and surely what happened because of his sin of disobedience ends, ultimately he died physically.

Of course, he died spiritually first, and the word death means separation. Separation from God, spiritual death. Separation from the soul and the spirit, the body from the soul and the spirit, physical death. And separation from God eternally, eternal death. This is when one is separated from God. If he or she do not accept God's way of forgiveness while they are still upon the face of this earth. So by one man's sin entered into the world and death by sin. But now notice what Paul is trying to explain. That because of one man's sin that brought death into this world because of sin, well, even so death passed upon all men for that all have sinned.

You see, when Adam sinned, you and I have sinned. If Adam wouldn't have been there and you and I were there, we would have done the same thing. Now somebody would say to you and I, well, why should God punish me? Because Adam did what he did. And so the Scripture teaches us that even if Adam was not there and you were there, you would have done the very same thing. God's word and death would come upon you and therefore death passed upon all that's why beloved brothers and sisters we are going to funeral services many die it says millions die in a world every day people die and it's not a matter of being killed because of or die because of a war because of a conflict or because of of sickness with the exception of chanoch Enoch all have died chanoch and Eliyahu in Genesis 5 and verse 5 we read and all the days of Adam that Adam lived were 930 years and he died in Genesis 5 and verse 8 we read concerning 912 years and he died in Genesis 5 and verse 11 we read of enosh and all the days of enosh were 905 years and he died in Genesis 5 and verse 14 we read concerning Canaan and all the days of Canaan were 910 years and he died in Genesis 5 and verse 17 we read and all the days of machaliel.

Were 895 years and he died. Genesis 5:20 concerning Jared and all the days of Jared were 962 years and he died. Even Metushelach who lived 969 years beloved brothers and sisters we do read in Genesis 5:27 and all the days of metushelach were 969 years and he died the the man that lived the longest time upon the face of this earth by the name of metushelach and the word metushelach in Hebrew means when he will die then i will send and God did send the flood upon the face of this earth and he was so gracious to seek the the return of mankind to himself and he gave you might say a prophecy through I'm willing to extend my grace to mankind before I will bring the flood 969 years have passed by and man has not repented which made it necessary for God to send the flood when he died I will send 969 years.

Genesis 5 and verse 27. Genesis 5 and verse 31. And all the days of Lemech were 777 years and he died. And even Noah after the new world came in. And all the days of Noah were 950 years and he died. In a new world after the flood. In Genesis 25 and verse 18 we read concerning Yishmael. And they that dwelt in Chavilah unto Shur, that is, before Egypt, as thou goest toward Assyria, and he died, this is Yishmael died, in the presence of all his brethren. And finally, in chapter 50 and verse 16, about Yosef, the favorite son of Yaakov. And they send messengers unto Joseph, concerning Joseph's father, Yaakov. "Thy father did commend before he died, saying, Jacob died as well." In other words, "Beloved brothers and sisters, wherefore by one man sin entered into this world, and death by sin, and so death passed upon all men that all have sinned." The physical death that is part and parcel of the Human experience has passed upon all with some exception.

Chanukh walked with God and God took him. He was here no more. Eliyahu Hanavi, Elijah, Eliyahu the prophet, God have took him. And you know, at the rapture of the church, there will be this exception that those that are alive and remain should be caught up as an exception to meet the Lord in the air. The rapture but the normal thing is it all die and that's what apostle Paul is seeking to explain that the imputation of Adam's sin have passed to all and so verse 12 is an essential verse to remember wherefore as by one man sin entered into the world and death by sin and So death passed upon all men, for all have sinned.

When Adam sinned, I have sinned. When Adam sinned, you have sinned. All have sinned. Adam's sin was imputed and was transferred to all, for all have sinned. That's why, beloved brothers and sisters, people who live and live and live and live without to go through this avenue, through this process of physical death. All have sinned because of the act of one man. One man. Sin passed upon all, for all have sinned. But he continues in the next verses, in verses 13 and 14. Apostle Paul presents before us the proof of the imputation of sin which leads or leads us to death. He is approving it. In the next verses, notice that in verse 13 and verse 14, Paul is saying in verse 13, for until the law, sin was in the world.

But sin was not imputed when there is no law. You notice this, beloved brothers and sisters, this is extremely interesting because what we learn from this passage here, that even though, notice verse 13, law there is no punishment normally right you know because Adam received a command from God and he violated God's command and because he violated God's commandment he died physically of course again I remind you that he died spiritually first he died later on physically and he is forgiven he will never die eternally because he have accepted the forgiveness of God So what we really learn here for verse 13 that until the law of sin was still in the world, but sin was not counted or not imputed when there is no law.

In other words, there is no direct command that was given to mankind. The law was only given to Moshe and to the people of Israel in Exodus chapter 19 after they came out of the land of Egypt. That's when God gave the Torah. His people with all that which was involved, the ceremonies and the feasts and the sacrificial system and all these were part of the law that God had given to the people of Israel, but still people died even before the law was given on Mount Sinai. We just read in the book of Genesis that everyone passed through this process of death. So in verse 13 we learn that The commandment was not given.

The law was not given. But what happened is sin, as it says here in verse 13, until the law, there was sin was in the world. People still sinned. But sin was not imputed when there was no law. In other words, God did not impute it unto men because there was not yet the law. But when the law came. The Torah, violation of the clear word of God brought about sin. That's why he says in verse 14, "Nevertheless death reigned from Adam to Moses, even over them that had not sinned after the similitude of Adam's transgression, who is the figure of him that was to come." Adam was a picture and a figure of the one was going to come namely the Lord Yeshua Jesus the Messiah so there was no direct law that was given to mankind although of course God always gave instruction to the human race he gave instruction to all people in every generation but the law specifically was given to the nation of Israel once Israel came out of the land of Egypt so Still death reigned as a king of all that were descendants of Adam because, as we have already read in verse 12, that death passed upon all men for all have sin.

And the apostle is emphasizing the sin nature that we all have. Because of our sin nature. We die because of our sin nature. The wages of sin that comes out of the sin nature is death. And so you see this, beloved brothers and sisters, here in these verses 13 and 14, men still, people still die because of the imputation of Adam's sin. You see, some might say, well, especially with respect to our Jewish people that God had given them the law and God gave a clear let's just look at the 10 commandments and as you look at the 10 commandments you see clear word of God thou shall not thou shall thou shall not and thou shall not covet thou shall not steal thou shall not murder These commandments that were given to the people of Israel were clear commandments from the Lord.

The moment someone violated these commandments they would die. But still people died long before the Torah, the law was given to the people of Israel. Why? By virtue of the imputation, by virtue of the fact that because of Adam's sin we all have inherited. So in verses 13 and 14, the proof of the imputation of sin which led to death is clearly presented before us here in these verses. For until the law, sin was in the world. But sin is not imputed or sin is not counted when there is no law. That says you shall not step on this grass. Or there is a law you shall drive a certain speed limit on the highway.

But if there is no speed limit for the highway, if you will pass the 100 kilometers an hour, for example, there is no law, there is no sign that says you shall not drive beyond 100 kilometers an hour. And if you did drive faster, There is no punishment because there is no sign that says you shall drive certain speed limit. You see what Paul is seeking to explain, beloved brothers and sisters? And so this is very important to grasp and to understand. Turn for a moment to 2 Corinthians chapter 5. Just a verse to read there. 2 Corinthians chapter 5. And notice this one verse I want to read there, 2 Corinthians 5 and verse 19.

I'll read verse 17, first of all. Listen, not imputing their trespasses unto them. Sin and to them because of Christ because of the Messiah you see this beloved brothers and sisters therefore what we learn here from our chapter in chapter 5 of Romans in verses 13 and 14 the proof of the imputation of sin this is the big the the sin nature that we all have inherited the moment we were born into this world because when Adam sinned when that one men have sinned death pass upon all men because all have sinned now notice verses 15 to 17 here's the third point that apostle Paul is seeking to explain in verses 15 16 and 17 Paul is making a contrast between Christ the Messiah Yeshua and Adam and so notice that I will just read this to you in verse 15 the contrast between Adam's offense and God's gift because of Christ, because of the Messiah.

I'm reading verse 15. By grace, which is by one man, Jesus Christ, Yeshua HaMashiach, has abounded unto many. So the first many are all the world, really. And the second many are all the ones that have trusted in the Lord Jesus, the Messiah. Here's the contrast, beloved brothers and sisters. There's a contrast between Adam's offense and God's faith. Free gift through Jesus the Messiah i'm reading this again but not as the offense so also is the free gift for if through the offense of one many be dead much more notice when he's speaking about the Lord Jesus the Messiah he's always using the word much more much more the grace of God and the gift Now, of course, we have to distinguish between the many in the first part of verse 15 to the many in the second part of verse 15 because the many be dead, that has to do with the fact that we all inherited the sin nature.

All men, all die. Verse 15 is all believers are because of the one man namely Yeshua the Messiah what he has done this grace is extended to the many who avail themselves of the grace of God and accepted the provision of salvation through the death burial and resurrection of the Lord Jesus In verse 16, the contrast between Adam's condemnation and God's justification through Yeshua. Let's read this, verse 16. And not as it was by one, this is Adam, that sin, this is Adam, so is the gift of the judgment was by one to condemnation. Adam sinned. And because of Adam's sin, we are all condemned. Adam was condemned.

You and I are condemned because we have inherited his sinful nature. But then the second part, notice that, but the free gift, verse 16b, but the free gift is of many offenses unto justification. Adam's condemnation because of his sin and God's provision for the believer in Yeshua because of Yeshua's finished work on the tree, on the cross, to justify. Because of Adam, we are condemned. Because of the Messiah, we are justified. Because of Adam, we are punished and condemned. Because of Christ, because of the Messiah, we are justified. Let me read verse 17, beloved brothers and sisters, the contrast between the Messiah, Yeshua, and Adam. In verse 17, the contrast between God providing life through the Messiah, through Yeshua, Jesus, and the death that came upon all of us through Adam.

I'm reading verse 17. Adam have committed when he violated God's command, God's word. So if by one man's offense, death reigned. In other words, death reigning as a king. You know, death is reigning as a king here in this world because we all have inherited the same nature and death is reigning as king. Ruling the affairs you might say of this world reigning because there is there is no one that can escape this process of death unless there's an exception such as Hanoch and Eliyahu and the rapture of the of the living saints but then he said in the second part of verse 17 he says much more they which receive You see, you and I will reign because we have new creation.

We have eternal life. We will reign because of the grace, the abundant grace, and because of the gift of righteousness. Righteousness that were given to us because of the work of the Lord Jesus the Messiah we shall reign in life because of the one person namely because of our Lord Jesus the Messiah notice the summary that Paul does here if you bear with me give me a few more minutes so we can finish it in verse 18 we do read the summary conclusion notice he said therefore Notice he is summarizing what he has already said from verse 12 to verse 17. He is summarizing it in verse 18. Adam, one, the offense of one, that one is Adam.

By the offense of Adam, judgment came upon all men to condemnation. Even so, by the righteousness of one, this is Yeshua, Jesus, the free gift came upon all men. These are all men that believe on him unto justification of life. How amazing. What a lesson to learn here. In this difficult passage yet is so profound, beloved brothers and sisters. And I would like to conclude here with the final verses, verses 19, 20, and 21, just that we will have this before us and therefore we will have all the portion before us. Here is additional contrasts that are made for us here in verses 19, 20, and 21. Three contrasts. Verse 19, contrast between obedience and disobedience.

I'm reading verse 19. For as by one man disobedience, that's Adam, many, these are all of us, all men, all his descendants, many were made sinners. You remember what we said in the beginning of the meeting? Another contrast, verse 20. The contrast between law and grace. Verse 20 says, Moreover, the law entered that the offense might abound. Now, I want to mention that. You know, many times people think that the law was given to us so we will sin less. Verse 20 tells us that the law was given that we will show that we are sinning more. Not because God wanted us to sin, because the law, when you have a sign that says, because of our sin nature it abound it's right bringing our sins to the front and so what that's what he's saying beloved brothers and sisters in verse 20 more of it the law entered that the offense might abound be more but where sin abound the more we we reveal that we that we are sinners we sin because of our sin nature and we we sin grace did much more abound.

In other words, when God provided for us forgiveness for Yeshua the Messiah, His grace is only showing much more, much more how much God was willing to do for the sinner. That the law only like a mere reveal his or her condition. And then finally, beloved brothers and sisters, in verse 21, the purpose of all, is the eternal life of the believer through the grace of God the purpose of all this is in order to provide for sinners eternal life and that's why here's the contrast between eternal life and or eternal death that as sin has reigned unto death through righteousness unto eternal life by Yeshua HaMashiach, by Jesus, the Messiah, our Lord.

Well, beloved brothers and sisters, what an amazing verses are these, hard to be understood, hard even to be explained, and yet they are so profound, they are so precious, because it shows us what we have in Christ, in the Mashiach. And therefore, in conclusion, these verses of Romans 5 verses 12 to 21 provide for us the basis of every believer's justification. And it is on the basis of the grace of God, on the basis of the finished work of our Lord Jesus, the Messiah, who loved us and gave himself. For us and we pray we trust that each and every one of us realize it understand it and appreciate what the Lord Jesus the Messiah the Lord Yeshua HaMashiach has done for us well my dear brothers and sisters and dear friends we want to say Shalom to you until the next time God bless you Shalom Shalom you