"... For if by one man's offense many died, much more the grace of God and the gift by the grace of the one Man, Jesus Christ, abounded to so many"
In these few verses, Paul is talking about Adam who was the man that brought sin into this world. Because of Adam, all man (and women) are brought into condemnation. Because of the first man, all his predecessors will be born with sin. Even if you tried really, really hard not to sin as a baby, it was inevitable. Because of Adam, we were dead.
But fear not my brothers and sisters. Where one man brought us into condemnation with God, another will bring so much more.
"...But where sin abounded, grace abounded so much more."
The love of one man, the Son of Man, brings us back to God and because of Him, we do not need to worry about Adam (his mistakes nor our own). Because of the sacrifice of this one Man, we have been given salvation, a place to dwell among God. Adam sinned and brought all of mankind to hell, but the love of Christ just brought us right back to him.
What a wonderful God.
Amen.
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