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Romans 5:19 "For as by one man's disobedience many were made sinners, so by the obedience of one shall many be made righteous." THis verse does NOT say all men were UNCONDITIONALLY made sinner by Adam's disobedience no more than it says all men be UNCONDITINALLY made righteous by the obedience of CHrist. If all men are unconditonally made sinners due to Adam's disobedience per 19(a) then 19(b) must teach that all men will unconditionally made righteous by Christ's obedience and you have universalism. Yet the Bile teaches men are made righteous by CONDIOTNALLY haivng faith (Romans 5:1-2) and CONDITNALLY made sinners by having chosen to sin (Romans 5:12).
Paul told us that death came by man and by man came also the resurrection of the dead (1st Corinthians 15:21).
Isaiah said that Israel was a transgressor from the womb (Isaiah 48:8). David said that the wicked are estranged
from the womb and when they are born they come forth speaking lies (Ps. 58:3).
In the 5th chapter of Romans, Paul was talking about the old nature that we receive from our parents. That is the
reason Jesus said, we must be born again. The old nature has it's own mind called the carnal mind. We received the
carnal mind at birth, because it was passed down from man in the form of Adam.
When Adam sinned in the garden death came upon him and Eve by receiving the carnal mind. What it did was it
made them afraid, because they had lost their unity with God. The carnal mind gave them the sense that God was
mad @ them and that he was going to kill them. So they ran and hid when God came to see them. The carnal mind
will always give us the wrong interpretation of God's character and love for his creation.
God isn't mad @ anyone, but he definitely is disappointed in me when I act out of the carnal mind. The purpose of
God is to give us another mind called the mind of Christ. With that mind, we can interpret the character and love of
God perfectly. No more fear, because God in his mercy will comfort us in all things that takes place in our life good
or bad. Romans 8:6-8 says,
6 For to be carnally minded is death; but to be spiritually minded
is life and peace. 7 Because the carnal mind is enmity against God:
for it is not subject to the law of God, neither indeed can be. 8 So
then they that are in the flesh cannot please God.
If all men are unconditionally made sinners by Adam's disobedience, which is what Paul, Isaiah, and David was
saying, then it is only right for Jesus to unconditionally make us righteous, because we aren't capable of saving
ourselves.
What a God! What a Plan!
Logabe
Romans 5:19 "For as by one man's disobedience many were made sinners, so by the obedience of one shall many be made righteous." THis verse does NOT say all men were UNCONDITIONALLY made sinner by Adam's disobedience no more than it says all men be UNCONDITINALLY made righteous by the obedience of CHrist. If all men are unconditonally made sinners due to Adam's disobedience per 19(a) then 19(b) must teach that all men will unconditionally made righteous by Christ's obedience and you have universalism. Yet the Bile teaches men are made righteous by CONDIOTNALLY haivng faith (Romans 5:1-2) and CONDITNALLY made sinners by having chosen to sin (Romans 5:12).
Paul told us that death came by man and by man came also the resurrection of the dead (1st Corinthians 15:21).
Isaiah said that Israel was a transgressor from the womb (Isaiah 48:8). David said that the wicked are estranged
from the womb and when they are born they come forth speaking lies (Ps. 58:3).
In the 5th chapter of Romans, Paul was talking about the old nature that we receive from our parents. That is the
reason Jesus said, we must be born again. The old nature has it's own mind called the carnal mind. We received the
carnal mind at birth, because it was passed down from man in the form of Adam.
When Adam sinned in the garden death came upon him and Eve by receiving the carnal mind. What it did was it
made them afraid, because they had lost their unity with God. The carnal mind gave them the sense that God was
mad @ them and that he was going to kill them. So they ran and hid when God came to see them. The carnal mind
will always give us the wrong interpretation of God's character and love for his creation.
God isn't mad @ anyone, but he definitely is disappointed in me when I act out of the carnal mind. The purpose of
God is to give us another mind called the mind of Christ. With that mind, we can interpret the character and love of
God perfectly. No more fear, because God in his mercy will comfort us in all things that takes place in our life good
or bad. Romans 8:6-8 says,
6 For to be carnally minded is death; but to be spiritually minded
is life and peace. 7 Because the carnal mind is enmity against God:
for it is not subject to the law of God, neither indeed can be. 8 So
then they that are in the flesh cannot please God.
If all men are unconditionally made sinners by Adam's disobedience, which is what Paul, Isaiah, and David was
saying, then it is only right for Jesus to unconditionally make us righteous, because we aren't capable of saving
ourselves.
What a God! What a Plan!
Logabe