Series: Romans A Better Adam Romans 5:12-21 Sin has infected everyone, everywhere. Therefore, just as sin entered the world through one man, and death through sin, in this way death spread to all people, because all sinned. Romans 12:12 death through sin Death comes to man in a physical way: Aging, decay, and physical death; but death is also spiritual. “why do people sin?” 1. We are born this way. Original Sin: Because of Adam’s first sin, all humanity is predisposed to sin. Indeed, I was guilty when I was born;I was sinful when my mother conceived me. Psalm 51:5 2. We all choose sin personally. 13 In fact, sin was in the world before the law, but sin is not charged to a person’s account when there is no law. 14 Nevertheless, death reigned from Adam to Moses, even over those who did not sin in the likeness of Adam’s transgression. Romans 12:13-14 before the law of Moses Sin is willful disobedience; therefore, people are not held accountable for what they do not know. Nevertheless, death reigns in all people, because all people do know. a new and better Adam Adam is considered the federal head (representative) of the human race. Just as Adam is the representative of sinful humanity, Jesus is the federal head of a new,recreated humanity. Just like death came to all through a representative, life will come to all who will trust Jesus to represent them. 19 For just as through one man’s disobedience the many were made sinners, so also through the one man’s obedience the many will be made righteous. Romans 12: 19 TODAY’S TAKEAWAYS This world, as we know it, is not as God intended. All of humanity is sinful because of Adam and because of personal choice. Everyone is either in Adam or in Christ. A person’s first story does not have to be his/her last story.