“Therefore, as through one man’s offense judgment came to all men, resulting in condemnation, even so through one Man’s righteous act the free gift came to all men, resulting in justification of life. For as by one man’s disobedience many were made sinners, so also by one Man’s obedience many will be made righteous.” (Romans 5:18-19)

I have preached on these verses many times.  There isn’t anywhere that I have preached that I haven’t said something about the two natures and the two Adams.  I think it is the understanding of this message that is the Gospel of Jesus Christ.

Because of Adam, the first man, sin entered into all of humanity like a virus.  Every man or woman born after Adam was born into a dying humanity.  We were each plagued by sin.  There was no way we could escape it.  We were born to die.

There is a song that says, “I fought the law and the law won.”  Each man born into sin tries to overcome his sin by his own means.  He doesn’t want to believe that he is a sinner.  Each one of us tries to justify their own sin.  Some will say that they were born a certain way and therefore how could God call it sin.

The word of God calls sin evil and declares that not one man was ever born righteous.  Each one of us is guilty of the evil we commit. It matters not whether we define the evil as good or evil.  Just because you call evil good and good evil doesn’t change the way God sees it.

Our entire generation may call some form of sin good but it isn’t good, it is still evil.

The miracle of Jesus is that He came and destroyed the power of sin in our lives.  He was the new prototype of mankind.  When He came He showed us that we could live a different way and not by any strength within us.  He was the sacrifice that allowed us all to become new.

I remember the season that I came to understand this.  It was such a joy to my heart.  I remember the thought dawning on me like the morning sun.  It was tremendously liberating to learn that I no longer had to carry the weight of the evil that I once committed, because my wonderful Jesus had set me free.

Each day I began to see this more and more.  Every time the enemy condemned or my own conscience convicted me, I began to see the countenance of God inside of me.  I could see how His grace liberated me and His peace remained deep in my heart.  It was this peace and joy within me that made me understand that I was no longer a man bound by sin, but now I was a new man bound by grace.

Every time I preach this message signs and wonders follow.  This message is the good news of Christ and those who live by it are free indeed.

Every morning I learn more and more about my God.  The more that I learn the more I understand that He is a God of mercy and grace.  He has great laughter and loves me more than I could ever understand.  He loves you the same way too.

May you always remember this as you keep on advancing toward your destiny.