Time Well Spent with Cornelius F. Warren featuring Elder Sam Fisher

Join Pastor Cornelius F. Warren and Elder S.E. Fisher, Sr. in this powerful time of biblical teaching through Romans. .

After stating the theme of Romans, that he is not ashamed of the gospel, which reveals the righteousness of God, Paul shows that every person has sinned and is under God’s condemnation. He then shows that by His death on the cross, Jesus Christ satisfied God’s righteous demand so that He can be both just and the justifier of the one who has faith in Jesus. Then Paul sets forth some of the blessings of being justified by faith in Christ.

In Romans 5: 12-19, Paul re-emphasizes why we must be justified by faith: When Adam sinned, we all sinned in him. His sin was our sin; the fact of universal death proves it. But the last Adam, Jesus Christ, more than overcame the devastating effects of Adam’s sin. Adam’s sin resulted in death for all who are in him, but Jesus Christ’s obedience in going to the cross resulted in justification of life for all who are in Him. Adam’s sin was credited to all his descendants, but Christ’s righteousness is credited to all who are His descendants through faith in Him.

Why, then, was the Law given? What was its purpose? Didn’t God give the Law through Moses so that people could keep it and live? So in Romans 5: 20-21 Paul contrasts the Law and its result with God’s grace in Christ and its result. He is saying, through the Law, sin reigned in death, but through Christ super-abundant grace reigns in righteousness to eternal life.

Paul’s words in verse 20 would have been utterly shocking to his Jewish readers: “The Law came in so that the transgression would increase ….” The average Jew would have thought that the Law came in to restrain sin, not to cause its increase.

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