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“The Law came in so that the transgression would increase”         [Romans 5:12-21]                        Look at Romans 5:20-21: “The Law came in so that the transgression would increase; but where sin increased, grace abounded all the more, so that, as sin reigned in death, even so grace would reign through righteousness to eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord.”                   First, let us consider the phrase, “The Law came in so that the transgression would increase” (v. 20).   Why did the Law that God gave to Moses on Mount Sinai come in?   The reason is to increase the transgression.   Here, the word ‘increasing the transgression’ means that there are many sins, very many sins, and the sins are tight.   It means that sin is tense as if a ballo...

  ‘As through one transgression there resulted condemnation to all men’       [Romans 5:12-21]                           Romans 5:12-19 speaks of the same and different aspects of Adam and Jesus Christ: Verses 12-14 are the same aspects of Adam and Jesus Christ, verses 15-17 are the different aspects of Adam and Jesus Christ, and verses 18-19 are the same and the different aspects of Adam and Jesus Christ.  Romans 5:18-19: “So then as through one transgression there resulted condemnation to all men, even so through one act of righteousness there resulted justification of life to all men.  For as through the one man's disobedience the many were made sinners, even so through the obedience of the One the many will be made righteous.”   Here, the conjunction “So then” (v. 18) concludes Romans 5:12-17 comprehensively.      ...

‘The free gift is not like the transgression’       [Romans 5:12-21]                       Look at Romans 5:14b – “…   Adam, who is a type of Him who was to come.”   The first Adam, the representative of mankind, is a type of Jesus Christ, who is to come.   Here the Greek word for “type” appears 16 times in the New Testament.   However, not all Korean Bibles have been translated as “type”.   The word “form” was translated the most, and almost half of the 16 times were translated as “form” (eg. Rom. 6:17), and “imprint” was also translated twice (Jn. 20:25).   It is also translated as “image”, “form”, “like”, “mirror”, “example”, and “shadow”.   For example, let's say we have 2 objects.   Let's call one object "A" and the other object "B".   A marks B.   This is referred to as a type.   A is the type and B is the ...

‘Before the law was given, sin was in the world'     [Romans 5:12-21]                        Look at Romans 5:13-14: “for before the law was given, sin was in the world. But sin is not taken into account when there is no law.   Nevertheless, death reigned from the time of Adam to the time of Moses, even over those who did not sin by breaking a command, as did Adam, who was a pattern of the one to come.”   The Bible says that sin was in the world before the law (v. 13).   The word “before the law” here refers to the law that God gave to Moses at Mount Sinai when the Israelites came out of Egypt and came to Mount Sinai (Exod. 20:1-17; Note: Deut.5: 6-21).   Then, “before the law” refers to when and when, from the time when Adam sinned (Gen. 3) until Moses received the law from God at Mount Sinai (Exod. 20) (about 2,500 years).   Even then, there was a ...