All Of Us Condemned At Conception (MP 12)

Had one lesser than God designed the plan
To create a race whose wills remained free,
And the first chose sin that doomed ev’ry man,
He may have decided, “That’s all for me!”
Our God foreknew what Adam would do,
And that his progeny would do the same;
All would choose to sin; not one would live true;
So His pre-made plan the puzzle did tame!
God volunteered Himself to be a man;
His human will, with no power divine,
Did not yield, though none was tried harder than;
Sinless, He died, for your sins, and for mine!
We are dead through sin, but can live again;
Through Him, eternal life we can obtain!

Commentary
Why is every person ever conceived condemned by the imputed guilt of Adam? Because from God’s perspective, Adam, the first man created, was considered by God as the “federal head” of the human race. We are every one descended from Adam, the same as a son is descended from his father, grandfather, or great grandfather. If my great great great grandfather, Thomas Crittenden, had not migrated by land and river raft from Virginia to Louisiana, and my grandfather from Louisiana to Mississippi, I would not have been born in Mississippi. Thomas Crittenden’s actions had a great influence on me; so did Adam.

Why did God have to become a man (Jesus) in order to be “eligible” to go to the cross and die for every man’s redemption from the penalty brought by Adam’s first sin? Because Adam was a man, created by God; only the God/man could be another “federal head” of the human race He created like Adam (See Eph. 1:9-10). By living as a sinless man through a human lifetime, the Creator of man could assume the headship of the race and die in man’s place. God pre-planned to return, live, and die as a man before He started the universe. What a God is ours!


Scripture Quoted: Romans 5:12-21 (NIV) [Brackets added]
Note: In the following paragraphs, the Scriptures are enclosed by quotation marks; added explanations are enclosed in brackets.

Verse 5:12—“Therefore, just as sin entered the world through one man [Adam], and death [meaning physical death, spiritual death, and the ‘second death’ (See Rev. 20:14)] through sin, and in this way death came to all men [you, me, and every human], because all sinned [you, me, and every human]—“

Verse 5:13— “for before the law [Mosaic], sin was in the world. But sin is not taken into account [meaning the first sin of Adam is all that was needed to impute sin to all his progeny, and they are condemned; there is no added condemnation for sins committed before Moses; and the sovereign God had given no way to have them forgiven, or to redeem the lost] when there is no law [but Hebrews 11 describes God’s ‘election’ of some whose obedience counted for faith; they were redeemed by His imputation of Christ’s righteousness to them].”

Verse 5:14—“Nevertheless, death [all three kinds—physical, spiritual, and second] reigned from the time of Adam to the time of Moses, even over those who did not sin by breaking a commandment as did Adam, who was a pattern of the one [Jesus(God)] to come.”

Verse 5:15—“But the gift [God’s grace in saving mankind] is not like the trespass [Adam’s first sin]. For if the many [every person that lived between Adam and Moses] died by the trespass of one man, how much more did God’s grace [God’s unmerited favor to mankind] and the gift that came by one man [Jesus(God) who gave His life as atonement for the sins of all men, and their redemption] Jesus Christ, overflow to the many!”

Verse 5:16—“Again, the gift [God’s grace in salvation] of God is not like the result of one man’s [Adam’s] sin. The judgment [God’s condemnation of the entire human race] followed one sin and brought condemnation [eternal separation of all mankind from God], but the gift [of Jesus’(God’s) salvation] followed many trespasses and brought justification [relief from condemnation and acceptance to eternal life with God].”

Verse 5:17—“For if, by the trespass of the one man [Adam], death [physical death, spiritual death, and ‘the second death’ (See Rev. 20:14)] reigned through that one man, how much more will those who receive God’s abundant provision of grace [unmerited favor to mankind] and of righteousness [Jesus Christ imputes His righteousness to men and women who believe, for not one person can be righteous on his or her own] reign in life [eternal life with God after physical death] through the one man, Jesus Christ.”

Verse 5:18—“Consequently, just as the result of one trespass [Adam’s first sin] was condemnation [the ‘second death’, eternal separation from God] for all men, so also of one act of righteousness [Jesus Christ’s spilling His blood, dying on the cross] was justification that brings life for all men [all mankind is eligible for justification, but only those who believe in Jesus will be].”

Verse 5:19—“For just as through the disobedience of the one man [Adam] the many were made sinners, so also through the obedience of the one man [Jesus] the many will be made righteous [sinless].”

Verse 5:20—“The law [Mosaic Law] was added [given by God to Moses and the Israelites at Mt. Sinai; the Law could not justify] so that the trespasses [sins] might increase. But where sin increased, grace increased all the more,”

Verse 5:21—“so that just as sin reigned in death, so also grace might reign through righteousness to bring eternal life [after physical death, to dwell with God forever] through Jesus Christ our Lord.”

"For God so loved the world that he gave his only begotten Son, that whoever believes in him will not die, but have everlasting life.” (John 3:16)

“That if you confess with your mouth, ‘’Jesus is Lord’, and believe in your heart that God raised him from the dead, you will be saved.” (Romans 10:9)