The Good News of Salvation in Jesus Christ

Studies in Paul’s Epistle to the Romans

Lesson 11 : The Assurance of Final Salvation / Original Sin (5:12-21)

ASSURANCE OF FINAL SALVATION – INTERRUPTED THOUGHT – TODAY’S LESSON IN A NUTSHELL – THE RELATION OF v. 12 WITH THE PRECEDING PARAGRAPH – UNFINISHED SENTENCE STRUCTURE – SIN PERSONIFIED – THE ROLE OF ADAM IN INTRODUCING SIN AND JEWISH TRADITION – DEATH IS A PENAL EVIL – ORIGINAL SIN – DEATH, SALVATION AND INFANTS – PARATHETICAL SECTION – PAUL’S INTERRUPTING THOUGHT – BEFORE THE LAW – SIN IS NOT IMPUTED WHERE THESE IS NO LAW – DEATH REIGNED – DID NOT SIN AFTER THE SIMILITUDE OF ADAM – A TYPE OF THE ONE TO COME – THE TYPOLOGICAL DIFFERENCES BETWEEN ADAM AND CHRIST – BUT NOT AS THE OFFENSE – THE FREE GIFT – “THE” MANY – THE ASSURANCE OF THE GRACE OF GOD – THE ONE WHO SINNED – ITEMS OF CONTRAST – SUMMATION OF ADAM AND CHRIST – HUMAN RESPONSIBILITY – RETURN TO THE ORIGINAL COMPARATIVE STATEMENT – ONE TRESPASS OR MAN? – UNIVERSAL SALVATION? – REPETITION FOR EMPHASIS – “ALL” VERSUS “THE MANY” – “OBEDIENCE” VERSUS “DISOBEDIENCE” – THE RESULTS OF ADAM / CHRIST ARE PERSONALIZED – ADAM’S CONDEMNATION DESERVED, CHRIST’S JUSTIFICATION UNDESERVED – THE NEGATIVE “ADDING” OF THE LAW – THAT THE TRESPASS MIGHT INCREASE – GRACE ABOUNDING – ONE LAST COMPARISON – ETERNAL LIFE BY JESUS CHRIST OUR LORD – APPENDIX: THE DOCTRINE OF ORIGINAL SIN – VIEWS REGARDING ORIGINAL SIN