• The Fact of Original Sin in Adam — Rom 5:12
  • The origin of sin — by one man sin entered into the world
  • The result of sin — and death by sin
    • Physical death
    • Spiritual death
  • The universal scope of sin — and so death passed upon all men
  • The universal guilt of sin — for all have sinned
• The Relation of Original Sin to the Law — Rom 5:13-14
  • The accounting of sin prior to the law
    • There was no written law
    • This did not nullify guilt — Rom 2:12
  • The evidence of the accounting of sin prior to the law — death reigned
• The Certainty of Life in Christ
  • The inevitable consequences of relation to Adam
    • The imputation of sin
    • Condemnation
    • Guilt
    • Death
  • The inevitable consequences of relation to Christ
    • The imputation of righteousness — Rom 5:15-16
      • The free gift of grace
      • Given to every believer
    • Forgiveness — Rom 5:17
    • Life — Rom 5:17-18
• The Summary — Rom 5:20-21
  • How a guilty sinner can be freely forgiven and placed into the family of God
  • The purpose of the Law
  • To reveal the holiness of God
  • To reveal the degradation of sin
  • To awaken the sinner to look to Christ
• The power of grace
  • It is greater than sin
  • Every believer is a trophy of grace
• The new life
  • Its character — through righteousness
  • Its goal — unto eternal life
  • Its means — by Jesus Christ our Lord
    • The non-Biblical answer: man has never been perfect, but he is evolving and is moving toward perfection.
    • There is no such thing as sin — just something negative in man's constitution. When he becomes sufficiently positive that will be the end of trouble.
    • Get rid of the idea of sin and guilt, right and wrong

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