Christ Is King Baptist Church

In this passage Paul unpacks the doctrine of Original Sin -or better, Original Death- from 5 different angles as he compares and contrasts universal death through Adam's sin and superabundant grace through Christ's obedience.--The differences between Adam's sin and Christ's righteousness, and how they affect their people, are explained in verses 15-17- the similarities are highlighted in verses 18-19.--Both Adam and Christ represented others before God. That is where the similarity ends. But Christ cleans up after Adam. He succeeded where Adam failed. His obedience resulted in life for all who are -in Christ,- whereas Adam's disobedience resulted in death for all -in Adam-.--The free gift of righteousness and life in Christ is freely offered and freely bestowed upon all who simply -receive- it.