Mar. 30, 2025

“Spiritual Genetics”
Romans 5:12-14
Central Idea: Adam’s sin ruined everything and everyone, but God
had a plan to deal with it all.
I. Adam (12a)
• “Therefore, just as through one man”
• Adam in Genesis 3 (with Eve) ____________ God’s command
II. Results of Adam’s actions (12b)
A. “sin entered into the world”
• The _______ power of sin
B. “and death through sin”
• Sin and death always go ________________
• death = __________ death that leads to __________ death
C. “death spread to all men (people), because all sinned”
• Adam was making a choice for _____ of us
• This is referred to as the doctrine of _____________ sin.
D. Original sin - God could have…
1. Created Adam & Eve in a state of confirmed ______________.
• They could _______ choose what was right and good.
2. Created Adam & Eve in a state where their choice was ______.
• Obey & _______ forever or disobey & __________ forever.
• This is the scenario with regard to _________.
3. Select a __________________ for all people and that person's
choice would be our choice.
• One person, in this case Adam, represents ______________.
4. God’s Choice: # ___
• ________ choice because the all-wise, all-knowing God made it
III. Spiritual conditions from Adam to Moses (13-14)
A. “for until the Law sin was in the world” (13a)
• There is no ________ law —- ____ still existed.
B. “but sin is not imputed when there is no law” (13b)
• Since the Law was not yet given no one held ______________
for the Law.
C. “Nevertheless death reigned from Adam until Moses,” (14a)
• Point: death _________ reigned
D. “Even over those who had not sinned in the likeness of the
offense of Adam” (14b)
• Who is Paul talking about = _________ still die.
E. “who is a type of Him who was to come” (14c)
• What is a type? Divinely intended ___________ of something.
• How was Adam a type of Christ? universal ________ of action
• Adam's act made all people ___________, and Christ's act
made all people __________.
Application:
1. God is always ___________ out and ______________ for me.
Common objection:
• Not ______ that I am held responsible for what Adam did.
Reality:
• The one who chose our representative was _______, Himself.
• Do we really think we would have done ___________?
• This principle of representation is a display of divine ________.