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In our verse-by-verse study of Romans we completed the first phrase of Rom 5:16; "but not as through one who sinned"
We noted that what Paul is describing here is God's grace swicheraroo where the judgment of one sin resulted in condemnation for the entire human race and then the judgment of many sins results in the conveyance of God's righteousness aka justification for the entire human race.
From one sin (Adam's original sin) many condemnations (the entire human race); from one sin every human being was condemned in spiritual death and separation from God.
The gift that is the saving work of Jesus Christ on the cross is the means of establishing an a fortiori for this situation.
The gift resulted in many transgressions or sins being judged for one justification for the entire human race. The first Adam committed one sin and the entire human race came under condemnation because of that one sin.
The last Adam was judged for all sins and the entire human race is eligible for justification because of that one man's righteousness.
This sets up an "a fortiori" that is a restatement with amplification of Rom 5:12; that explains that the entire human race sinned when Adam sinned.
Rom 5:16; But because of one man's work on the cross the entire human race is eligible for justification. On one hand from one sin comes condemnation for all and many sins are produced and on the other hand from judgment for the many sins comes one justification for all.
This process is described in 2Cor 5:21; This is the predicate for everything that God can do for every human being and does for everyone who believes in Jesus Christ.
Rom 5:16; "but the free gift is of many offences unto justification" the adversative conjunction "de" (but or but on the other hand) is used with the previous affirmative particle "men" (indeed).
Plus the nominative singular subject "charisma" (free gift) referring to the saving work of Jesus Christ who was judged for all personal sins by God's justice on the cross.
Plus the nominative neuter singular of the definite article "ho" (the) used as a demonstrative pronoun to place special emphasis on the one act of Jesus Christ being judged for all of our personal sins as our substitute.
That is why we can refer to it as ""the or that" free gift." Then the prepositional phrase "ek" (from) plus the ablative plural of "polus" (by many or, because of many) "paraptmoa" (transgressions or sins).
"unto justification" the preposition "eis" (resulting) plus the accusative "dikaioma" (justification).
Paul exploited the word "dikaioma" (justification) to the point that new concepts were derived from it. In the plural it is used to commandments or statutes, but Paul was one of the first people in history to use it in the singular to describe one mandate.
He used it in the singular to emphasize to the Gentiles that there is only one divine order to be embraced to be justified, not a series of commandments to keep. Believe in the Lord Jesus Christ.
The legalistic Jews believed that in order to be justified a person had to keep a series of commandments but by switching this to the singular Paul showed that there is only one divine mandate to be understood and embraced. Believe in the Lord Jesus Christ.
The word "dikaioma" that means a right act as the fulfillment of a legal requirement. The mandate is to believe.
And from this came another meaning: a sentence of justification. From this comes the meaning in our context: a judicial act of justification. So this is translated, "resulting in a judicial act of justification."
Expanded Translation Rom 5:16; "In fact the gift (Jesus Christ) is not like what occurred through one who sinned: for on the one hand the judicial verdict came by one transgression resulting in condemnation (spiritual death), but on the other hand that gracious gift (the incarnation and the work of Jesus Christ on the cross) was given because of many transgressions, resulting in judicial justification."
We see from this verse that God's integrity is comprised of righteousness and justice. Righteousness is the principle of God's integrity and justice is the function of God's integrity so what God's righteousness demands God's justice executes.
God's love found a way to justify sinners while they were still sinning using only His righteousness and justice. This is how God defeated satan the devil.
This means that mankind's point of contact after Adam's original sin is God's justice. God's justice is the source of both blessing and condemnation however in this case condemnation precedes blessing.
Adam's original sin was satan's challenge to God's love. The issue was could God's justice replace God's love in God's relationship with man, and could God's justice find a way to bless mankind instead of condemn mankind in spite of Adam's sin.
Man's point of contact with God in the perfect environment of the Garden of Eden was God's love. However God's love did not prevent the original sin, but once the sin had occurred mankind's point of reference changed from God's love to God's justice.
God's justice was never the issue until after man sinned because in the perfection of the Garden of Eden before the fall man was perfect so man's point of reference with God was God's love.
The absence of sin in the garden made it possible for God's love to be Adam's point of contact. But when Adam sinned the point of contact had to change so God changed it from God's love to God's justice.
The one sin of Adam changed the entire structure of God's relationship to mankind. One sin phased out God's love out as the point of reference for mankind. One sin and God's justice became the point of reference for condemnation.
Not only was the one sin was condemned but all of mankind was condemned because of that one sin because God's justice imputed Adam's sin to every person in the entire human race at the point of physical birth.
This another reason why human life begins at birth not at conception as commonly believed by misinformed believers.
By condemning us on the basis of Adam's sin our personal sins are reserved for Jesus Christ on the cross as the basis for justification and salvation.
This is the biggest reversal of consequences in the universe where God turns the curse into a blessing and hardly anyone understands it.
God's Word explains the reason mankind does not understand it in 1Cor 2:14;
Before the fall in the Garden of Eden innocence was the period of human history when God's love was the point of reference for mankind. Adam's sin changed the point of reference from God's love to God's justice.
The Garden of Eden was the place of God's love but God's justice placed man in sin under spiritual death, condemnation. and total separation from God's love after he sinned.
The dispensation changed after the original sin and that is one of the reasons why man was expelled from the garden and God put the entire creation under a curse.
This is why the environment is so chaotic at this time. Rom 8:20-21;
After the original sin all of God's functions must operate in accord with His justice. This includes the condemnation of one man, the condemnation of all mankind, the salvation provision for all mankind through the gracious gift of Jesus Christ, where God's justice judged all personal sins in Jesus' humanity while He was bearing them on the cross as the substitute for the sinners who actually committed the sins.
All of the blessing functions of God's justice came from the condemnation functions from God's justice because God's justice turned the cursing into a blessing using judicial imputation.
God's love found a way to redeem and justify mankind by using His justice and righteousness.
Through the first and last Adam God's justice provides divine blessing as our point of contact or point of reference that makes all of God's gifts irrevocable.
That is why believers cannot lose their salvation once they have received it. Salvation righteousness is predicated on God's justice not on good works and that is another reason that the natural man does not understand the things of God.
At the time of man's fall in the Garden God's justice placed judgment and condemnation on Adam that resulted in the condemnation of the entire the human race that is comprised of Adam's progeny.
From the source of one man's sin condemnation from God's justice came upon the entire human race. We are not condemned because of the sins we commit because they were judged in Jesus Christ on the cross, we are condemned to spiritual death because of the single original sin that Adam committed in the Garden.
The mechanics of this condemnation involves direct condemnation through the imputation of Adam's sin and indirect condemnation through the perpetuation of the old sin nature in the genetic structure of the physical body.
Also, from man's old sin nature comes man's personal sins that are also condemned by God's justice. God's justice must execute what God's righteousness demands, and God's righteousness demands the judgment and condemnation of all personal sins committed by the human race. This is where Jesus comes in.
The only remedy for this is Jesus Christ, God's "gracious gift." John 3:16; Rom 5:8;
Since man is born spiritually dead because of imputed and inherent sin the accumulation of personal sins in the human race were not judged between Adam and Moses when there was no Law, nor at other any other time in human history except on the cross.
All personal sins were judged in Jesus while He was on the cross. On the cross all sins, past, present and future, including those that will be committed in the Millennium, were poured out on Jesus Christ and judged by God's justice.
From the source of one sin (Adam's sin) God's justice condemns the entire human race and from the judgment of many sins (all personal sins) comes one act of justification from the imputation of God's righteousness to sinners who believe in Jesus Christ. Rom 8:1-4;
Justification and condemnation that establish the basis for the a fortiti are both from God's justice. The entire human race is condemned on the basis of one sin but salvation for the entire human race is provided by one judgment for all sins.
If one man's sin brings condemnation to the entire human race-and it does how much more can one man being judged on the cross for all personal sins committed by the entire human race bring justification to the entire human race and it does.
One transgression condemned mankind in the garden. Many transgressions were condemned in Jesus Christ on the cross. The key to the garden is one transgression; the key to the cross is many transgressions.
God's justice judged one transgression in the garden bringing condemnation to the entire human race. God's justice judged many transgressions on the cross bringing salvation/justification to the entire human race.
Therefore justification is much more than condemnation because justification deals with all the sins of the world, while condemnation dealt with only one sin, Adam's original sin.
This explains the "much more' a fortiori logic that Paul uses in the parenthetical. Justification is the greater work of God. The justice of God judged one sin at the fall of man, but all sins at the cross on behalf of mankind.
Since God provided the greater in justification, it follows a fortiori that God can provide the lesser of capacity for blessing and actual blessing from His justice. Verse 16 explains the a fortiori of both verses 15 & 17 where Paul presents the "much more" concept.
In verse 15, if God's justice provided the greater in justification it follows a fortiori that God's justice can provide the lesser of capacity for blessing.
In verse 17, if God's justice provided the greater in justification it follows a fortiori that God's justice can provides the lesser of the actual reality of blessing.