The Relationship Between Sin and Grace

I. Understanding the Way God Deals with Man
A. God's designation of two representative men (Adam and Christ) for the human race
- Rom. 5:14; 1 Cor. 15:22, 45-47
B. The reason for the two representative men
1. God has a unique purpose with man
a) To bear His image and have His dominion - Gen. 1:26-28; 5:1-3;
Rom. 8:29
2. Man was created in a corporate way - Gen. 1:26-28; 2:18-24; 5:1-3; Col. 1:15-18
a) There is a solidarity of the human race with Adam under the old creation - 1 Cor. 15:22; Rom. 5:12, ð 18-19; Acts 17:26-29
b) There is a solidarity of the redeemed race with Christ under the new creation - 1 Cor. 15:22; Rom. 5:18-19; 2 Cor. 5:14,17
C. The problem with the first Adam
1. Sin entered into the world through Adam like a virus infecting all men with a sin nature causing all men to come short of God's glory which refers to His unique purpose of image and dominion - Rom. 5:12; 3:23
a) The result of the sin-virus is death ("death passed to all men")
b) All men are under condemnation from Adam's one offense - Rom. 5:18
c) All men are constituted sinners through Adam's disobedience - Rom. 5:19
D. The answer of the last Adam
1. Justification and life came into the world through Christ, the last Adam, causing man to be forgiven, constituted righteous and enlivened to fulfill God's unique purpose - Rom. 5:18-19; 1 Cor. 15:22, 45. 49; Col. 3:10-11
a) Saved in His life - Rom. 5:10
b) Reigning in life - Rom. 5:17
c) Justification producing life - Rom. 5:18
d) Experiencing life to fulfill God's eternal purpose - Rom. 5:21
II. Understanding God's Dispensational Ways with Man
A. The dispensation of the Patriarchs
1. From Adam to Moses - Rom. 5:14
a) Man was a sinner and sinned, but sin was not reckoned because of their being no law - Rom. 5:13
b) Death reigned from Adam to Moses - Rom. 5:14
B. The dispensation of the law
1. From Moses to Christ - John 1:17; Rom. 5:20
C. The dispensation of grace
1. From Christ's incarnation to His second coming - John 1:16-17; Rom. 6:14;
Acts 3:19-21
D. The dispensation of the kingdom
1. From Christ's second coming for a 1000 years - Acts 3:19-21; Rev. 20:1-6
III. God's Dealing with Man in Grace by the "Much Mores" of the Last Adam
A. The much more of His finished work to preserve us to the end - Rom. 5:9
B. The much more of His indwelling saving life - Rom. 5:10,
C. The much more of the grace of God and the gift in grace abounds to the many
- Rom. 5:15
D. The much more of the free gift than the judgment - Rom. 5:16
E. The much more of receiving the abundance of grace - Rom. 5:17
F. The much more of the one righteous act than the one offense - Rom. 5:18
G. The much more of the obedience of One - Rom. 5:19
H. The much more abounding grace - Rom. 5:20
I. The much more of the reign of grace than the reign of death - Rom. 5:21