Lesson 2812

(Lesson 2812)(09-05-19) Romans 5:12-13
    “Wherefore, as by one man sin entered into the world, and death by sin; and so death passed upon all men, for that all have sinned: (For until the law sin was in the world: but sin is not imputed when there is no law.

    In today’s quote, Paul began to explain how sin, and spiritual death because of that sin, came upon all of mankind because of Adam’s failure to obey the one command that God had given him. The command was that Adam not eat of the fruit of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil. With that one act of disobedience Adam condemned himself and all of humanity to die a spiritual death. Spiritual death being a total separation from God for all of eternity.
    By that lesson, we learn that sin can ONLY come through disobedience. If God had not told Adam to abstain from eating the forbidden fruit, sin would not have been possible because there would have been no commandment  disobey.
    That same reasoning applies to the laws that were given to the Jews, (including the ten commandments) had there been no rules to break, no rules would have been broken. No rules, no disobedience.~
NOTE: Today’s lesson is an important part of a much larger one that Paul taught in this letter to the Romans.