I was on another forum and someone mentioned, as in Adam all sinned and in Christ all are alive, so which should we believe? It is easy to believe 'as in Adam', yet the majority can't seem to believe 'in Christ' for some reason. Here is the verses:
(Rom 5:14) but death reigned from Adam until Moses, even on those who had not sinned in the likeness of Adam's transgression, who is a type of the coming One.
(Rom 5:15) But the free gift is not also like the deviation. For if by the deviation of the one the many died, much more the grace of God, and the gift in grace, which is of the one Man, Jesus Christ, did abound to the many.
(Rom 5:16) And the gift is not as by one having sinned; for indeed the judgment was of one to condemnation, but the free gift is of many deviations to justification.
(Rom 5:17) For if by the deviation of the one death reigned through the one, much more those who are receiving the abundance of grace and the gift of righteousness shall rule in life by the One, Jesus Christ.
(Rom 5:18) So then, as through one deviation it was toward all men to condemnation, so also through one righteous act toward all men to justification of life.
(Rom 5:19) For as through the one man's disobedience the many were constituted sinners, so also through the obedience of the One the many shall be constituted righteous.
(Rom 5:20) But Law came in besides, that the deviation might abound. But where sin abounded, grace much more abounded,
(Rom 5:21) that as sin ruled in death, so also grace might rule through righteousness to everlasting life, through Jesus Christ our Lord.
Thank God, we are a new creation through His obedience, and through His obedience grace, the free gift, justification and righteousness abounds more abundantly than the sin of one. God has each of us right where He wants us to be, some a little farther along than others, yet the day will come when all will be healed. Gods will and purpose will come to pass, no matter what we think or believe at any given moment in time. He is eternal, and knows the beginning from the end. He is the Alpha and Omega.
God bless,
Gary