Every human life is hanging from one of two belts.
That’s Paul’s big idea in Romans 5. Adam is the first giant; Christ is the second.
Everyone is naturally clipped to Adam’s belt – and when he fell, we fell with him. Sin flooded the world through a single rebel act; death came as its constant shadow, and condemnation reigns in every graveyard.
But the gospel is the breathtaking news that God unclips people from Adam and fastens them to Christ. Jesus did what Adam never could: He obeyed, He absorbed the judgment, He rose – and His righteousness now counts for anyone attached to Him. The maths of grace is gloriously lopsided:
one trespass produced multi-million deaths;
one act of obedience floods the world with life and justification.
That means:
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Your deepest identity isn’t race, gender or nationality; it’s which champion you’re joined to.
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Salvation isn’t God propping up your private efforts; it’s relocation—out of Adam, into Christ.
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Certainty replaces anxiety. Death’s universality proves how inescapable Adam’s results are; Christ’s resurrection guarantees His people will just as certainly reign in life.
So the question isn’t “am I religious enough?” It’s “whose belt am I on?”
Call on Christ, and God Himself will transfer you to the side that already won.
That’s why Paul says, “Remember Jesus Christ, raised from the dead.”
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