THE TWO ADAMS

Romans 5:12–21

IN ADAM
Adam
Natural Birth
Sin
Condemnation
Death
Inherited by birth — not by choice
IN CHRIST
The Last Adam
New Birth
Righteousness
Justification
Life
Received by new birth — not by merit
SUPPORTING VERSES
IN ADAM
IN CHRIST
THE GROUND OF RECKONING

The Christian life does not begin by effort from Adam toward Christ, but from the reality of already being in Christ by new birth.

Reckoning is not making something true. It is counting as true what already is.

ROMANS 6:11 RESTS ON ROMANS 6:1–10 — WITHIN THE WIDER ADAM/CHRIST ARGUMENT