to all mankind and God sent a “gift of righteousness reign in life through one man Jesus Christ.” (Romans 5:17) Jesus was sent to bring back eternal life, which Adam had taken away with his sin. Salvation, in Romans is their freedom from sin through Jesus Christ. “ For we know that our old self was crucified with him so that the body of sin might be done away with, that we should no longer be slaves to sin – because anyone who has died has been freed from sin” (Romans 6:5). God sacrificed his only son, Jesus for the salvation of man. “ But, God demonstrates his own love for us in this: While we were still sinners. Christ died for us” (Romans 5:6). God sent Jesus to die to repent for all the sin of the world. “ The death he died, he died to sin once for all; but the life he lives, he lives to God” (Romans 6:10). The human response that is called for is to have faith in Christ .Salvation is to have faith and show grace. Grace is the mechanism by which salvation is given. God said, to believe in this faith and you will be saved from sin.b.) The role of law in salvation history was to raise trespass. However, when sin increased the graces was raised as well. Jesus Christ was able to bring us grace through himself and to maybe one day bring us everlasting life, “so also grace might reign through righteousness to bring eternal life through Jesus Christ Our Lord” (Romans 5:21). When we obey the Lord and are baptized we accept the death of Jesus as part of our lives and we renew a life through him. When you are living your life by Jesus you are living under grace, therefore sin does not rule you and you do live under the word of the law, “ For sin shall not be your master, because you are not under the law, but under grace” (Romans 6:14). The resurrection of Jesus Christ implies that Christians whom are baptized have been done so into his death and therefo...
