Devotion Corner

Romans 5:18 Therefore as by the offence of one judgment came upon all men to condemnation; even so by the righteousness of one the free gift came upon all men unto justification of life.

Opponents of the Gospel will often cry out that God is unfair or even unjust. They assert such absurd notions by saying that how can it be fair that by the sin of one man, namely Adam, that all humanity is condemned? Such angry accusations thrown against God only displays ignorance of who God is, in that through His Pure Word, He has given all an answer to this challenge of His justice. 

In Romans 5:18, we are shown the brilliance of God’s justice and His grace in full complimentary glory. For it is of true fairness of justice, that even though the fall of one man led all into condemnation; so by the righteousness of one man, the God-man Jesus Christ, all are offered justification of life. Through Christ Jesus, the last Adam, we have a free gift offered to us that cancels out the debt incurred to us by the Fall of the first Adam. One brought condemnation and death, the other brought justification and life. 

Praise the Lord that He has given all such a clear and just answer to such a questioning of His character and love. When the glory of the free gift of eternal life is explained to the sceptical of heart, who can continue to say that God is unfair or unjust! We have a God who is willing to bend His ear to our questions and even challenges, and then moves to answer them graciously with full authority of truth! This He does each time, through the full revelation of the glory of the Godhead that is Jesus Christ, our precious Saviour and Redeemer.