On Sunday morning, Cole Tuck taught one of the clearest, most liberating explanations of Romans 5 you will ever hear. He demolished the idea that we are guilty because of Adam’s sin and showed instead that death spreads to all men “because all sinned” – personally, knowingly, willingly. Adam did not pass down guilt; he passed down awareness (the knowledge of good and evil). We die because we, like Adam, eventually choose disobedience with open eyes.

Yet where Adam’s one act opened the floodgates of sin and death, Jesus’ one act of righteousness slams those gates shut and opens an even greater floodgate – super-abounding grace. One man’s disobedience made many sinners; one Man’s obedience makes many righteous. The damage of the first Adam is real, but the gift of the Second Adam is infinitely greater. Grace doesn’t just cancel the debt; it overwhelms it. This is the gospel in its raw, triumphant power.