"So then as through one trespass the judgment came unto all men to condemnation; even so through one act of righteousness the free gift came unto all men to justification of life"." Unto all men to justification of life". The WHOLE RACE is on the receiving END OF BOTH guilt and grace (Titus 2:11). " Unto all men". Don't make the mistake of interpreting all men as of all men unconditionally. The benefits of Christ's death are available to the WHOLE RACE (which infers that the whole race is in need of. Savior). But Paul has already mentioned that conditions are attached to this justification (Romans 5:1; Romans 4:6). Calvinism is wrong when it claims that Jesus only died for the elect, that is, He only died for those God had predestined for salvation, apart of their own personal choices. Paul asserts that the benefits of the death of Christ are available to as many who are also affected by the fact that sin was introduced into the world. One becomes. sinner or walks in the footsteps of Adam in the same basic way that one becomes. Christian and walks in the footsteps of Christ, that is, both are the result of human freewill. We choose to go into sin and we can choose to come out of it.

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