What was the state of the world when Christ first came?
By the time of Christ’s first advent, the whole world was steeped in idolatry and paganism. Sin abounded everywhere. The law only exposed sin, having no saving power. This condition was not new; it reflected the human race throughout history, though magnified by vast numbers.
Les teaches that when Christ came in His first advent, the entire world was steeped in idolatry and paganism. Sin abounded. The law could only show sin and had no saving power or power of justification. Les notes that nothing is different today; everything seen now has been part of the human race down through history, only magnified by tremendous numbers. Yet where sin abounded, grace did much more abound.
Moreover the law entered, that the offence might abound. But where sin abounded, grace did much more abound: