What does Romans 5:20 teach about how far God's grace reaches compared to sin?
Romans 5:20 shows that no matter how far down a person can go into sin and wickedness, God's grace is always capable of going even lower, reaching beneath the deepest sin and bringing that individual back up to a place of righteousness.
Les explains that Romans 5:20 is along the same line of thinking that although believers are saved by grace, live by grace, and walk by grace, this is not license. He stresses that no matter how far down an individual can go into sin and wickedness, the grace of God is always capable of going even lower and bringing him back up to a place of righteousness. This also connects with Paul's rebuke of those who slanderously reported that he taught, 'Let us do evil, that good may come,' whose condemnation is sure.
Moreover the law entered, that the offence might abound. But where sin abounded, grace did much more abound:
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Does God's grace reach even the worst sinner, no matter how deep into sin they go?
Romans 5:20 shows that no matter how far down a person can go into sin and wickedness, the grace of God is always capable of going even lower and bringing him back up to a place of righteousness.
Why did the law enter according to Romans 5:20?
Most people think the law entered so that God or people could get control of sin, but Romans 5:20 says it entered for the opposite purpose: so that the offense would abound.
Why does the speaker appeal to Romans 5:20 when discussing Jesus' genealogy?
Les says Romans 5:20 best explains the surprising inclusion of these people in Jesus' genealogy, because even though this is back in the Jewish economy under the Law, it is still the same God.