Looking carefully into God’s Word we see a consistent message regarding the law of sin and deathˆ (Romans 8:2). Before sin entered the world, God had warned Adam that if he sinned by eating the forbidden fruit, he would certainly die (Genesis 2:17). After he had sinned, an innocent animal suffered death (as a sacrifice) by God who provided skins for Adam and Eve to wear (Genesis 3:21). That sacrifice initiated the idea of substitutionary death. Much later when the Law was revealed through Moses, it incorporated several animal sacrifices for sin offerings and atonement which expanded the concept of substitutionary death (Leviticus 9:1-23). Christ ultimately bore the penalty of death for mankind (Romans 8:5-11) which fully demonstrated God’s just means of forgiveness through imputation, the death of one for the sin of all (John 11:49-53; cf. Hebrews 10:14-18).Those who reject God’s sacrifice by unbelief will suffer not only physical death, but also a lifetime of spiritual death as they are separated from fellowship with their Creator. Additionally, if they persist in their unbelief, they will ultimately suffer what has been described as a second death. Therefore, after dying physically, they will spend eternity in the lake of fire (Revelation 21:6-8). As we just quickly stepped through God’s Word, we see a consistent message that sin results in death.
Therefore, there is now no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus, because through Christ Jesus the law of the Spirit who gives life has set you free from the law of sin and death.
Romans 8:1-2
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