Now let’s look at the last part of verse 20, keeping in mind that it says sin abounded, and see what it is that “abounds” now. Where sin abounded, grace did much more abound. We see here that it does not say that grace abounds now but in this context it is saying that grace did much more abound. Grace abounded at the cross. God took one man’s sin, applied it to the whole world through the law, and nailed it to the cross. We see that through the cross God took the sin of one man’s disobedience and judged one Man for the sin of the entire world.

He then, through the obedience of one man (Jesus) made grace much more abound and righteousness was passed on to every man. We have seen that sin did have its reign until the death of Jesus Christ (v21) but now we see that grace has taken over. Does sin still reign? No it only reigned until its death, which is His death and then His grace now reigns. How long will grace reign? The latter part of verse 21 says it reigns for all eternity. I realize that some of the things I am saying here are foreign to most but we cannot base our beliefs on what we have always heard in times past. Whether it sits well or not, truth is truth. We cannot and should not twist Bible verses to suit our preconceived ideas. We must take our ideas and lay them aside and when we see the Truth of the Word come forth, that is what we must believe regardless of our religious upbringings.

Sin had its reign as we have seen. It abounded to all men through the law. It was killed at the cross when Jesus was crucified. Its reign has ended because grace much more abounded when Jesus resurrected. That same grace is now reigning instead of sin and that is for all eternity. The bad things that are going on, and they are numerous, is not what these verses are talking about. Those bad things are horrible and should not be. Those issues should definitely be dealt with in people’s lives. I am just saying that these verses we have read are not dealing with the present evil in the world. They are dealing with the offense of one man (Adam) and that is only one offense and not many like we may have believed. That one offense was passed on to the human race. The abounding grace that now reigns has also been passed on to the entire human race as well.

I know a post like this may raise a lot of questions in the readers and it has in me as well. I don’t claim to have all the answers and of course I know that I don’t. I am on a journey to learn what the bible actually says and not what I may think it says. If saying that sin no longer reigns and it is not popular in the majority of people’s ears to hear such a thing, then I make no apologies for what the Bible actually says. One thing to remember is that if grace is reigning then sin cannot be reigning. It has to be one or the other. Stay tuned……I may have more on this subject as the days go on.