Romans 5:12-21

“Wherefore, as by one man sin entered into the world” (v. 12). Wherefore links the atonement which believers have received to the coming of sin into the world.

The story of sin entering the world is recorded in Genesis 3. Adam, knowing God’s will (Gen. 2:17), chose to disobey (Gen. 3:6). Adam ate of the forbidden fruit. God told Adam that he would die in the day that he ate of the tree.…