Why Adam's Sin Condemned You — Romans 5 Explained
Les Feldick Bible Study
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June 2, 2026
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✝️ Did Adam's sin really condemn every person ever born? Romans 5 digs into one of the most profound doctrines in all of Scripture — and the answer will change how you see salvation forever.
📜 In this verse-by-verse study of Romans 5:12-15, Les walks through Paul's powerful argument connecting Adam's fall to Christ's free gift of grace. Beginning with the reality that sin and death entered the world through one man, the teaching moves into 1 Corinthians 15:45-50 to show how Adam, the first man, and Christ, the second Adam, stand as the two great federal heads of humanity. One plunged every person into condemnation — the other made justification available to all. The lesson also touches on Colossians 1:12-13, the natural vs. spiritual pattern woven throughout all of Scripture, and why salvation can never be earned — only received by faith.
💡 Key Topics Covered:
• What does Romans 5:12 mean — "death passed upon all men"?
• Adam as the federal head of the human race — what that means for you
• 1 Corinthians 15:45-50 — the first Adam vs. the last Adam explained
• Why the natural always comes before the spiritual in Scripture
• Colossians 1:13 — believers already translated into Christ's kingdom
• Why flesh and blood cannot inherit the kingdom of God
• Salvation as a free gift — why you cannot work for it
• Romans 5:15 — how the free gift of grace abounds over many offenses unto justification
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00:00 — Welcome to Through the Bible with Les Feldick
00:28 — Returning to Romans 5 — Justification by Faith Alone
02:15 — The Subject: How Adam's Fall Brought Sin and Death to All
02:51 — Review: Romans 5:12-14 — Sin, Death, and Adam to Moses
03:47 — Adam as a Type of Christ — Romans 5:14
04:09 — Cross-Reference: 1 Corinthians 2:13-14 — Why Unbelievers Can't Understand Scripture
05:53 — The Natural Man Receiveth Not the Things of God
07:19 — Back to 1 Corinthians 15 — Adam the First Man, Christ the Second
08:28 — 1 Corinthians 15:45 — The First Adam a Living Soul, the Last Adam a Life-Giving Spirit
09:23 — Ephesians 2:1 — Quickened: Made Alive from Spiritual Death
10:09 — Why Matthew, Mark & Luke Are the Synoptic Gospels — But Not John
11:34 — Christ's Temptations & Gethsemane — His Human Side vs. His Deity
12:31 — Adam the Federal Head of the Human Race — All Plunged into Condemnation
14:17 — 1 Corinthians 15:46-47 — First the Natural, Then the Spiritual
15:29 — Israel as Earthly People vs. the Church as a Heavenly People
15:50 — Cross-Reference: Colossians 1:12-13 — Translated into the Kingdom of His Dear Son
17:22 — 1 Corinthians 15:49-50 — Bearing the Image of the Heavenly; Flesh Cannot Inherit the Kingdom
19:01 — Back to Romans 5:15 — The Free Gift of Grace Abounds Over Adam's Offense
20:44 — Salvation Is a Gift — You Cannot Work for It
22:15 — Romans 5:15 — One Man's Sin Brought Condemnation; One Man's Grace Brings Justification
24:53 — Every Sin Paid for by the Work of the Cross — Rest in Faith
27:40 — Closing — Program Information and Ministry Contact
Scripture
RomansRomans 5Romans 5:12Romans 5:12-151 Corinthians1 Corinthians 15:451 Corinthians 15:45-50ColossiansColossians 1:12Colossians 1:12-13Colossians 1:13Romans 5:15Romans 5:12-14Romans 5:141 Corinthians 2:131 Corinthians 2:13-14EphesiansEphesians 2:1JohnJohn 11:341 Corinthians 15:461 Corinthians 15:46-471 Corinthians 15:491 Corinthians 15:49-50
Topics
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