Status Not Action!

Romans 5:19 ~ For as by one man's disobedience many were made sinners, so also by one Man's obedience many will be made righteous. 

This verse caught my attention lately. It was by one man's disobedience many were made sinners, so also by one Man's obedience many will be made righteous. It was by Adam’s act of disobedience; we who live after him were made sinners. The state of “sinnership” that we are in is not because of our action but because of Adam’s action. Sinner here is our status and sinner sins...

Praise our Father in Heaven for He understands English! So as through one Man's obedience many will be made righteous. It was by Jesus’ obedience that many like us who were sinners were made righteous. This state of righteousness is not because of our action but because of Jesus’ action. Righteousness here is our status and what we do are righteous!

It is not that many Christian cannot understand English. It is because many Christians are sin conscious. Sin conscious made you conscious of your action. Righteousness conscious makes you conscious of your status.

For example when you fill in a form given by government, you fill in your name and age. When comes to sex, you fill in either “male” or “female”, depending whether you are male of female. This is status. I don’t see anybody would fill in “three times a week”! Because “three times a week” is an action! In filling a form, there is no sin consciousness; therefore we are right with our mind to do the right things. But when come to the word of God, our sin consciousness make us miss interpreting the word of God.That's why I say sin conscious made you conscious of your action while righteousness conscious makes you conscious of your status. Hey, if you are a believer, you are now the righteousness of God in Christ Jesus and Christ in you, the hope of glory!

Therefore, when we can understand the difference between action and status, the following verses in their reverse order will beautifully review to you the results of the righteous act of our Lord at the cross...

Romans 5:18 ~ Therefore, as through one man's offense judgment came to all men, resulting in condemnation, even so through one Man's righteous act the free gift came to all men, resulting in justification of life. 

Romans 5:17 ~  For if by the one man's offense death reigned through the one, much more those who receive abundance of grace and of the gift of righteousness will reign in life through the One, Jesus Christ.) 

Romans 5:16 ~ And the gift is not like that which came through the one who sinned. For the judgment which came from one offense resulted in condemnation, but the free gift which came from many offenses resulted in justification. 

Romans 5:15 ~ But the free gift is not like the offense. For if by the one man's offense many died, much more the grace of God and the gift by the grace of the one Man, Jesus Christ, abounded to many. 

Romans 5:14 ~ Nevertheless death reigned from Adam to Moses, even over those who had not sinned according to the likeness of the transgression of Adam, who is a type of Him who was to come. 

Romans 5:13 ~ (For until the law sin was in the world, but sin is not imputed when there is no law. 

Romans 5:12 ~ Therefore, just as through one man sin entered the world, and death through sin, and thus death spread to all men, because all sinned—

Romans 5:11 ~ And not only that, but we also rejoice in God through our Lord Jesus Christ, through whom we have now received the reconciliation.

Romans 5:10 ~ For if when we were enemies we were reconciled to God through the death of His Son, much more, having been reconciled, we shall be saved by His life.

Wow..., how beautiful was the action of our Lord at the cross that brought forth the righteous status to all who believe in Him!