Romans chapter five teaches us the reality of inherited sin. In Adam, all of have sinned. In one sense, we are sinners not because we sin. We sin because we are sinners.
On the flip side, when we place our faith in Christ Jesus, we become the righteousness of God. In Christ, we are spiritually alive.
Many of us have said, “I wished Adam would not have sinned in the Garden of Eden.” However, in the mind of God, redemption was the central point of His focus. Our redemptive state is greater than the innocent state. It was in God’s mind to make us a new creation.
We gain more in Jesus Christ than we ever lost in Adam. Our position in Christ is not that we are declared innocent, we are actually declared the righteousness of God. In Christ, we are better than innocent, we are blessed with the imputed righteousness of God (Romans 4:6).
“For as by one man’s disobedience many were made sinners, so also by one Man’s obedience many will be made righteous.” (Romans 5:19).