15 But God's free gift is not at all to be compared to the trespass [His grace is out of all proportion to the fall of man]. For if many died through one man's falling away (his lapse, his offense), much more profusely did God's grace and the free gift [that comes] through the undeserved favor of the one Man Jesus Christ abound and overflow to and for [the benefit of] many.
Look at what our Father had written: His grace is profoundly out of proportion to Adams sin! Our Father’s grace abounds towards us, it overflows to us, and it it is all underserved. Grace is underserved, it cannot be earned, there is nothing that we do to get it. We can’t even do the work of believing that we have it. So many believe that grace has to be accepted to be enjoyed, that is rubbish. If that were true then grace would be earned. The people who killed Jesus didn’t believe or accept His grace when He said that they were for forgiven. But amen, they all were forgiven.
For God has consigned (penned up) all men to disobedience, only that He may have mercy on them all [alike]. Romans 11:32
Our Father will have mercy on all of us, not just those of us who accept His mercy.
16 Nor is the free gift at all to be compared to the effect of that one [man's] sin. For the sentence [following the trespass] of one [man] brought condemnation, whereas the free gift [following] many transgressions brings justification (an act of righteousness).
17 For if because of one man's trespass (lapse, offense) death reigned through that one, much more surely will those who receive [God's] overflowing grace (unmerited favor) and the free gift of righteousness [putting them into right standing with Himself] reign as kings in life through the one Man Jesus Christ (the Messiah, the Anointed One).
Notice that those of us who are empowered to receive our Father’s grace now will reign as King’s. Our Father tells us about His Bride here. All men alike are going to receive our Father’s mercy, but not all men will reign as King’s.
18 Well then, as one man's trespass [one man's false step and falling away led] to condemnation for all men, so one Man's act of righteousness [leads] to acquittal and right standing with God and life for all men.
Read what our Father had written here, Jesus’ act lead to the acquittal and right standing of all men. Jesus was extremely successful on the Cross.
19 For just as by one man's disobedience (failing to hear, heedlessness, and carelessness) the many were constituted sinners, so by one Man's obedience the many will be constituted righteous (made acceptable to God, brought into right standing with Him).
Adam’s disobedience led to the many, or all, to be sinner’s. So for Jesus’ act of obedience to be more successful then Adam’s act, all must be constituted righteous. Jesus was that successful, He has not and will not loose any of us and He will cause all of us to have life and have it more abundantly. Grace is all undeserved. We do not have to accept it to get it. Some of us are empowered by the Holy Spirit to accept it now, some of us will be empowered later. But all men will enjoy the gracious and free gift of our Father’s grace.
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