JESUS' DEATH AND RESURRECTION What They Can Mean for You

We die because we come from Adam

"Through one man sin entered into the world and death through sin, and so death spread to all men because they had all sinned." -Romans 5:12. 

Adam's disobedience -or sin-had far-reaching consequences.  By sinning, Adam lost for himself, not just an ordinary life of 70 or 80 years, but life with the prospect of living forever. Moreover, when Adam sinned, he lost perfection and could only pass on imperfection to all his progeny.  

We are all descendants of Adam.  From him, through not choice of our own, we have inherited an imperfect body that is prone to sin and eventual death.  Paul well described our plight.  He wrote:  "I am fleshly, sold under sin. Miserable man that I am! Who will rescue me from the body undergoing this death?"  Paul then answers his own question:  "Thanks to Good through Jesus Christ our Lord!" -Romans 7:14, 24, 25. 

Next time: JESUS' DEATH AND RESURRECTION What They Can Mean for You - Jesus gave his life so that we might live forever.

From the Watchtower magazine, 2015