Therefore, just as sin entered the world through one man, and death through sin, in this way death spread to all people, because all sinned. (Romans 5:12 CSB)
Is sin transactional or infectious?
Some people believe that sin is transactional. Good works can cancel bad works. At the end of life on judgement day, somebody will place your good works and bad works on a balance and see which is heavier.
The Bible see sin as infectious. Sin spread like a disease. If someone with SARS enter a crowded lift and sneeze, he will infect all the people in the lift with the disease. Some may die from the disease because of the sneeze, and many more will be infected by those infected in the lift.
Just as a disease need a cure, sin also need to be cleansed by the blood of Jesus Christ.
But there is a great difference between Adam's sin and God's gracious gift. For the sin of this one man, Adam, brought death to many. But even greater is God's wonderful grace and his gift of forgiveness to many through this other man, Jesus Christ. (Romans 5:15 NLT)
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