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96 "THIS MEANS EVERLASTING LIFE"
many will gain this gift, because life and incorruption
have been brought to light by God's provision .
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Adam's descendants did not have the same
standing as transgressors before God that Adam
had, because they had not been individually on
trial in Eden. Just the same, they were sinners,
even if they did not have the Law of Moses to
point out what sin was, so that they could be
charged with sin for violating that Law . But being
sinners from birth, they were all under a reign
of death . "That is why, just as through one man
sin entered into the world and death through sin,
and thus death spread to all men because they had
all sinned-. For until the Law sin was in the
world, but sin is not charged against anyone when
there is no law. Nevertheless, death ruled as king
from Adam down to Moses, even over those who
had not sinned after the likeness of the transgression
by Adam, who bears a resemblance to him
that was to come ." Romans 5 :12-14, NW That
is why, too, a future judgment with life possibilities
for them was within the range of God's
loving-kindness .
s Let no person think he can earn the right to
endless life in sublime happiness by keeping the
Ten Commandments, the fundamental law of Jehovah's
covenant with Israel through the mediator
Moses. Why, many Israelites also thought that
by this Law compact they could develop self-
7. Why did death reign from Adam to Moses, without
the Mosaic Law?
e. How was the Law found to be to death, and sin made
more sinful?