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The first sin wrought the moral ruin of the race. The demonstration is simple.
(1) Death is universal (Romans 4:12); (Romans 4:14), all die: sinless infants, moral people, religious people, equally with the depraved. For a universal effect there must be a universal cause; that cause is a state of universal sin (Romans 5:12).
(2) But this universal state must have had a cause. It did. The consequence of Adam's sin was that "the many were made sinners" (Romans 5:19) -- "By the offence of one judgment came upon all men unto condemnation" (Romans 5:18).
(3) Personal sins are not meant here. From Adam to Moses death reigned (Romans 5:14), although, there being no law, personal guilt was not imputed (Romans 5:13). Accordingly, from (Genesis 4:7) to (Exodus 29:14) the sin-offering is not once mentioned. Then, since physical death from Adam to Moses was not due to the sinful acts of those who die (Romans 5:13), it follows that it was due to a universal sinful state, or nature, and that state is declared to be out inheritance from Adam.
(4) the moral state of fallen man is described in Scripture (Genesis 6:5); (1 Kings 8:46); (Psalms 14:1-3); (Psalms 39:5); (Jeremiah 17:9); (Matthew 18:11); (Mark 7:20); (Mark 7:23); (Romans 1:21); (Romans 2:1-29); (Romans 3:9-19); (Romans 7:24); (Romans 8:7); (John 3:6); (1 Corinthians 2:14); (2 Corinthians 3:14); (2 Corinthians 4:4); (Galatians 5:19-21); (Ephesians 2:1-3); (Ephesians 2:11); (Ephesians 2:12); (Ephesians 4:18-22); (Colossians 1:21); (Hebrews 3:13); (James 4:14); (1 Corinthians 15:22).