Hallelujah for the credit column! In the uni
Hallelujah for the credit column! In the uni versal account we also have a credit column. The first item in this column is Christ who is versus Adam. Although Christ is versus Adam, there is no comparison between them. Paul says, "Not as the offense, so also is the free gift" (5:15). Adam is not as Christ, for Adam cannot com pare with Christ. Christ far surpasses Adam. When Christ's record is placed on the credit col umn, it is followed by billions of zeros. I am so glad that all of this is now our credit. I do not care about Adam's debit. I have Christ.
Under Christ we have the second item in the credit column, obedience. Christ's obedience unto the death of the cross is called His righteous act. The two terms obedience and righteous act are synonymous. The act of Adam is called transgression, offense, and disobedience; the act of Christ is called obedience or a righteous act. What is the worth of Christ's obedience? It is beyond calculation.
As Christ's obedience and righteousness are versus Adam's disobedience and transgression, so also grace is versus sin. Grace is the third item on the credit column. Which is more prevailing, sin or grace? Paul tells us clearly that there is no comparison, for "where sin abounded grace has