Section 2
The fact of being in Adam revealed in chapter five is experienced in the flesh as described in chap ter seven. If we had only chapter five without chapter seven, we would have the fact that we were so dead, but not the experience. Likewise, the experience in the spirit in chapter eight is the experience of the fact of being in Christ revealed in chapter six. In other words, the fact of being in Christ can be experienced only in the spirit.
IN ADAM
In Adam there are three main things: sin, death, and being constituted sinners (Rom. 5:19). In Adam, we inherited sin, were under the reign of death (Rom. 5:12, 14), and were constituted sinners. Of course, we were also under God's condemnation. Whether we were good or evil means nothing. Even if we were the best person, in Adam we were still sinners under God's con demnation. In Adam we inherited sin, were under the reign of death, and were constituted sinners under God's condemnation. These are facts. We all were condemned even before we were born. This was our case.
IN CHRIST
Praise the Lord that we have the second fact,