Cheryl Schatz

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God foreseeing that Adam would sin made sure that all of us came through him after his sin so that all of us would be in the same boat of inherited sin and thus all of us followed that nature and all have sinned.

Galatians 3:22–23 (NASB)
22 But the Scripture has shut up everyone under sin, so that the promise by faith in Jesus Christ might be given to those who believe.
23 But before faith came, we were kept in custody under the law, being shut up to the faith which was later to be revealed.

What this plan of God’s did was to make sure that we would all be on an equal footing – all needing God’s grace. If some of us had been born perfect before Adam fell and some had been born after Adam fell, then there would be some who would have their perfection and their works to their credit. But God has no favorites. He wanted all of us to need Him and to gain salvation in the same way. Because sin entered the world and all of us have participated in that sin all of us are forced to come to Him through the same narrow way. We must come through faith in Jesus so that there will be no boasting that any of us made it through works.

While it seems like an unfair thing that God brought us through a sinful man so that even without having committed Adam’s sins we would all be prone to sin and “shut up under sin” but God’s plan makes sure that there are no favorites. All are under sin. All come to Him in the same way. All need Him for none of us has righteousness that would “earn” salvation. God’s plan is perfect and I believe that in eternity future we will all understand God’s plan perfectly so that we can give Him praise for what He has done.