亚当在园子里的过犯
罗马五章十四节题起亚当的过犯，那是指亚当在园子里吃善恶知识树的过犯。神造亚当以后，将他安置在生命树跟前，指明亚当该享用这树。这会使他能接受神的生命，并与神同活。亚当失败了。他弃绝那表明神作生命的生命树，转向那表征撒但是死之源头的知识树。因此，亚当的过犯在于离开生命树，并追求知识树（创二8-9，17，三1-7）。生命树的结果是生命，知识树的结果却是死。这就是说，亚当离弃生命而拣选死。
基督在十字架上的顺从
第二种行为是基督在十字架上的顺从（腓二8）。这顺从的行为，就是基督所行的义行，了结了知识的人（罗六6）。亚当将人带到知识里，使其成为知识的人；基督藉着祂在十字架上的顺从，了结知识的人，并将人带回到生命里。彼前二章二十四节告诉我们，基督的死将人恢复到生命里；约翰三章十四至十五节说，基督在十字架上被举起来，好将人带回到永远的生命里。所以，基督在十字架上的顺从，了结了堕落的知识的人、属死的人，并将人恢复到生命里，使其成为生命的人。
两样结果
这两个人有两种行为，而两种行为产生了两样结果。
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Two Acts – Adam’s Transgression and Christ Obedience — Rom. 5:12-14
Adam’s Transgression in the Garden
Romans 5:14 mentions Adam’s transgression, referring to Adam’s transgression of eating the tree of knowledge of good and evil in the garden. After God created Adam, He placed him in front of the tree of life, indicating that Adam should partake of this tree. This would have enabled him to receive God’s life and to live with God. Adam failed. He forsook the tree of life that denoted God as life and turned to the tree of knowledge that signified Satan as the source of death. Thus, Adam’s transgression consisted in leaving the tree of life and pursuing the tree of knowledge (Gen. 2:8-9, 17; 3:1-7). The issue of the tree of life is life, but the issue of the tree of knowledge is death. This means that Adam gave up life and chose death.
The Obedience of Christ on the Cross
The second act was Christ’s obedience on the cross (Phil. 2:8). This act of obedience, a righteous act performed by Christ, terminated the man of knowledge (6:6). Adam brought man to knowledge, making him a man of knowledge. Christ, by His obedience on the cross, terminated the man of knowledge and brought man back to life. First Peter 2:24 tells us that Christ’s death restored man to life, and John 3:14-15 says that Christ was lifted up on the cross in order to bring man back to life eternal. Therefore, the obedience of Christ on the cross terminated the fallen man of knowledge, the man of death, and recovered man back to life, making him a man of life.
Two Results
These two men have two acts, and the two acts have brought forth two results.