亚当的死是藉着罪进来的
亚当的死是藉着罪进来的，众人都因他的死而死了（罗五12，林前十五22上，来九27）。在创世记里，甚至在亚当犯罪以前，就已经题到死。神警告亚当，如果他有分于善恶知识树，他就必定死（创二17）。神造人之后，将人放在园子里，摆在两棵树前，就是生命树和善恶知识树前。圣经没有说有一棵树称为死亡树；死亡树乃称为善恶知识树。
我们不该以为在亚当堕落之前死并不存在。在亚当堕落之前，死就在撒但那里。希伯来二章十四节说，魔鬼就是那掌死权者。死是撒但的权势；撒但是死的源头，正如神是生命的源头。
撒但非常聪明，他先接触女人，再藉着女人来到亚当那里；亚当就接受了撒但的建议。当你接受别人的建议时，那意思是说，你接受了建议者。因此建议者进到亚当里面。亚当堕落的结果就是死。因此，罗马五章十二节非常清楚的告诉我们，藉着亚当一人，罪进入了世界，进入了人类。然后这罪的结果、结局，乃是带进死。亚当的死完全是消极的，亚当的死使我们众人，就是他的后裔，都落在死里。我们不仅是生在罪里，我们也是生在死里。
基督的死藉着祂的救赎临到祂的信徒
基督的死藉着祂的救赎临到祂的信徒，祂所有的信徒就都蒙了救赎，得以享受祂生命的救恩（罗五10，林后五14-15）。基督在十字架上完成了救赎。祂的死乃是救赎的死。一个正面的、奇妙的、美好的、超绝的死已经临到我们。我们若弃绝这死，我们就要遭受在亚当里消极的死。
基督之死的目的不是要我们往天上去，甚至诸天也是藉着基督的死得了救赎。歌罗西一章二十节说，基督的死叫万有，包括在诸天里的事物，都与祂自己和好了。撒但的背叛也污染了诸天，所以甚至诸天也需要与神和好。和好是为着仇敌的，所以一切受造之物，包括诸天，都是神的仇敌。基督藉着救赎的死，使万有与祂自己和好了。祂所有的信徒都已蒙救赎，使他们得以享受祂生命的救恩。亚当的死将我们带进死里，然而基督的死却将我们带进生命里。
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The All-Inclusive Death of Christ – Rom. 5:10
Adam’s Death Came Through Sin
Adam’s death came through sin, and through his death all men also died (Rom. 5:12; 1 Cor. 15:22a; Heb. 9:27). In Genesis, even before Adam sinned, death had already been mentioned. God warned Adam that if he partook of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, he would surely die (Gen. 2:17). After God created man, He placed him in the garden before two trees — the tree of life and the tree of the knowledge of good and evil. The Bible never calls any tree the tree of death; the tree that brings in death is called the tree of the knowledge of good and evil.
We should not think that death did not exist before Adam’s fall. Before Adam’s fall, death was already with Satan. Hebrews 2:14 says that the devil is the one who has the power of death. Death is the power of Satan; Satan is the source of death, just as God is the source of life.
Satan was very subtle. He first approached the woman, and through the woman came to Adam; Adam then accepted Satan’s suggestion. When you accept someone’s suggestion, it means you accept the one who made the suggestion. Thus, the one who made the suggestion entered into Adam. The result of Adam’s fall was death. Therefore, Romans 5:12 clearly tells us that through one man, Adam, sin entered into the world — into mankind. And the result, the outcome of that sin, was death. Adam’s death was entirely negative, and through Adam’s death, we all — his descendants — were brought into death. We were not only born into sin, but we were also born into death.
Christ’s Death Comes to His Believers through His Redemption
Christ’s death comes to His believers through His redemption. All His believers have been redeemed and are thus able to enjoy the salvation of His life (Rom. 5:10; 2 Cor. 5:14–15). Christ accomplished redemption on the cross. His death was a redeeming death — a positive, wonderful, beautiful and excellent death that has come to us. If we reject this death, we are left with the negative death in Adam.
The goal of Christ’s death is not merely to bring us to heaven. Even the heavens were reconciled through Christ’s death. Colossians 1:20 says that Christ’s death reconciled all things, including the things in the heavens, to Himself. Satan’s rebellion also defiled the heavens, so even the heavens needed to be reconciled to God. Reconciliation is for enemies, so all created things, including the heavens, were enemies of God. Through His redeeming death, Christ reconciled all things to Himself. All His believers have been redeemed so that they may enjoy the salvation of His life. Adam’s death brought us into death, but Christ’s death has brought us into life.