What the law could not do, God’s grace accomplished. That is what the Apostle Paul makes clear to us in one of the Bible’s most glorious truths.

“But where sin abounded, grace abounded much more.” (Romans 5:20b)

Paul compares Adam’s sin to the righteous sacrifice of Jesus Christ, which ends sin’s curse on humanity. He does so first by highlighting the magnitude of Adam’s sin in contrast to God’s greater grace.

“For as by one man’s disobedience many were made sinners, so also by one Man’s obedience many will be made righteous.” (Romans 5:19)

This reached its crescendo in verse twenty-one, where Paul said that while sin reigns in death, God’s grace reigns in eternal life.

“So that as sin reigned in death, even so grace might reign through righteousness to eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord.” (Romans 5:21)

But the pièce de résistance is found sandwiched in between.

“Moreover, the law entered that the offense might abound. But where sin abounded, grace abounded much more.” (Romans 5:20)

The abundance of God’s grace through faith in Jesus Christ far exceeds anything the law’s purpose could accomplish, which was to point out and magnify the truth of our sinful condition.

Thus, the riches of God’s grace far exceed the demands of the law.

“In Him we have redemption through His blood, the forgiveness of sins, according to the riches of His grace.” (Ephesians 1:7)

Can we say Hallelujah!