The good news about the fact that we all die in Adam, we die through a representative,

is that we can also rise through a representative.

That's the beautiful thing about the analogy that Paul paints here for us.

So therefore, as he says in verse 18, just as one man's trespass led to condemnation

for all men, so one act of righteousness leads to justification and life for all men.

Brian Rosner lectures a New Testament at Ridley College in Melbourne, Australia.

He's also the author of Strengthened by the Gospel, A Theology of Romans, which is part of the New Testament theology series from Crossway.

Brian, thanks so much for joining me today on the Crossway podcast.

Yeah, thanks, Matt. It's great to be here.

So Romans has to be one of, if not the most, studied book of the Bible.

I think we probably all have a sense for why that might be.

There's just so much packed into this incredible letter that the Apostle Paul wrote.

But I'd love to hear your explanation.

Why is it that you think Romans is so well studied, so important for us as Christians?

I think there's a few reasons. The first would be its influence throughout the centuries, even millennia.

So Romans has been absolutely fundamental right from the word go, And in particular, as we'd all know,

the Protestant Reformation found Romans and Galatians to be formative and significant and

revolutionary, really. So that's the first reason. The second reason is it's the longest

Pauline letter and it lays out in the most systematic, comprehensive,

and complete way that Paul understood his gospel.

And as Christians, the gospel's such an important thing.

That has meant two things.

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