Some of the Collective Body advocates have suggested that "the sin" referred to in Rom 6:1 is pointing exclusively to the original sin in the Fall of Adam, and that Paul is talking about a collective body "in Adam" being raised out of "the sin" of Adam into new life in the collective body of Christ. In order for them to make this argument, they have to ignore the context and invent their own rules of grammar in regard to how the definite article ("the") is used with the word "sin" here in Romans. We deal with all 39 uses of the word "sin" here in Romans to show that the usage of "sin" with the definite article ("the") is not exclusively referring to "the sin" of Adam, and therefore does not support the case for the Collective Body concept being found here in Romans 6-11. If you wish to have the free PDF written lesson outline for this podcast, simply email us to request it (preterist1@preterist.org). Be sure to mention the date of this podcast when you contact us.
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