Grace is the source of everything that we have. On the basis of grace, we receive the righteousness of Christ. And life only comes after we have received that righteousness. The human race got off to a bad start in Adam. But the human race gets a new start in Christ.
Birth is both the cause and the cure for man s sin.
By being born as descendants of Adam, we found ourselves under the condemnation of sin and death. But by being born again in Christ, we find ourselves declared by God to be righteous as we enter a new life in Him. So then as through one transgression there resulted in condemnation to all men, even so through one act of righteousness there resulted in justification of life to all men. For as through the one man's disobedience the many were made sinners, even so through the obedience of the One the many will be made righteous. Through one man s disobedience the many were classified as sinners.