As a gift to our church amidst his first year of retirement after four decades of ministry as a local church pastor, Reach Global director, and president of the EFCA and then TEDS, Kevin Kompelien brings us this message from Rom. 5:12-19. With affection for New Life EFC for loving his son and his family for more than seven years, Kevin reminds us that the Holy Spirit is our ultimate teacher, bringing clarity to the truths of Scripture far better than any blurred lines of doubt such as in a standard eye exam. Kevin offers three “major ideas” in this text: 1) We are born with a fallen sin nature, not a blank moral slate; 2) the evil and brokenness of the world and our own hearts cannot negate the effectiveness of Christ’s work on our behalf; and 3) Christ’s power as the Second Adam more than reverses the consequences of the First Adam’s sin so that all in Christ experience forgiveness and eternal life. We have SECURITY and HOPE in JESUS!