ROMANS 6:23, C. H. Cayce “For the wages of sin is death, but the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord.”In this text condemnation and salvation are placed in contradistinction to each other. Wages is what one gets for what he does. Sin is the transgression of the law. When a man dies he does not necessarily pay a penalty for what he does. Death is the penalty he receives. Death is a separation. Hence, on account of men’s sins they are separated eternally from the presence of God. This is prevented only by the intervention of mercy— grace. So, the apostle continues, “but the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord.” Eternal life is God’s gift. He does not give it on account of what we have done, or may do, or can do; but He gives it through what Christ has done— “through Jesus Christ our Lord.” The Primitive Baptist, June 1, 1909.
C. H Cayce Rom. 6:23 says, “For the wages of sin is death; but the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord.” Sin is the transgression of the law, and that is what we do. Death is what we get for it. We are Adam multiplied. Hence, Adam’s sin is our sin. Death passed upon all men. Rom. 5:12. Without the intervention of mercy we are all lost. So far as the law is concerned there is no deliverance. The law condemns every violator, and we are all violators. But mercy interposes through what Jesus Christ has done, and thereby deliverance is brought to every one for whom Christ died. Hence, “the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord.” This is damnation by works and salvation by grace. Eternal life is God’s gift— God gives it. Christ redeemed from under the curse of the law every one for whom He paid the redemption price, and through what He has done God gives them eternal life. The Primitive Baptist, Septrmber 12, 1911.