Date: July 19, 2012 11:55 PM
Topic: +DEV+ Jesus: The Second Adam
Jesus: The Second Adam
"And the LORD God commanded [Adam], '...you must not eat from the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, for when you eat of it you will surely die.'" (Genesis 2:16-17)
Scripture Focus: 1 Corinthians 15:20-28
Perhaps the most important person in the Word of God - other than Jesus Himself - is our first father, Adam. For this reason, his historicity and origins are under attack today as never before. Some falsely say that he's but a legend - a product of ancient mythology. Others say we humans evolved from lower life forms, and so Adam never really existed. But it is crucial that we take the words of Adam's creation literally. "...God created man in his own image, in the image of God he created him..." (Genesis 1:27).
Paul says in 1 Corinthians 15:21-22, "For since death came through a man, the resurrection of the dead comes also through a man. For as in Adam all die, so in Christ all will be made alive." He obviously believed Adam to be an historical person. More importantly, Adam is the only way to understand what Jesus came to do - to restore the fallen image of God in man. Adam sinned in a garden, and we died. Jesus - the second Adam - lived sinlessly in a desert, and gave His people life everlasting.
Insight: Thank You, Lord, For New Life Given Freely To Us By Faith Alone In Christ's Life, Death, And Resurrection. He Has Destroyed The Last Enemy: Death.
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