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| First Adam vs. Last Adam Sin > Condemnation of death; Righteousness> Justification of life. |
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29 March 2017
First Adam vs. last Adam
All men in Adam vs. all men in Christ
Offence (transgression of God's laws) vs.
righteousness (obedience to God's laws)
Condemnation vs. justification
EVEN SO...
Calvinists and their cousin Arminians vs. the
Scriptures
Romans 5:18
Therefore as by the offence of one (pause
here!) judgment came upon all men to condemnation; even so by the righteousness
of one (pause here!) the free gift came upon all men unto justification of
life.
Sin > condemnation (of death)
The sin of Adam was imputed to ALL MEN
represented by him in the garden; the legally imputed sin is applied to each
one personally at their conception into being.
A man did NOTHING for the sin of Adam to be
IMPUTED to him; he did NOTHING for the sin to be APPLIED to him at his
conception. His sins reveal and evidence his state in sin. Understand?
EVEN SO... EVEN SO...
Righteousness > justification of life
The righteousness of second Adam was imputed
to ALL MEN represented by Him on the cross; the legally imputed righteousness
is applied to each one personally at their effectual call at God's appointed
time, calling them out their native state of sin and death to that of grace and
salvation in Jesus Christ.
- A man did NOTHING for the righteousness of
Christ to be IMPUTED to him; he did NOTHING for the righteousness of Christ to
be APPLIED to him at his effectual call. His righteous acts (e.g believing,
enabled by the grace of faith worked in him by the indwelling Spirit) reveal
his state of justification. Understand?
