Wednesday, March 19, 2014

IN ADAM - IN CHRIST - Pastor J. C. O'Hair




IN ADAM - IN CHRIST

Pastor J.C. O’Hair

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In these Scriptures we learn that the first man whom God created is called, “the first man” and “the first Adam,” and that the Lord Jesus Christ is called, “the second Man from heaven,” “the last Adam”.

We learn that the history of the human race is told in the words “in Adam” and “in Christ.” The history of the human race is the story of the first man and the second Man.

By the first man came death. By the Second Man came the resurrection of the dead. (I Corinthians 15:20 to 22).

In Adam all die. Note how this is told in Romans 5:12: “Wherefore as by one man (Adam) sin entered into the world, and death by sin; and so death passed upon all men, for that all have sinned.”

In John 5:24 we have the words of the Lord Jesus: “Verily, verily, I say unto you, He that heareth My Word, and believeth in Him that sent Me, hath everlasting life, and shall not come into condemnation; but is passed from death unto life.”

This is the way this same truth is stated in Colossians 2:13 and in Ephesians 2:5 and 6: “And you being dead in your sins and the uncircumcision of your flesh, hath He made alive together with Him (Christ), having forgiven you all trespasses.” “Even when we were dead in sins, hath made us alive us together with Christ, (by grace ye are saved), And hath raised us up together, and made us sit together in the heavenlies in Christ Jesus.”

This is the confirmation of the words of the Lord Jesus Christ in John 11:25 and 26: “I am the resurrection and the life, He that believeth in Me, though he were dead, yet shall he live. And whosoever liveth and believeth in Me shall never die.”

This refers to the believer’s spiritual resurrection right here and now, and to His bodily resurrection when the Lord Jesus Christ comes for His saints, as described in I Thessalonians 4:13 to 18.

Out of Adam into Christ means out of death into life, out of darkness into light, out of the world into the Body of Christ. “Therefore if any man be in Christ, he is a new creature: old things are passed away: behold, all things are become new.” (II Corinthians 5:17). “Baptized by one Spirit into one Body.” (I Corinthians 12:13).

“In Christ” is the place of eternal life, security, Divine blessing, yea, all spiritual blessings in the heavenlies. (Ephesians 1:3). In His Epistles the apostle Paul used the words “in Christ” or the equivalent, about eighty times.

The believer is God’s workmanship created in Christ Jesus. (Ephesians 2:10). He has been made alive. (Ephesians 2:5 - Colossians 2:13). He is alive from the dead. (Romans 6:13).
The believer, already alive spiritually, is to be made alive at the coming of the second Man. (I Corinthians 15:20 to 23). This has reference to the believer’s resurrection body.

Christ, in His resurrection, was the Firstfruits of them that slept. (I Corinthians 15:20). He is the believer’s Forerunner, entered into heaven. (Hebrews 6:19 and 20). They that are Christ’s, redeemed by His precious blood, will be made alive at His coming. (I Corinthians 15:21 to 23 - I Corinthians 15:51 to 54).

Note the believer’s testimony in I John 3:1 to 3: “Behold, what manner of love the Father hath bestowed upon us, that we should be called the sons of God: therefore the world knoweth us not, because it knew Him not. Beloved, now are we the sons of God, and it doth not yet appear what we shall be: but we know that, when He (Christ) shall appear, we shall be like Him, for we shall see Him as He is. And. every man that hath this hope in him purifieth himself, even as he is pure.”

As Adam was disobedient unto death, and brought alienation, condemnation,
unrighteousness and death, so Christ was obedient unto death and brought reconciliation,

justification, righteousness and eternal life. (Romans 5:12 to 21 - Philippians 2:5 to 9).

Adam brought the curse and the thorns. Christ bore the curse when He wore the thorns.





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