PoemiaDei's Blog – April 2009 Archive (4)

Dead in Adam or Alive in Christ, Part 4

Romans 8:6: “For to be carnally minded is death, but to be spiritually minded is life and peace.”

Spiritual Life

What is spiritual life? What does it mean to be alive in Christ? We have seen that spiritual death means separation from the life of God. God is the source of life. We can only have spiritual life in union with God. Separated from God we are dead. Spiritual life is, of course, the opposite of spiritual death. When we are spiritually dead we are… Continue

Added by PoemiaDei on April 23, 2009 at 6:23pm — No Comments

Dead in Adam or Alive in Christ, Part 3

Romans 5:17: “For if by the one man's offense death reigned through the one, much more those who receive abundance of grace and of the gift of righteousness will reign in life through the One, Jesus Christ.”

Alive in Christ

The first man Adam disobeyed God and fell into sin. This resulted in his death which all of the human race inherited in him. The second Man Jesus Christ in complete obedience to God took upon Himself the sins of humanity. Consequently He… Continue

Added by PoemiaDei on April 9, 2009 at 6:00am — No Comments

Dead in Adam or Alive in Christ, Part 2

Romans 5:12: “Therefore, just as through one man sin entered the world, and death through sin, and thus death spread to all men, because all sinned.”

Dead in Adam

When Adam sinned, according to God’s warning, he entered into death. As head of the human race, Adam brought sin and death to all mankind. Death came upon all humanity as a result of the Fall of Adam, the first man, in the Garden of Eden.

The Biblical account of the fall of Adam is… Continue

Added by PoemiaDei on April 7, 2009 at 12:48pm — No Comments

Dead in Adam or Alive in Christ, Part 1

1 Corinthians 15:21-22: “For since by man came death, by Man also came the resurrection of the dead. For as in Adam all die, even so in Christ all shall be made alive.”

Introduction

In the world there are two kinds of people in existence – those who are spiritually dead and those who are spiritually alive. We must understand and face this fact in humanity, if we are to appreciate God's plan of salvation to rescue man from death and the supernatural nature of… Continue

Added by PoemiaDei on April 2, 2009 at 3:00pm — No Comments