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To: mgist
"Christ is the 2nd Adam", Where is that in the bible?

! Corth15:22 For as in Adam all die, even so in Christ shall all be made alive.

1Cor 15:45 The first man was made from the dust of the earth. He came from the earth. The second man came from heaven.

Christ is called the second Adam, because he entered the world pure as did Adam , beloved of God, He began where the first Adam began, without sin
He was tempted by Satan in the same manner as adam (sins of the eyes,sin of the flesh and pride of life)

Romans 5:12-21 Therefore, just as through one man sin entered into the world, and death through sin, and so death spread to all men, because all sinned - 13 for until the Law sin was in the world, but sin is not imputed when there is no law. 14 Nevertheless death reigned from Adam until Moses, even over those who had not sinned in the likeness of the offense of Adam, who is a type of Him who was to come. 15 But the free gift is not like the transgression. For if by the transgression of the one the many died, much more did the grace of God and the gift by the grace of the one Man, Jesus Christ, abound to the many. 16 The gift is not like that which came through the one who sinned; for on the one hand the judgment arose from one transgression resulting in condemnation, but on the other hand the free gift arose from many transgressions resulting in justification. 17 For if by the transgression of the one, death reigned through the one, much more those who receive the abundance of grace and of the gift of righteousness will reign in life through the One, Jesus Christ. 18 So then as through one transgression there resulted condemnation to all men, even so through one act of righteousness there resulted justification of life to all men. 19 For as through the one man's disobedience the many were made sinners, even so through the obedience of the One the many will be made righteous.

1,379 posted on 02/20/2010 12:02:23 PM PST by RnMomof7
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To: RnMomof7
To me those verses explain that Adam was man, made in the likeness of God, and describes Jesus as God, that was sent as a man(Adam). Not a second Adam, which would make Jesus simply a man. We are born from Adam, but called to be like Jesus.

1 Corinthians 15:45If there is a natural body, there is also a spiritual body. So it is written: "The first man Adam became a living being"; the last Adam, a life-giving spirit. The spiritual did not come first, but the natural, and after that the spiritual. The first man was of the dust of the earth, the second man from heaven. As was the earthly man, so are those who are of the earth; and as is the man from heaven, so also are those who are of heaven. And just as we have borne the likeness of the earthly man, so shall we bear the likeness of the man from heaven.

Regardless, I wouldn't dare call you a heretic, or a pagan worshiper for your differing perspective. Only God can determine those things.

1,391 posted on 02/20/2010 1:13:36 PM PST by mgist
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