I really like that. The hymn, Blessed Assurance,
has one line where it says, perfect submission, all is at rest. If
that's talking about Christ's perfect submission, good. But if that's talking about my
or your perfect submission, really? As long as you sin, there is
not perfect submission. But in Christ, that was a blessing. Thank you. Turn back to Genesis
chapter 2 while you're turning there. David Edmondson is going
to be preaching for us this evening. I'm looking forward very much
to that, the pastor of the Bible Baptist Church in Madisonville,
Kentucky. I've entitled the message for this morning, Adam. And I do not believe that I could
be bringing a more important message than this message, so
I pray that the Lord will give me a word from you, from him,
and give all of us hearing ears as we consider Adam. Now remember, we read in Romans
chapter 5, verse 14, that Adam is a figure, a type. There are a lot of types in the
scripture, but they're not said to be types. We see them, but
there's not a New Testament scripture that says this is a type. Adam
is stated by Paul in Romans 5.14 as a figure or a type of him
that was to come, is to come. Now look in Genesis chapter two,
verse four, we're given some detail concerning the creation
that we weren't given in chapter one. These are the generations
of the heavens and of the earth when they were created in the
day that the Lord God made the earth and the heavens. You know,
nobody was there to witness this. Aren't you thankful the Lord
inspired Moses to give us this record of what took place? Verse five, in every plant of
the field before it was in the earth, in every herb of the field
before it grew, for the Lord God had not caused it to rain
upon the earth. And there was not a man to till
the ground. But there went up a mist from
the earth and watered the whole face of the ground. And the Lord
God formed man of the dust of the ground. Adam means red earth. This is what you and I are made
of, dirt. That's how God created us, from
the dust of the ground And the Lord God formed man of the dust
of the ground and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life. And man became a living soul. Now the body was first formed
and created, but it as yet had no life. And this picture's the
Spirit of God breathing life into a lifeless soul. There Adam
is formed of the dust of the ground and God breathed into
him the breath of life and man became a living soul. God is the author of life. And you and I, like Adam, are
living souls. You know, the soul will never die.
The body will die, but the soul will go on forever. And the soul and body will be
reunited at the resurrection, but the soul never dies. I think of what the Lord said,
what would have profit a man if he gained the whole world
and lost his soul. And that's talking about eternal
destruction. Or what will a man give in exchange
for his soul? Now, Adam, man, red earth was
made a living soul. And this verse is actually quoted
in 1 Corinthians chapter 15, verse 45. Would you turn with
me there? 1 Corinthians chapter 15, verse 45. And so it is written. Oh, I'm
so thankful for what is written. I can't express how happy I am
about that which is written. You know, you all don't have
to depend on me to get your information. You can see if I'm speaking from
the word of God. It's written, and he quotes this
passage of scripture from Genesis 2, in verse 45, 1 Corinthians
15, 45, from Genesis 2, 7, and so it is written, the first man, Adam,
was made a living soul. And the last Adam,
notice was made is in italics. It was put there by the translators
and really it messes up the meaning. Christ Jesus wasn't made a quickening
spirit. He is the eternal quickening
spirit. Now we read of the first Adam
and of the last Adam. Romans 5.14 says Adam was a type
of him that was to come. He was a type of the Lord Jesus
Christ, the second Adam. Now the first Adam was a living
soul. The last Adam, a life giving
spirit. As the father raises the dead
and quickens them, even so, The Son, the second Adam, the
Lord Jesus Christ quickens whom he will. I love the language
of that. Thou has given him power over
all flesh that he should give eternal life to as many as thou
has given him. He is the life giving spirit. Look in verse 46, how be it,
1 Corinthians 15 verse 46, how be it, that was not first, which
is spiritual, but that which is natural, and afterwards, that
which is spiritual. Speaking of the first and the
second Adam, the first man is of the earth, earthy, made from
the dust of the ground. The second man is the Lord from
heaven, and as is the earthy, Such are they also that are earthy. They can't rise above their source. And as is the heavenly, such
are they that are heavenly. They've been given spiritual
life. And as we have borne the image of the earthy, fallen Adam,
we shall also bear the image of the heavenly. Look at verse
47 once again. The first man is of the earth. Earthy, the second man is the
Lord from heaven. Now listen to this very carefully
before we go on. God has only dealt with two men. The first Adam and the last Adam. God has only dealt with two men. Now let me show you that in this
1 Corinthians 15, look in verse 20. Now this is a part of Paul's definition
of the gospel. Look in verse one, moreover,
brethren, I declare unto you the gospel. And the first 25
verses begin with a conjunction saying the thought is not over
as to what the gospel is, until the 25th verse. So this is a
very important passage of scripture where Paul is defining the gospel. Now look what he says in verse
20. This is part of that declaration of the gospel. But now is Christ
risen from the dead and become the first fruits of them that
slept. He's the guarantee of the resurrection
of his people. He's the first fruits. He is
why I'm going to be raised incorruptible in every believer. Verse 21,
for since by man came death, by man also came the resurrection
of the dead. Now, the first Adam brought death. The second Adam brought the resurrection
of the dead. There are three different resurrections
spoke of. First, the physical resurrection
of the Lord Jesus Christ. He was dead, mystery. He was dead, the God-man died,
and the God-man was raised from the dead. Somebody says, how
in the world could the God-man die? I don't know, he did, but
he was raised from the dead. The second resurrection, We read
of in the scripture is the spiritual resurrection when somebody's
dead in sins and God gives them life. They were dead. Remember
in Adam, all die. In the day you eat thereof, you
shall surely die. He ate that very day and that
very day he died. Now you and I know that he didn't
die physically. That wouldn't come for another
900 years, but he died spiritually. by one man, sin in the world
and death by sin. Now let's go on reading in verse
20, where the third resurrection is the bodily resurrection that's
going to take place on the last day. And I'd like you to look
at this, hold your finger there in 1 Corinthians 15. We're coming
back and turn to John chapter five. John chapter five, verse 28. Let's begin reading verse 25.
Verily, verily, I say unto you, the hour is coming, and now is
when the dead shall hear the voice of the Son of God, and
they that hear shall live. That's talking about that second
resurrection, that spiritual resurrection, that now is when
people who are dead hear, and they live. That's regeneration,
that's the new birth. For as the Father hath life in
himself, so is he given to the Son to have life in himself,
and has given him authority to execute judgment because he's
the son of man. Marvel not at this, for the hour
is coming in the which all that are in the grave shall hear his
voice and shall come forth. They that have done good unto
the resurrection of life and they that have done evil unto
the resurrection of damnation. Now, don't miss the language.
He does not say they that have righteousness imputed to them.
He says, they that have done good. Now this tells us what
justification is. Justification means I have done
good. When Christ obeyed the law, I
did too. There is a record in heaven with
regard to every believer, they've done good. Perfectly righteous,
no sin. perfection and they that have
done evil. That is the description of everybody
without Christ. That's all that can be said about
their lives, nothing else. They that have done evil to the
resurrection of damnation. Now that gives us some idea of
what Christ actually did for his people. This is the description
of every believer, they that have done good. They that have done good. Oh,
that is my record in heaven. They that have done good. Not
simply they that have had their standing changed and they're
still bad, but they got a good record. No, they that have done
good. Now go back to 1 Corinthians
15, verse 22, four. As in Adam, all die. Even so, in the same manner,
in Christ shall all be made alive. Now, there is not a more important
verse of scripture than the scripture we just read that gives us some
explanation of what the gospel is. Now, in that verse of scripture,
three critically important questions are answered. Number one, what
really happened in the Garden of Eden? Number two, what actually
took place when Christ was hanging on that cross and died? And number
three, what really happens in a sinner's heart when God saves
them? All three of those questions
are answered in this verse of scripture. What really happened
in the Garden of Eden? Now, didn't God say, in the day
you eat thereof, you shall surely die. He didn't say you're gonna
start the process of dying and end up dying. He said in the
very day you eat thereof, you're gonna die. He didn't say if you
eat. He said when you do, you shall
surely die. When Adam ate of that fruit,
Now, when Eve ate of it, no death. Remember, Adam is the representative
man. She ate of it and nothing happened. Their eyes were not
open until after Adam ate, because Adam is the representative man.
Remember, he's a figure, a type of the Lord Jesus Christ. When
he ate, spiritual death. And what is spiritual death?
Well, what's physical death? When you're physically died,
your blood doesn't pump. You can't breathe. You can't
see. You can't smell. You're in a state of complete
death. And when someone is spiritually dead, they have no love for God. They're dead. They can't believe.
They can't repent. They can't walk with Christ.
They can't see his beauty. They're dead. And that's wicked. Don't think, well, they can't
help it if they're dead. It's a wicked death. It's a willful
death. It's a willful disobedience to
God. It's a willful hatred of the
gospel. It's a willful hatred of the things of God. Don't say,
well, poor Adam, he's dead. Blame Adam and blame yourself.
Your spiritual death is all your fault. Spiritual death, Adam
and Eve. As in Adam, all died. By one man, sin entered the world
and death by sin. So the death passed upon all
men in that all sinned. You see, you're not charged with
somebody else's sin. You're in Adam. What he did,
you did. In Adam, all die. When he sinned. I myself sinned. When he rebelled against God,
I myself rebelled against God. That's what happened in the garden.
In Adam, all die. Second question, what really
happened when Christ bowed his mighty head and said, it is finished? What really happened? Even so,
Paul tells us in verse 22 of 1 Corinthians 15, for as in Adam,
all die. Nobody is exempt from this. Everybody
that he represented died. Adam is the seminal head, the
federal head, call it what you want, but everybody was judged
in him. Everybody was represented by him. What he did, I did. I know somebody will object and
think, well, how could it be right for me to be held responsible
for what somebody else did? For just a second, forget Adam. How have you done on your own?
It's just as bad. You sinned. Forget Adam. And
let's say you weren't condemned for Adam's sin. Well, man, you've
got enough sin of your own to condemn you, so don't think that's
gonna do you any good. But the fact of the matter is,
you were in Adam. When he sinned, you sinned. But
there's gospel here, because if you can sin in somebody else,
you can be righteous in somebody else. which is the gospel. In Christ shall all, without
exception, in Christ shall all be made alive. When Christ kept the law, I kept
the law. That's the doing of good. I was
in him. If he did it, I did it if I was
in him. In Christ shall all, without
exception, be made alive. Have life before God. have perfection
before God, be without guilt before God. So what happened
when Christ said it is finished? Everybody he died for was made
alive before God, made to be righteous before God, perfect
before God, without fault. And what happens in a sinner's
heart when God saves him? Life from the dead. in Christ
shall all be made alive. I can now do things that a living
man could do that I couldn't do when I was dead. I believe
the gospel. I love God. I love his people. That's true of every single child
of God. Turn with me to the book of Romans
chapter five. Now remember, God has only dealt
with two men. You're either in the first Adam,
and remember, that means that whatever he did, you did. You
can't say, well, somebody else's sin was charged to me. No, you
sinned. That's the way it is. I sinned. When Adam sinned, I
sinned. If you would have been in the
same position, you would have done it. As a matter of fact,
any time there's a law that has to be kept, it's doomed for failure.
If you have one law to keep, you can't do it. Even if you
have an innocent nature, you can't keep one law. Salvation
by law is doomed for failure. Adam was innocent and yet he
fell and me and you would do the same thing we did in Adam. Now look in Romans chapter five. Let me read verse 14 again to
remind us of this. Nevertheless, death reigned from
Adam to Moses, even over them that had not sinned after the
similitude of Adam's transgression, who is, even in his sin, who
is the figure, the type of him that was to come. Now look in
verse 12. Wherefore, as by one man, sin
entered the world. Now, there was evil, there was
Transgression, Satan's transgression before the fall. Satan before
the fall of man. But here is when sin entered
the world in man's experience. Wherefore is by one man sin entered
into the world and death by sin, so that death passed upon all
men for that all have sinned. Now, what's that say? That means
when Adam sinned, I sinned. When Adam sinned, you sinned. Somebody said, I shouldn't be
held responsible for something somebody else did. You're not,
you did it. That's just the way it is. That is every man represented
by Adam. Now let's go on, verse 13. For
until the law, talking about the Mosaic law, for until the
law, sin was in the world, but sin is not imputed where there
is no law. Now, if there's no law, there's
no sin. And he's talking about the Mosaic law, but you know,
there was a law before the Mosaic law. There was a law before the
Ten Commandments. There was a law before Moses
through Malachi. It was the law in the garden.
Don't eat of this fruit. You can have everything here.
but don't eat of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil. Everything else, fair game, it's
yours. You've got everything anybody
could ever want. Just this one little commandment. Don't eat
of the knowledge of the tree, the tree of the knowledge of
good and evil. Now you would think in a situation like that
where everybody has got everything they could possibly want and
they have innocent natures, That law could be kept, you'd think.
But let me tell you, wherever there's law, I don't care what
condition there is, wherever there's law, there will be sin
and there will be failure. If your salvation is dependent
upon you doing anything, me and you are doomed. It can't happen. It will not happen. Salvation by law is impossible. So there was a law, now look
what he, what he says in verse 14. Nevertheless, death reigned,
even though the Mosaic law had not yet been given. And remember,
there's no sin where there's no law. There was a law. And
death reigned from Adam to Moses, even over them that had not sinned
after the similitude of Adam's transgression, who is the figure
of him that was to come. Death reigned even over babies,
is what he's saying. Infants. There are babies who
die. Why do babies die? There's only one reason. They're
sinners. They're not innocent. They are
sinners. That is why babies die. They're sinners. Why do babies
die? They're sinners. They're born
with Adam's evil nature. They're born with wicked natures.
They're born with willful natures. Now, somebody's thinking, what
happens to them when they die? What happens to a baby when he
dies? Well, let me tell you what I
think. I think that there are scriptures that seem to imply
that they're saved. Now, can I? make a dogmatic statement
about that? No, I can't. There's no scripture
that actually says all babies who die in infancy are saved.
But I think there are scriptures definitely that seem to imply
that, you know, David said regarding his infant that died, I can't,
you can't come back to me, but I'm gonna come back to you, you
know, talking about after he dies. And there are other scriptures
that would imply that, but here is the, The fact of the matter is I don't
want to make a dogmatic statement about it because the Word of
God doesn't make a dogmatic statement about it. And I see God's wisdom. If the Bible said all infants
will most certainly be saved, somebody would kill infants and
think they're doing the best thing they could for them. I
mean, let's kill them while they're babies before they get a chance
to grow up and become sinners. And I know that would happen. So
you see God's wisdom in not making a strong statement. What if the
Bible said, all infants will most certainly go to hell? Can
you imagine what despair that would create for somebody who
had a child die in infancy? So we see the Lord's wisdom in
not making a dogmatic statement. Don't make dogmatic statements
when the Bible doesn't. I know whatever the Lord does
is right. I'm sure of that. And whatever he does, I'm fine
with it. Whatsoever the Lord shall not the judge of the earth
do right. I think there are scriptures that certainly give us some hope
that infants are saved. I'm thankful for that. But I
also see the Lord's infinite wisdom in not making dogmatic
statements about it because of what would take place if he did.
Well, the Bible says things just right, doesn't it? Everything
in the Bible is glorious. It's said exactly as it should
be said. So death reigned from Adam to
Moses, even over them that had not sinned after the similitude
of Adam's transgression. Babies. Somebody says, is there
an age of accountability? Well, where's that in the Bible? And if there is, it'd be 20 years
old. If there is such a thing, which
I don't think there is, but if there is, it'd be 20 years old because
It was the people who were under 20 were allowed to enter the
promised land. That's the only time age is mentioned. But I
don't think that you can't take that and say, see, the Bible
teaches an age of accountability. No, it doesn't. But if there
is one, it would be 20. I think it's interesting people
come up with the age of 12. Where'd that come from? Is that
in the Bible? There's so many things that people
talk about that just aren't in the Bible, not even implied.
But at any rate, let's go on reading. Adam is a figure of
him that was to come, but not as the offense, so also is the
free gift. For through the offense of one,
many be dead, and that's true, much more. The grace of God and
the gift by grace, which is by one man, Jesus Christ, hath abounded
unto many. And not as it was by one that
sinned, so is the gift. Only one man is going to die
for his one sin. No, everybody dies for that one
sin. For the judgment was by one to
condemnation, but the free gift is of many offenses under justification. For if by one man's offense death
reigned by one, much more, they would receive abundance of grace
and of the gift of righteousness. shall reign in life by one Jesus
Christ. See, everything's in one man,
either in Adam or in Christ. Now look in verse 18. Therefore,
as by the offense of one, judgment came upon all men to condemnation. Now you were born, I was born
into this world condemned in Adam. That's what it says, isn't
it? I mean, there's no way of getting
around that. But the thing that is so glorious about this, somebody
says, let me repeat, somebody says, well, how can I be condemned
for somebody else's sin? You're not. You sinned. I sinned
when Adam sinned. Every one of us sinned. That's
the way it is. And I'm thankful it's that way,
because if I can be condemned in somebody, I can be saved and
justified in someone. And that's what he says in this
passage of scripture. Look in verse 18. Therefore, as by the offense
of one, judgment came upon all men to condemnation, even so,
in the precise same manner, by the righteousness of one, the
free gift came upon all men under justification of life. Now, somebody
says, is that all men? All men in Christ. It certainly
means all men in Christ. It doesn't mean all men, everybody's
not justified. There is a place called hell
where people are getting exactly what they deserve, but thank
God, everybody in Christ is justified by what he did. That means when
he said it is finished, I can say this to every believer, you
were justified in God's sight. And you know what's gonna be
said of you on judgment day? You've done good. You've got
a good record. You've done nothing but that
which is right and perfect in my eye. That's the heritage of
every believer. Now, therefore, as by the offense
of one, Judgment came upon all men to condemnation, even so
by the righteousness of one, his perfect obedience. The free
gift came upon all men and the justification of life, for as
by one man's disobedience, Adam, many were made sinners. You were born into this world
as a sinner. by the obedience of one, the
second Adam, the last Adam, the Lord Jesus Christ. So by the
obedience of one shall many be made righteous. Moreover, the
law entered, the Mosaic law, the 10 commandments, the law
entered for this one purpose, that the offense might abound. overflow, bubble over. Is that you? Does the offense
abound and bubble over and overflow in you? Now, if you see God's
law and see yourself in any other light than the offense abounding
in you. It just bubbles over all you
are seeing in light of that law. If you don't see that, you've
never really seen the law. You don't have any idea what
it is. I think of Romans chapter 3 verse 19, whatsoever things
the law saith, it saith to them who are under the law that every
mouth might be stopped. You know what happens when your
mouth is stopped? You're guilty. You have no self-justification. You can't commend yourself in
any way. All you are is sin. Where sin
abounded, grace did much more abound. The only place where
grace much more abounds is the place where sin abounds. If you're a place where sin abounds,
you're also a place where grace the grace of God doth much more
abound. That as sin hath reigned unto
death, verse 21, how much power do you personally have to prevent
death? You can live so healthy and all
that kind of stuff that, It's kind of funny when I go
into health stores with health food, it looks like all the people
there died. I think maybe I'll try McDonald's
or something. At any rate, what I'm saying
is if you live perfectly healthy, it's not gonna prevent death.
Nothing you can do to prevent it. That a sin hath reigned unto
death, even so, in the same manner might grace reign. You can't
prevent grace. There's nothing you can do to
prevent it. There's nothing you can do to mess it up. And notice
how it said, even so might grace reign through righteousness.
It's righteous grace unto eternal life by Jesus Christ, our Lord. Now, in closing, Adam. The great type of Christ. Now, as I said, we have other
great types of Christ that are not said to be great types. What
about Abraham? Abraham in Genesis chapter 19,
it says that the reason Lot was delivered because God remembered
Abraham. That's why Lot was delivered. What about David? What a type
of Christ. When David's fighting Goliath,
if David wins, all of Israel wins. If David loses this battle,
all of Israel loses. What a type of Christ. What about
Joshua? Moses could not bring the people
into the promised land. The law could never bring me
into heaven. Only Joshua, Jesus, Jehovah, the Lord Jesus Christ
is the one who brings us into heaven. There are so many types. What about Joseph? What a glorious
type of the Lord Jesus Christ. I mean, here he's, brought into
prison, unjustly accused, brought into the lowest part, then becomes
the most powerful man in the world and saves Israel. What
a type of Christ Joseph is. But like I said, Romans, nowhere
in the scripture does it say this is a type of Christ, although
obviously it is. But here, Adam is a type of the
Lord Jesus Christ. He's a figure of him that was
to come. Now, first, There are only two
men that were not sinners. Adam before the fall was not
a sinner, was he? The Lord Jesus Christ never sinned. Number two, Adam was given dominion
over every living creature. Remember that in Genesis chapter
one, you have dominion over all fish, birds, Elephants, whatever
it is, whatever animal there is, Adam had dominion over it.
He was the top dog. Oh, the dominion given to the
Lord Jesus Christ. He is Lord of all. He has absolute, complete dominion
over everything and everyone. God hath made this same Jesus
whom you crucified, both Lord and Christ. He's called in Romans
14, nine, the Lord of the dead and the living. I love it that
way. You know, somebody's dead and sins, he's their Lord. They're
in his hands, he's in control. Somebody says, he's not my Lord.
Yeah, he is. Yeah, he is. Well, I'm saying he's not. He
determined you to say that, he's in control of it all. I mean,
he's your Lord. He's everybody's Lord, but oh,
He's the Lord of the living. He's my Lord, like Thomas said,
my Lord and my God. Now, if He's Lord, that means
His will's always done. Always. Under every circumstance,
it was in creation. He created the universe. His
will is done in providence. Whatever happens, including whatever's
going on right now, is His will being done. And if I'm saved,
it's because He willed my salvation. He's Lord. Now, Eve was in Adam
before she was created. Go back to Genesis one for a
moment. Verse 27, well, verse 26, this
is the dominion part. And God said, let us make man
in our image after our likeness and let them have, let them,
man and woman, have dominion over the fish of the sea and
over the fowl of the air and over the cattle and over all
the earth and over every creeping thing that creepeth upon the
earth. So God created man in his own image, in the image of
God created he him, male and female created he them. Now we don't read of the formation
of Eve into the next chapter. But she was in Adam when Adam
was created. You know that rib that was in
Adam? That was her. She was in him when Adam was
created. And the church, every believer,
was in the Lord Jesus Christ before they were ever created.
Now I was born 9-9-59. but I'm a whole lot older than
that. However, I say this reverently,
but however old Christ is, that's how old the elect are. They've
always been in him. Now, somebody says, explain that
to me. They're not explaining that. It's just so. It's what
the scripture teaches. Just as Eve was in Adam, when
Adam was created, the church, every believer, was in the Lord
Jesus Christ before they were ever around. According as he
hath chosen us in him before the foundation of the world.
Now you're in Genesis, look in Genesis chapter two. Once again,
Eve came as a result of a deep sleep. that God put Adam into. Look in verse 21 of chapter two,
and the Lord God caused a deep sleep to fall upon Adam. Who was it that killed the Lord
Jesus Christ? God did, as an act of his justice,
because the sins of God's elect became his. It was the Lord God
that caused this deep sleep to fall upon Adam. And he slept,
speaking of the death of Christ. And he took one of his ribs and
closed up the flesh instead thereof. The church came out of his side.
His side opened. That's where the church came.
And the rib which the Lord God had taken from man, made he a
woman and brought her into the man. And Adam said, this is now
bone of my bones and flesh of my flesh, and she shall be called
woman because she was taken out of the man. Eve came as a result
of the deep sleep, and she came out of his side, and she came
out the perfect woman. This is before the fall. There
was no sin. She came out the perfect woman. And every believer
is perfect in Christ Jesus, coming out of his side How can it be
anything else? And this is referring to the
death of the Lord Jesus Christ. What a beautiful type of the
gospel we have right here. Adam and Eve, look what it says
in verse 25. And they were both naked, the
man and his wife, and were not ashamed. You see, they didn't
have anything to hide. There was nothing to be ashamed
of. No skeletons in the closet, no sin. Perfect in Christ Jesus. Every believer united to Christ
has nothing to be ashamed of. Perfect in Christ Jesus. Now, the scripture points out
in the New Testament that Adam was not deceived. It says the
woman was deceived by the serpent. but Adam was not deceived. He did what he did willingly. When he sinned against God, he
did it willingly with his eyes wide open, knowing exactly what
he was doing. Now, I want to say this right. I wanna say everything right,
Um, Adam chose to go down with Eve. I'm going down with her. I'm going down with her. He loved
this woman. He said, I'm going down with
her. Jesus Christ loved his church. And he said, I'm going down with
her. I'm willingly going down with
her. Now, don't anybody think, well,
Adam was noble in what he did because it was an act of disobedience.
There wasn't anything noble about it. Somebody says, well, Adam,
he loved it. He just loved his wife so much.
Don't make it a good thing that Adam did. He plunged our race
into death. It was a wicked thing that he
did, but he said, I'm going down with her. And as a great type,
the Lord Jesus for me said, I'm going down with him. He willingly
took my place. But here's the difference between
Adam's going down with Eve and the Lord Jesus going down with
his people. The Lord Jesus was acting in
obedience to his father when he did this. This was his purpose
in coming. And he said in obedience to his
father, I'm going down with them. Now Adam was a failure. That's all you can call it, a
failure. Christ, the antitype. is a complete success. He shall see of the travail of
his soul and be satisfied. Now, here's the gospel. God has only dealt with two men, the first Adam and the last Adam. Where do you want to be dealt
with? God will meet you on the ground that you want. If you
wanna stand in your own righteousness, go for it. God'll let you do
that if that's what you want. But are you someone who sees
no safety but to be found in that second Adam, the Lord Jesus
Christ? Well, God will meet you there.
What a type of the gospel, Adam. Let's pray. Lord, we give thanks for the
second Adam, thy son, the Lord Jesus, and the salvation we have
in him. Bless this message for your glory
and our good. In Christ's name we pray. Amen.
We're going to sing Hark the Herald