255 - Les Feldick Bible Study Lesson 1 - Part 3 - Book 22 - Romans Chapter 5

https://lesfeldickbiblestudy.com Through the Bible with Les Feldick LESSON 1 * PART 3 * BOOK 22 ROMANS CHAPTER 5 Spiritual death has already taken place, because we're born dead spiritually, and physical death is coming. Every human being will approach it someday if The Lord tarries. Romans 5:12-14 "Wherefore, as by one man [Adam] sin [the old Adamic nature] entered into the world, and death by sin; and so death passed upon all men, for that all have sinned (for until the Law, sin was in the world; but sin is not imputed when there is no law. Adam, you see, is the first man, and Christ is the second Man, or second Adam. Our class was discussing that many people don't realize that until they become a believer, a child of God by virtue of Salvation and faith, that this Book is utterly impossible to comprehend. I've been very blunt with some people. I Corinthians 2:13,14 Now Chapter 15, picking up with the subject of the first man, Adam, and Christ the second. We have to understand that the first man Adam, even with that simple act of disobedience of eating the forbidden fruit, plunged the whole human race into condemnation. Every human being beginning with Cain has been a fallen creature by virtue of Adam's act of rebellion. But God didn't leave it there. Now He comes around and comes with the second Man, The Christ, and He makes it possible for every degenerate son of Adam to become a regenerate son of God. I Corinthians 15:45 "And so it is written, The first man Adam was made a living soul (that's back in Genesis Chapter 2 I think it is, where God breathed into him the breath of life, and he became a living soul): the last Adam (Jesus, The Christ. When God quickens something He gives it life. Ephesians 2:1 Then the second Adam was brought on the scene as a life-giving Spirit in the Person of Jesus Christ, The God-Man. Then Luke depicts Him of course as the Son of Man, so constantly throughout that Gospel again we see that human side of Him. Then John comes along and depicts Him as the Son of God in His Deity. Yes, He was the God-Man, He was total God, He was total man, and they never crossed over. The next verse: I Corinthians 15:46 First King Saul and then King David; and you find this all through Scripture. First Adam, the natural, and then the second Adam, The Christ, the spiritual. First will come the Anti-christ the human, and then Christ the spiritual at His second coming. You can't separate them all through Scripture, so Paul makes the point. I Corinthians 15:46-48 "Howbeit that was not first which is spiritual, but that which is natural (referring to Adam); and afterward that which is spiritual." In other words, all of us began with the natural man Adam. And the reason we call him natural was God created him out of the dust of the earth. "The first man is of the earth, earthy; the second man is the Lord from heaven (see how plain that is?). All the way up through the Old Testament, especially when we began studying Israel, I pointed out Israel was God's earthly people. Now we're not an earthly people, but rather a heavenly people. Colossians 1:12,13 It's up in Heaven; it's where Christ is. Going on to verse 49 (and remember, verse 48 shows things that are earthy, things that are heavenly are heavenly): I Corinthians 15::49,50 Luke 24:36-43 Now come back to Romans Chapter 5, verse 15. We are all one in Christ if we have believed the Gospel for our Salvation (Reference I Corinthians 15:1-4). Now verse 15: Romans 5:15 For if through the offence of one (this is Adam) many (or all as the Scripture says in other places) be dead, much more the grace of God,..." In reality, according to what God has done, every human being who was born of Adam should one day be in glory, because there is none left out. I know that's hard to swallow, but God in His Sovereignty understands and that's what the Scripture has explained. Romans 5:15b "... and the gift (the people who think they must work for their Salvation are flying in the face of this Book, because it's a gift. In some places Christ is called God over and over. Here Paul refers to Him as the Man. We're not guilty of the similitude of Adam's sin. We're sons of Adam, and we are immediately born into this world spiritually dead. Spiritually an enemy of God. It's always been by faith. We didn't go through what Adam did. Neither did Christ go through what Adam did, but He superseded it. Everything that Adam accomplished to bring the human race into condemnation, God, through the Person of Jesus Christ, has reconciled it. Romans 5:16 "And not as it was by one that sinned, so is the gift: for the judgment was by one (Adam) to condemnation, but the free gift is of many offences unto justification." Don't worry about where you will spend eternity if you have placed your faith in the Gospel. "...but the free gift is of many offences unto justification." #LesFeldick #BibleStudy #Bible