So the first human being, Adam. He brought death.
The curse of sin into this world.
To undo what the first man did, Adam.
We need one man, a perfect man to free us from the curse of sin.
Hi guys,
Why is Jesus called the second Adam, or the last Adam?
Well, Paul wrote this to the church in Corinth. And we need to read this in its context.
So read it with me. [1 Corinthians 15:20]
That's Adam.
That's Jesus.
So Adam is your great-great-great-great-great-great grandfather.
His blood runs in your veins and mine. All of us.
So when we - well, let me explain it this way.
When Adam and Eve sinned against God, sin came into the world.
Remember, they were created. They knew no sin.
Then they disobeyed Him and sin came into the world.
Also called the fall. That's why we live in this fallen world.
And so when we are born, remember from the line of Adam, you and me, we have his blood.
We now are born in the sinful world with a sinful condition.
We're born in sin, right? Adam and Eve, they weren't.
They were created by God. They knew no sin.
They walked with Him in the Garden of Eden. It was an amazing time, but then
they chose to sin. So that is why we are all now born in sin.
[Psalm 51:5]
[Romans 3:23]
So this sinful condition in humanity - in humankind - separated us from God.
Because remember, God is pure. He is Holy.
He is perfect. So even our best deeds that we
think are good that we compare with ourselves and with other people, are like filthy rags.
And we are separated from God, who can only be worshiped in truth and in the Spirit.
So, coming into this world, we cannot understand the things of God because God is Spirit.
And can only be spiritually discerned. But we are spiritually dead because of our sin.
So, from a young age, your fleshly nature wants to sin.
And your parents always had to tell you, no don't do that.
That's naughty. Nope, nope, don't do that.
And then even as you grow older it doesn't change. You who are parents - you know this
especially when teenagers grow. You know, that ego, that sinful flesh.
It grows stronger and it starts to rebel against any authority.
That sinful ego has a very strong will of its own. For centuries, people have been killing,
raping, stealing, lying, and the list goes on. Even today, if you look at the news and media,
people are getting more crazy - they call wrong right and they call right
wrong - with a lot of anger in them, rebelling against good values and morals.
Why? What is wrong with the world?
Sin. This sinful condition in us because of Adam.
[Romans 5:12]
That's spiritual death, because we're still alive, right?
Have you ever done something that you feel incredibly guilty about?
Bad, or a few things in the past, where you think, man, I can't believe I did that.
What was wrong with me? What was I thinking?
That is the sinful condition in you.
It's a disease. You cannot overcome it by yourself.
It is that strong. You try sometimes.
You choose because God has given you his moral code in your heart. so sometimes
you choose to do good, but there is no human in this world that is perfect.
Because we have all fallen many times, and we will fall many times.
Even as reborn Christians. You still have that sinful fleshly nature in you.
So, the question is, what can we do about this disease that is in us that
always wants to do evil? Because it is evil.
We struggle with it every day. Even Paul said:
[Romans 7:15-18]
We see this in all of history, generation after generation after generation.
Humans fought for peace, but they never had it. Even if if some country had it, what about all
the other countries? They did not have it.
Those who they conquered and killed - slaughtered - do you see what I'm saying?
Even now, we're supposed to live in a good time where there are less
wars but there's wars all over the world, especially with technology.
Because we're thinking we're getting better, but we're not.
We're enslaving ourselves even more as time goes by.
And why do you think there are things like borders and rules?
Because you're a human being, born on planet earth, are you not allowed to go
all over where you want to? No, there are rules and
borders because of criminals. People who want to do evil deeds.
All the laws that are in place - most of them come from the Bible.
And people want to rebel. So you see, the evil within the world
So people fight for peace for so many years.
Generations after generations, since the beginning of mankind.
But we cannot obtain it. We cannot find a cure.
And that is why we cannot do it by ourselves.
That should be plain as daylight. We cannot do it by ourselves, because we've
been trying to do that for so many years. After all these generations,
the only cure for our condition is to try and undo what has been done through Adam.
Paul later said: [Romans 5:24]
We need one man. A perfect man to
live righteously. To never sin.
To undo what the first man did, Adam. So this man, this new man, He needs to be special.
He needs to be able to take the whole world's sin upon Himself.
But, you see, we've got a problem, because no human being can be perfect.
So it will be impossible with normal human beings because we are all born in sin.
So we need the righteous requirement of the law to really cancel it.
For a righteous man to come and live righteous. To be perfect in everything,
to go through all the trials and tribulations that we go through and still not sin.
But human beings cannot do it. Only God can do it.
So you see, we need someone who is 100 percent man but also 100 percent God.
Where do we find that? 100 percent God, 100 percent man?
In one person - Jesus Christ. And Paul says exactly that:
[Romans 7:24-25]
So the first human being, Adam, he brought death, the curse of sin, into this world.
And then the second Adam, Jesus Christ, He came to free us from the curse of sin.
Do you remember what the angel told Joseph?
[Matthew 1:21]
Do you get it? How amazing is this?
I need to make sure that you understand this.
Because this is so important. The first human being, Adam,
brought the sinful death into the world. Our spiritual nature is dormant, in a sense,
I would say. It's dead.
You are spiritually dead if you are not a reborn Christian.
You only operate in your body. But in your body is your own soul.
Your mind, the way you think. Your intellect, your own emotions.
The way you feel about everything. And then, of course, your own will.
What you want to do, but that's only your soul level.
But deeper than that, you have a spirit. But you're spiritually dead.
And that is why human beings are searching for peace and joy and truth.
And meaning. And they cannot
understand it because they cannot find it. But it's there, within them, deep inside them.
So that they try to find it in drugs, alcohol, even games.
In relationships. In money.
But they cannot fill that hole, because that hole needs to be made alive spiritually.
Do you understand? Because of sin, because God is a righteous God.
Holy. He cannot have
a relationship with us who are sinful. Spiritual life only comes from Him.
We can only worship Him in the spirit.
But now we are spiritually dead, so we're born in sin.
We grow up and we can only act and operate through our soul level.
And we do not understand the things of God because it's spiritually discerned.
And that's why Jesus came. To save us from our sin.
So that we can have the opportunity to have spiritual life again in Christ.
That is why He is called the second Adam. Read it with me again.
[1 Corinthians 15:22]
Remember, this is spiritual death, because we're still alive, right?
But we're spiritually dead.
Spritually alive. That also means when your physical body dies,
in this short temporary world, you will live on. Do you understand?
You will be raised just like Jesus was raised from the grave with His new eternal body.
When Judgment Day comes, God will come and He will judge everyone.
Those who didn't choose Him - wanted to live in darkness - those go to one side.
Those who wanted to accept Him, who He gave spiritual new life to - the other side - who
will now live with him in their new eternal bodies in the new heaven and the new earth.
[1 Corinthians 15:42-46]
So, first you get a physical body. God creates your soul.
He creates you, right? Then you live in this temporary world.
He gives you a moral compass in your heart, to choose good or evil, and to seek Him.
And when you find Him, when He reveals Himself to you, He gives you new spiritual life.
So first, you just have a natural body, the normal natural mind as well.
But then, when you become a Christian, you become a new creation.
His Spirit comes and lives inside of you. He seals you with the Holy Spirit of promise
until the day of redemption. Wow.
That means you have already received eternal life, right now.
Not when you die. The day He declared
you as righteous, when you became a true reborn Christian, a child of the living God.
[1 Corinthians 15:47-49]
Wow. I cannot wait for that day,
when I receive my eternal body.
And you as well, when you enter the new heaven - the new earth - when you see Jesus.
When you see Jesus.
And then also when you see those who already died.
My dad. My brothers.
All the apostles. Man, I cannot wait for that day.
If you want to know more about the new heaven and the new earth, what it will be like,
then watch this video here. And I'll see you there.
And always remember, that God loves you.
And I love you too. Bye.