November Nine

Adam and Jesus

I was hesitant a little bit about posting this subject as I am not a christian scholar, but Barry's blog ( http://texasquiver.blogspot.com/ ) got me going. This topic was actually intended for November One, and I had begun typing the entry in Notepad and it languished there till now. If you don't believe the Bible as the inspired word of God then this blog will probably not make much sense to you.

A few weeks ago during Sunday School we were studying the book of Romans Chapter 5. Incidentally, verse 8 is the closing verse of the movie Fireproof. That verse and class discussions got me to thinking of the similarities and differences between Adam and Jesus.

Adam was God's perfect creation, without sin. He was the first human created directly, by God through divine intervention, with free mind and will, not created to be an obedient robot but with independent thinking and action. He was to be God's companion. He was given free will, mind, and dominion over everything else that God created in this world for him. He had only one rule to obey, and that was the Apple tree rule. Adam disobeyed, lost that direct contact with God, sinned and died.

Jesus of Nazareth is God's perfect creation, without sin. He is the second human created directly by God through divine intervention. He is God's son with free mind and will, not created to be an obedient robot that do everything God wants. He is given free will, mind, and power over everything else that God created in this world for him. He had only one rule to obey, and that was to redeem our sins. Jesus faced many of the temptations, physical and and emotional turmoils that humans get as a result of Adam's sin but Jesus obeyed God the father. He did not use that power to save himself. He never sinned, idid not disobeyed God's wish and fulfilled God's wish by redeeming us from our sin, died and was risen to be with God again. He is our Lord Jesus Christ.

Side track: if you haven't seen the movie Fireproof, please make an effort to see it.