Who is Jesus? Simon Peter’s answer, “Thou art the Christ, the Son of the living God” (Matt. 16:16). The first man Adam is also called the son of God (Luke 3:38); both Jesus and Adam came directly from God , but there the comparison ends – except by contrasts. Before the Lord opened my eyes, even as an adult, I thought Jesus was the Son of God because He was conceived by the Holy Spirit and born of the Virgin…..
What it means to be a sin bearer “For as in Adam all die, even so in Christ shall all be made alive (1Cor.15:22). The Scripture, in revealing Christ to us, uses the first man Adam as a type and comparison to Jesus the Christ by contrast. The Lord God created the first couple Adam and Eve and placed them in a beautiful garden of paradise. The Lord gave one prohibition, “Of every tree of the garden thou mayest freely…..
It happened In the garden of Paradise. “And the LORD God called unto Adam. and said unto him, Where art thou?” Adam replied, ” I Heard thy voice in the garden, and I was afraid, because I was naked; and I hid myself” (Gen. 3:9-10). Notice the Scripture’s use of the name LORD. It is not until after the creation of man that the Name LORD (Jehovah) appears in Scripture. To the Christian the appearance to Adam is Jesus the…..
Did you know? The name Adam simply means “man”. The first man in the Garden of Eden (Paradise) disobeyed God and took his descendants, you and me, with him, “Wherefore, as by one man sin entered into the world, and death by sin; and so death passed upon all men, for that all have sinned…” The Scriptures tell us of another Man, the Man Christ Jesus and, by way of contrast in these two teach, us more about that most…..
The Lord’s special messenger, Paul, wept tears of sorrow when he thought of some who considered themselves Christians but were not. How did their condition reveal itself? Because, as Paul says, “their god is their belly”. In other words their goal in life was only satisfaction of physical desires. Paul puts it plainly, (“For many walk, of whom I have told you often, and and now tell you even weeping, that they are the enemies of the cross of Christ:…..
Who can forget the first time summonsed to Court? Not I. It followed this event: the light on the car behind me flashing red red red. A look at the speedometer tells why. I am over the speed limit. Now I had to go before a judge. From then on I tried to obey the posted traffic signs. Christian, there is a Bible verse concerning a summons that should prompt our service to the Lord, “We must all appear before…..
Our Lord, when residing in Palestine, led His followers from village to village. There He healed the sick and preached the gospel of the Kingdom. He spent much time in prayer. On one Sabbath day while walking in a grain field His followers became hungry, and, as was permitted by land owners, broke off the husks and ate the grain. The lawyers of Judaism had interpreted the law, “remember the Sabbath day to keep it holy” as forbidding breaking off…..
Did you ever question why the Lord said to a fig tree, having no figs, “No man eat fruit of thee hereafter forever”, when it was in the Spring time and not the harvest time of figs? (Mark 11:13-14). I did until My wife and I planted a fig tree and saw its very unusual habit of fruit bearing. It then became apparent and I saw the meaning of Jesus’ symbolic action and its application to the nation and to…..
Adam and Eve, our first parents, upon seeing their nakedness after eating the forbidden fruit, hide from The Lord God. They make little aprons sewn of fig leaves to cover their private parts. The fig leaves were no comfort in God’s presence. And soon they will be of no comfort in anybodies presence because fig leaves soon dry, crumble, and fall away. In God’s presence, our first parents admit their nakedness. This is a foreshadow of the failure of our…..
The sacrifices of certain animals as proscribed in the Old Testament were a prophecy of Christ’s work, crucified on the cross, for our eternal salvation from sin, and everlasting life. Fulfilled in Him, an animal sacrifice now would be a sacrilege; however, they have great prophetic teaching of what Christ did and does. We are familiar with the Bible account of the Passover sacrifice of a lamb. Likely, most of us who have attended church know of the truth, “Christ…..