Timothy Keller wrote, “The Son of God was born into the world to begin a new humanity, a new community of people who could lose their self-centeredness, begin a God-centered life, and, as a result, slowly but surely have all other relationships put right as well. Paul calls Jesus, ‘the last Adam.’ As the first Adam was tested in the Garden of Eden, the last Adam (Jesus) was tested in the Garden of Gethsemane. The first Adam knew that he would live if he obeyed God about the tree. But he didn’t. The last Adam was also tested by what Paul called a ‘tree,’ the Cross. Jesus knew that he would be crushed if he obeyed his Father. And he still did.” (Timothy Keller, The Reason for God, p. 230.) When tested, the first Adam said, “Not your will, but mine be done.” But when the last Adam was tested, He said, “Not my will, Father, but yours be done.” We are descendants of our father, the “first Adam,” and the only way we can be rescued from his fallen image is to be redeemed by the last Adam, Jesus Christ.

11.15.15 - The First Adam
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11.22.15 - The Last Adam
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