Jan 28, 2014

The Historical Reality of Adam

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Here's an excerpt from The Historical Reality of Adam, Guy Waters' contribution to the January issue of Tabletalk:

"In Adam's fall, we sinned all." So begins the New England Primer, which taught generations of early Americans to read. In introducing our forefathers to the letter A, the primer was also administering a generous dose of biblical theology. As Paul puts it crisply in 1 Corinthians 15:22, "For as in Adam all die, so also in Christ shall all be made alive." Through Adam, sin and death entered into the world. By Christ, sin and death were conquered. Adam forfeited life by his disobedience. Christ achieved life by His obedience. These simple, basic truths, Paul tells the Corinthians, are the very structure and content of the gospel.

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