We read in Luke,16:12. And if you have not been faithful in what is another man's who will give you what is you own. And in 16:13, you cannot serve God and mammon,[the world]. These verses as part of a series of parable's which are told just after the parable of the lost son are references by Jesus on what man is to God "a lost son" welcomed and given a beautiful new robe and welcomed by all the Fathers love home. And seen in Luke 16 what it is that man does with the gift of Grace as a stewardship. I quote my brother J. Butler Stoney here, " in the Garden of Eden , man lost his place before God; man is lost. The question for us then is, where are we now? then, what have we done with this lost place we are in? Every believer seeks to be clear as to the latter[ Bible study , church experience, good works etc.]! But very few, as to clarity, in the former, where are we now, what does the Bible mean IN Christ , Heavenly citizens, Hidden IN Christ etc."
In all my Christian experience I never head a teaching as to the vitally important Doctrine of the first and last Adam. We now , I hope, have been thoroughly introduced to the last Adam . If not please go back to my blog and read forward it is of the utmost importance that you begin to understand this truth. A crystal clear Biblical teaching.
The Last Adam," the first man Adam was made a living soul; the LAST ADAM was made a life-giving spirit"1 Cor, 15:17. The first man is of the earth, the second is the Lord from Heaven. The first man[ Adam means man] brought us the earthly , natural human race. The second Adam brings us the righteous, heavenly race, by supernatural regeneration. Physical birth has brought us into a unacceptably, by God, sinful race, and in the New Birth [born again] we will find Christ and eternal life a new race which is all and only spiritual. We are now accepted!
A quick word about regeneration. This is not making us in our physical human old Adam nature better[more about works latter]. We all know flesh and blood CANNOT enter heaven. This I believe is the crux of identification/position Doctrine, Our spirits were dead in our old Adam self. Therefore it can only be that regeneration by the New Birth is effected in our spirits [oh yes our mortal body's will be used by God].. Where is our spirit found? Why the answer can only be in our mind, this does not mean we will not have a conscious presence in the by and by, Heaven. It means we can , by God's gift of the Holy Spirit speaking to our minds, grow in understanding of what has happened to us by the New Birth. My good friends our life before God, and in God, is all found in the Spiritual conscious mind as we realize we have taken on a New Nature, not any longer must we dwell in the Old earthly Adam. We now possess the very Nature of Jesus Christ Himself!. We will expand on the very difficult concepts nest time.
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