The New Creation
Pastor Cornelius R. Stam
In Romans 5:12 God tells us how we are all related to the first
man, Adam:
“Wherefore, as by one man sin entered into the world, and death by sin… so death passed upon all men…”
This verse clearly indicates that every child born into the world
since Adam has partaken of Adam’s sinful nature.
Parents sometimes wonder why their children act as they do. The
answer is simple! Every child is related to rebellious Adam by
physical birth, and soon rebels like Adam, whose offspring he is.
In Scripture we are told that God “commendeth His love toward
us, in that, while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us” (Romans
5:8).
When you are in trouble and someone comes to your aid, are you not
automatically drawn to that person? Should we not then be attracted
to the One who cared so much for us that He “made Himself of no
reputation, and took upon Him the form of a servant, and was made in
the likeness of men: and being found in fashion as a man, He humbled
Himself, and became obedient unto death, even the death of the cross”
(Phillipians 2:7,8)?
Through natural birth we partake of the sinful natures of our
parents back to Adam, and frequently we even have the same physical
features as our parents. How touching, then, to know that the Lord
Jesus Christ took on Him “the likeness of men” (apart from sin)
and, as the God-man, died for our sins upon the cross, where sinful
men (people like us) nailed Him! As we recognize this and place our
faith in Him, a spiritual birth takes place and we become the
children of God (John 1:12). More than this, we become members of the
Body of Christ, God’s new creation, for “if any man be in Christ,
he is a new creation” (II Corinthians 5:17). “created in Christ
Jesus unto good works, which God hath before ordained, that we should
walk in them” (Ephesians 2:10).
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Kevin Sadler
Transformed By Grace
#1 - Unity in Christ
Transformed By Grace #2 - One Body in
Christ
Transformed By Grace #3 - The Apostle of
Grace
Transformed By Grace #4 - The Gifts of
Christ
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