Death in Adam, Life in Christ
Renewing Your Mind
Ligonier Ministries
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🗓️ 30 October 2024
⏱️ 26 minutes
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Summary
Through one man, sin entered the world and brought condemnation on the whole human race. But now, another Man has brought salvation for all who trust in Him. From his sermon series in Romans, today R.C. Sproul shows how Jesus is the second and greater Adam.
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Meet Today’s Teacher:
R.C. Sproul (1939–2017) was known for his ability to winsomely and clearly communicate deep, practical truths from God’s Word. He was founder of Ligonier Ministries, first minister of preaching and teaching at Saint Andrew’s Chapel, first president of Reformation Bible College, and executive editor of Tabletalk magazine.
Meet the Host:
Nathan W. Bingham is vice president of ministry engagement for Ligonier Ministries, executive producer and host of Renewing Your Mind, host of the Ask Ligonier podcast, and a graduate of Presbyterian Theological College in Melbourne, Australia. Nathan joined Ligonier in 2012 and lives in Central Florida with his wife and four children.
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| 0:00.0 | for the Christian who objects to having a representative in the fall and makes that |
| 0:06.8 | objection in principle saying it is never appropriate for God to accept the |
| 0:11.8 | representation of one person for another, then you must not only reject any identification between you and Adam, |
| 0:20.9 | but you would have to reject equally any representation of you. But you by |
| 0:25.0 | by Christ. The principle of representation, |
| 0:28.0 | dear friends, is at the very heart and soul of our salvation. |
| 0:33.0 | Even when we vote to elect someone to be our representative in government. |
| 0:43.0 | No one perfectly represents all of our wishes. |
| 0:46.4 | So how should we think about Adam in the garden |
| 0:49.1 | and Paul's argument in Romans |
| 0:51.1 | that Adam did represent us us that through one man sin entered the world and |
| 0:56.0 | death through sin and thus death spread to all men because all sin. This question gets to the heart of the Gospel, so I'm glad you're |
| 1:05.3 | joining us this week on renewing your mind as we spend time with Dr. Sprawl in the |
| 1:10.0 | Book of Romans. Speaking of Romans, if you'd like to spend 2025 in Romans with R.C. Sprawl is your guide, |
| 1:18.0 | then I encourage you to reserve your copy of the soon to be released year-long |
| 1:22.2 | devotional, The Power of the soon to be released year-long devotional, the power of the gospel. |
| 1:25.0 | With added application for each reading, |
| 1:28.0 | you can spend a year walking through the Apostle Paul's Magnum Opus, |
| 1:32.0 | pleading insights from Dr Sprel's teaching and preaching ministry. |
| 1:36.3 | It'll ship in just a few weeks and you can secure your copy when you give a gift of any |
| 1:40.8 | amount at renewing your mind. org. Well here's Dr. Sproll in |
| 1:45.5 | Romans five beginning in verse 10. |
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