We are in the midst of a True and Better sermon series at church. Yesterday was about how Jesus is our True and Better Adam. The pastor spoke to poem by G. Shane Morris that I want to pass onto you.
The first Adam yielded to temptation in a garden.
The Last Adam beat temptation in a garden.
The first Adam ate and a covenant was broken.
The Last Adam ate and a covenant was established.
The first Adam was a man who sought to become like God.
The Last Adam was God who became a man.
The first Adam was naked and received clothes.
The Last Adam had clothes but was stripped naked.
The first Adam tasted death from a tree.
The Last Adam tasted death on a tree.
The first Adam hid from the face of God.
The Last Adam begged God not to hide His face.
The first Adam blamed his bride.
The Last Adam took the blame for His bride.
The first Adam brought thorns and thistles.
The Last Adam wore thorns and thistles.
The first Adam gained a wife when God opened man’s side
The Last Adam gained a wife when man opened God’s side
The first Adam brought a curse.
The Last Adam became a curse.
The first Adam was made immortal and chose to die.
The Last Adam was made mortal and chose to rise.
Then he followed up this poem by reading from Romans 5:18-19 from the message:
“Here it is in a nutshell: Just as one person did it wrong and got us in all this trouble with sin and death, another person did it right and got us out of it. But more than just getting us out of trouble, he got us into life! One man said no to God and put many people in the wrong; one man said yes to God and put many in the right.”
Jesus our Last Adam. Our life giving gift.
Don’t let this Christmas pass by without seeing how much Christ as overcome for us.
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