Nuggets from An Urgent Call to a Serious Faith by Dave Hunt - Second Man, Last Adam

Nuggets from An Urgent Call to a Serious Faith by Dave Hunt – Second Man, Last Adam

The careful language of Scripture calls Christ “the second man” (1 Corinthians:15:47The first man is of the earth, earthy: the second man is the LORD from heaven.
See All...). From Adam until this One, there was no one who deserved to be truly called “man” in the fullness God purposed. As Adam was created by God, so Christ’s body was created in the womb of a virgin: “A body hast thou prepared me” (Hebrews:10:5Wherefore when he cometh into the world, he saith, Sacrifice and offering thou wouldest not, but a body hast thou prepared me:
See All...). Here was man once again as God has intended him to be. Here, too, was “God as man: “He that hath seen me hath seen the Father” (John:14:9Jesus saith unto him, Have I been so long time with you, and yet hast thou not known me, Philip? he that hath seen me hath seen the Father; and how sayest thou then, Shew us the Father?
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As the progenitor of a new race of those who have been born again, Christ is also called the last Adam (1 Corinthians:15:45And so it is written, The first man Adam was made a living soul; the last Adam was made a quickening spirit.
See All...). Those redeemed by His blood (Ephesians:1:7In whom we have redemption through his blood, the forgiveness of sins, according to the riches of his grace;
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See All...). Never will there be a third Adam or a fourth. What God accomplished in Christ for Adam’s fallen descendants will never fail: “For by one offering [of Himself upon the cross for sin] he hath perfected for ever them that are sanctified” (Hebrews:10:14For by one offering he hath perfected for ever them that are sanctified.
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How incredible it is that God became a man; and how wonderful are the implications for us for eternity! As we have previously seen, God had to become a man to pay the penalty that His infinite justice required of man for sin: “Wherefore, as by one man sin entered into the world, and death by sin” (Romans:5:12Wherefore, as by one man sin entered into the world, and death by sin; and so death passed upon all men, for that all have sinned:
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The God of the Bible created the universe out of nothing. The universe is not God nor an extension of Him, nor is He part of it. Therefore, to speak of God as “She” or to refer to “Mother Earth” or “Mother Nature” or even “Mother/Father God” promotes a grave heresy. A woman nurtures her offspring within her womb and gives birth out of herself, precisely what God does not do. Nor is man, though in God’s image (Genesis:1:26-27 [26] And God said, Let us make man in our image, after our likeness: and let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over the cattle, and over all the earth, and over every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth. [27] So God created man in his own image, in the image of God created he him; male and female created he them.
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Obviously, being made “in the image of God” has nothing to do with man’s physical form, for “God is a Spirit” (John:4:24God is a Spirit: and they that worship him must worship him in spirit and in truth.
See All...). Man was made in the spiritual and moral image of God. God made man’s body from the “dust of the ground.” Man’s soul and spirit, however, are nonphysical: “And the Lord God …breathed into his [Adam’s] nostrils the breath of life; and man became a living soul” (Genesis:2:7And the LORD God formed man of the dust of the ground, and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life; and man became a living soul.
See All...). Reflecting the triune nature of God (Father, Son, and Holy Spirit), man is also a triune being: body , soul, and spirit. Paul wrote, “I pray God your whole spirit and soul and body be preserved blameless unto the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ” (1 Thessalonians:5:23And the very God of peace sanctify you wholly; and I pray God your whole spirit and soul and body be preserved blameless unto the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ.
See All...). God’s Word causes a “dividing asunder of soul and spirit” (Hebrews:4:12For the word of God is quick, and powerful, and sharper than any twoedged sword, piercing even to the dividing asunder of soul and spirit, and of the joints and marrow, and is a discerner of the thoughts and intents of the heart.
See All...). Having made man a triune being in His image, God could become a man in order to redeem His creatures.

Jesus was not popularly acclaimed in Nazareth. He was unrecognized and even hated “with a cause” (John:15:25But this cometh to pass, that the word might be fulfilled that is written in their law, They hated me without a cause.
See All...). Here was God Himself, the Creator, walking among His creatures – and they despised Him. How deep was the alienation between God and man. Few were those who could say, “And the Word was made fleah, and dwelt among us, (and we beheld his glory, the glory as of the only begotten of the Father), full of grace and truth” (John:1:14And the Word was made flesh, and dwelt among us, (and we beheld his glory, the glory as of the only begotten of the Father,) full of grace and truth.
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