I. EXORDIUM:
Is your spirit alive?
Yes. Romans 8:10
Romans 8:10 (Amplified Bible)
But if Christ lives in you, [then although] your [natural] body is dead by reason of sin and guilt, the spirit is alive because of [the] righteousness [that He imputes to you].
II. AUDIENCE PROFILE:
Believers/unbelievers
III. OBJECTIVES:
To show that in Second Adam - the LORD JESUS CHRIST, all who accepts Him as LORD, SAVIOR and MASTER are all made alive, meaning all who came from failure first adam.
IV. TEXT:
1 Corinthians 15:22 (Amplified Bible)
For just as [because of their union of nature] in Adam all people die, so also [by virtue of their union of nature] shall all in Christ be made alive.
V. THESIS:
Praise, worship, glorify, adore, bless, honor, acknowledge and thank You very much LORD JESUS for I was made alive by You by my union with the Second Adam, that is You.
VI. TITLE:
In CHRIST all will be made alive
VII. EXPLICATION:
A. Author: Apostle Paul
B. Date written: 56 A.D.
C. Place written: Ephesus
D. Purpose: To purify the church from divisions and immorality.
E. To whom written: Corinthian church
F. Main theme: Unified and pure living, in the midst of an impure world.
G. Keyword: love
VIII. MAIN BODY:
1 Corinthians 15:22 (Amplified Bible)
For just as [because of their union of nature] in Adam all people die, so also [by virtue of their union of nature] shall all in Christ be made alive.
1 Corinthians 15:22 (King James Version)
For as in Adam all die, even so in Christ shall all be made alive.
A. In Adam all died
"For just as [because of their union of nature] in Adam all people die,"
1 Corinthians 15:45-49 (Amplified Bible)
Thus it is written, The first man Adam became a living being (an individual personality); the last Adam (Christ) became a life-giving Spirit [restoring the dead to life].
But it is not the spiritual life which came first, but the physical and then the spiritual.
The first man [was] from out of earth, made of dust (earthly-minded); the second Man [is] the Lord from out of heaven.
Now those who are made of the dust are like him who was first made of the dust (earthly-minded); and as is [the Man] from heaven, so also [are those] who are of heaven (heavenly-minded).
And just as we have borne the image [of the man] of dust, so shall we and so let us also bear the image [of the Man] of heaven.
Genesis 2:17 (Amplified Bible)
But of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil and blessing and calamity you shall not eat, for in the day that you eat of it you shall surely die.
Adam is the first failure. He failed GOD miserably in his perfect status and being created in GOD's image. He ate the forbidden fruit. The first temptation that fell on man is about food.
B. In CHRIST all will be made alive
"so also [by virtue of their union of nature] shall all in Christ be made alive"
John 5:21-29 (Amplified Bible)
Just as the Father raises up the dead and gives them life [makes them live on], even so the Son also gives life to whomever He wills and is pleased to give it.
Even the Father judges no one, for He has given all judgment (the last judgment and the whole business of judging) entirely into the hands of the Son,
So that all men may give honor (reverence, homage) to the Son just as they give honor to the Father. [In fact] whoever does not honor the Son does not honor the Father, Who has sent Him.
I assure you, most solemnly I tell you, the person whose ears are open to My words [who listens to My message] and believes and trusts in and clings to and relies on Him Who sent Me has (possesses now) eternal life. And he does not come into judgment [does not incur sentence of judgment, will not come under condemnation], but he has already passed over out of death into life.
Believe Me when I assure you, most solemnly I tell you, the time is coming and is here now when the dead shall hear the voice of the Son of God and those who hear it shall live.
For even as the Father has life in Himself and is self-existent, so He has given to the Son to have life in Himself and be self-existent.
And He has given Him authority and granted Him power to execute (exercise, practice) judgment because He is a Son of man [very man].
Do not be surprised and wonder at this, for the time is coming when all those who are in the tombs shall hear His voice,
And they shall come out—those who have practiced doing good [will come out] to the resurrection of [new] life, and those who have done evil will be raised for judgment [raised to meet their sentence].
The Good News is that if there is a failure first adam, then there's the Victorious Second Adam - who was, is and is to come, the LORD JESUS CHRIST, His first temptation is all about food but He was victorious over it.
Matthew 4:3-4 (Amplified Bible)
And the tempter came and said to Him, If You are God’s Son, command these stones to be made [loaves of] bread.
But He replied, It has been written, Man shall not live and be upheld and sustained by bread alone, but by every word that comes forth from the mouth of God.
The SECOND ADAM is Completely, Infinitely Successful in bringing mankind to GOD, but mankind rejected GOD's offer.
John 1:12 (Amplified Bible)
But to as many as did receive and welcome Him, He gave the authority (power, privilege, right) to become the children of God, that is, to those who believe in (adhere to, trust in, and rely on) His name—
IX. CONCLUSION:
Praise, worship, glorify, adore, bless, honor, acknowledge and thank You very much LORD JESUS for I was made alive by You by my union with the Second Adam, that is You.
