The Comparison And Contrast Between Adam And Christ

He had his appeal rejected by Hertforshire County Council. It was overthrown based on a syllabus which dated back to 1954, which stated, “The Genesis stories of creation are only part of the collection of the myths and legends (Hebrew religious folklore) which make up the first eleven chapters of Genesis, and they should be seen in that setting.”

Those who would laugh off the Bible account of Creation, are the same ones who would embrace the myth of evolution.

Although people of the secular educational world would try to turn CREATIONISM into a myth, we know the account of the creation of Adam is important for a number of reasons.

Such as:

• It discredits the unscientific theory of evolution.

• It answers man’s question, “Where did I come from?”

The reason they fight CREATIONISM so hard, is because if God CREATED US, WE ARE ACCOUNTABLE TO HIM.

Adam and Christ were the two representatives for the human race. However, never was there ever more SIMILARITY, and at the same time, DISSIMILARITY, than we find in these two.

Romans 5 emphasizes the importance of, and the differences in these two individuals.

• Adam, who was head of the human race

• Christ who is head of the heavenly kingdom

Let us take a look first at Adam. This is-

I. THE SINFUL ADAM

Illus: A party was given for a grandfather who was in his 90’s. He had almost a hundred people show up for this birthday party.

• His Children with their children.

• His Grandchildren with their children.

• His Great-grandchildren with their children.

He looked at that crowd and said, “It is hard to believe that this large a crowd of people came from me and my wife.

But if he found that amazing, how much more would “PAPA” ADAM be amazed to look at the whole human race he started.

Let’s look at Adam’s descendants. First, let’s look at-

A. THE FACTS

What are the facts about Adam’s family?

Look at verse 12, we read, “Wherefore, 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.”

Notice here, the word, “entered.”

Illus: We are given the impression that sin entered the world like a murderer who enters a man’s house.

Adam, in the Garden of Eden, certainly opened the door to Satan. By Adam, sin entered into the family of the human race, and brought death to all mankind.

Some think it is very unfair to say that an innocent baby is born in sin. They ask, “How could a baby be guilty of sin when he has never committed an act?”

Regardless of what mankind says, the Word of God states, “Wherefore, as by one man sin entered into the world...”

This is a Bible fact that we can place our faith in.

We need to recognize that the sin which the Bible refers to was the first sin of Adam.

Illus: The scriptures are not referring to the accumulation of sins in his life, but the first sin. It was the first sin of Adam that brought death upon all his offspring.

We could say that by one man, and by one sin, death was brought to all Adam’s offspring.

Adam was the head of the human race, and with his disobedience, he plunged the whole human race into sin.

This is a Bible fact, and whether the liberals and the ungodly agree, it is still a Bible fact that the Word of God teaches.

The Bible teaches the total depravity of man. Even though the Bible teaches that man is depraved, there are still others who write books which state, “I’m O.K. and you’re O.K.”

But I am not OK, and you are not OK!

It isn’t hard to prove what the Bible teaches.

Illus: We see a child when he is first born, and he does look sweet and innocent, and it is true, he has never committed an act of any kind, good or bad. But the sin is there, like a dormant cancer inside of a person, that cannot be seen, that in due time becomes active and starts to grow. It is not too long after that child is born, that sin begins to manifest itself.

Illus: J. Vernon McGee, one of the great Bible teachers, illustrates it this way: He said, “My grandfather lived in Northern Ireland although he was Scottish. Even in his day they were fighting, and he didn’t like it, he emigrated to the United States. Now, what my grandfather did, I did. When he left Northern Ireland, I left Northern Ireland. And I thank God he left. I really appreciate what Grandpa did for me! What he did, I did because I was in him. The reason I was born in America is because of what he had done.”