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amount to anything. It is the message we get from above, all prepared, that God honors. Isaiah’s message was a message of coming judgment, a message of love and a message of hope. Lord, renew my commission today! T h e Two A dam s A CLEAR understanding of the Bible involves a knowledge of its teaching concerning the two Adams. Around the two Adams gathers the whole system of di vine truth. The first Adam, who fell in the Garden of Eden, was head and representative of the race, and in his fall'in volved the race in the sentence pronounced upon him. The last Adam, Jesus Christ, is the Head and Representative of a saved race, which is involved in His obedience, His death, and His life. In order to get out of the first Adam into the last Adam, “ye must be born again.” You are born again when you believe on the Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ. T h e F irst A dam I. Six things are clearly taught in the Scriptures con cerning the fall of Adam : 1. He involved the race in the sentence of death. Gen. 2:17. Rom. 5:12-14. 2. He involved the race in the loss of the divine nature. Rom. 2:5; 3:10-18. 3. He involved the race in the loss of fellowship with God. Gen. 3 :8-9. (The Bible pictures the lost in every century as being out of fellowship with God.) , 4. He involved the race in the loss of fellowship with each other. Gen. 3:12; 4:8. (There were no family troubles before the fall.)
5. He involved the race in the lost rulership of the earth. Gen. 1 :28; Psa. 8 :6. 6. Through his fall all creation lost its harmony. Gen. 3:18-19; Rom. 8:19-22. T h e L ast A dam II. Six things are clearly taught in the Scriptures con cerning “the last Adam ” 1. In Jesus Christ the believer is delivered from the sentence of death. 1 Cor. 15:22; John 3:16; Col. 3:13; Rom. 5:15-21. 2. In Jesus Christ the divine nature is restored. 2 Pet. 1 :3-4. 3. In Jesus Christ the believer is brought into fel lowship with God. Rom. 5:1-2; 1 John 1:3; Eph. 2:18; 3:12; Gen. 4:1-4. 4. In Jesus Christ there is a way to perfect fellow ship of man with his fellows. Isa. 2:1-4; Micah 4:1-4; 1 John 1:7. 5. In Jesus Christ provision has been made for the righteous rulership of the earth. Isa. 9:6-7; 1 Cor. 15:25 ; Rev. 5:10; 11:15; Dan. 2:44-45; 7 :27. He is coming back! 6. Through Jesus Christ provision is made for cre ation’s lost harmony. Rom. 8:18-23; Isa. 11: 6-9; 55:12-13. “Jesus Christ was manifested that He might destroy the works o f the devil” (1 John 3 :8). If Jesus Christ was “the last Adam,” logic would com pel us to expect Him to take away the sentence, restore the divine nature, restore fellowship with God and our fellow men, restore lost order, and creation to its harmony. He shall not fail!
A Taught Tongue B y W illiam L u f f , London, England
“And Moses said unto the Lord, O my Lord, I am not eloquent, neither heretofore, nor since thou hast spoken unto thy servant: but I am slow o f speech, and o f a slow tongue. And the Lord said unto him, Who hath made man’s mouth? or who maketh the dumb, or deaf, or the seeing, or the blind? have not I the Lord? Now therefore go, and I will be with thy mouth, and teach thee what thou shalt say” (Exod. 4:10-12).
And we so often need our Teacher’s skill, Not only when we make our public speech; But in the daily talking, when the will Lets loose the bridle, then, good Master, teach. There are great seasons in our little lives, When what we say determines what we do ; Then be Thou near, when madly, evil strives To burst its bonds, and mar our quiet, too. There are important times when we advise Our fellow men.- Lord, give us Thine advice, For Thou canst make the foolish strangely wise, And send Thy wisdom down in mortal guise. We are not taught of God when we emit The sparks of peevish fretfulness and fire; Words, little words, that have big mischiefs lit, And kindled conflagrations of hot ire.
God does not teach us when our selfish lips Demand that all within the homestead door Attend our whims; when from our tongues there slips The word that wounds where we gave love before. God does not teach us when our tongues run wild And talk of folly, or when we repeat Unkind remarks, or are by stealth beguiled, To slander friends whom we have chanced to meet. Lord, I would claim the promise of Thy grace, And at all times, all hours of every day, In company, alone, in every place, Teach me what Thou wouldst have my lips to say.
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