94 The Fundamentals The Son of David was, for Paul, moreover, “The second man” (1 Cor. 15:47). This title points out Christ as one who has, for His vocation, to undo the mischief wrought by the transgression of the first man. Hence He is called, in sharp contrast to the first man Adam, “a quickening spirit” (1 Cor. 15:45). As the one brought death into the world, so the other brings life (1 Cor. 15:22); and this teaching agrees with the declaration of the Synoptists: “The Son of Man is come to seek and to save that which was lost;” “Thou shalt call His name Jesus, for He shall save His people from their sins.” C. In Relation to the Universe. He is represented in the Epistle to the Colossians as the Firstborn of all creation, as the Originator of creation as well as its final cause, all things in heaven and on earth visible and invisible, angels included, being made by Him and for Him (Col. 1:15-16). This goes beyond anything found in the four great epistles, yet we may find rudiments of a cosmic doctrine even in these let ters. For Paul it was an axiom that the universe has its ,final aim in Christ its King. (See 1 Cor. 8 :6 .) D. In Relation to God. Paul applies two titles to Christ, “the Son of God” and “the Lord.” Both of these titles are combined in the introduction of the Epistle to the Romans, “His Son, Jesus Christ, our Lord.” He is “declared to be the Son of God with power, according to the Spirit of holiness, by a resurrection of the dead” (Rom. 1 :4 ) . The most con vincing proof of the divinity of Christ Paul found in the resurrection. Writing to the Corinthians he says: “If Christ hath not been raised then is our preaching vain—your faith is vain, ye are yet in your sins” (1 Cor. 15:14-17). He submits to them the proof of his Apostleship in the fact that he has seen “Jesus our Lord” (1 Cor. 9 :1 ) . He tells the Galatians that his gospel came “through revelation of Jesus Christ” (Gal. 1:12), and that Gospel, according to 1 Cor. 15:3-8, contains five elementary facts: 1, Christ died
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