#125 – In Adam or In Christ?

Jen Wilkin, JT English, and Kyle Worley look at Romans 5:12-21 and discuss the Adam-Christ Typology. 

Questions Covered in This Episode:

• Is Paul saying that the world is broken because one person sinned?
• Is Paul saying Adam sinned, I sinned, or we all sinned? 
• Isn’t that unfair: That Adam’s sin is counted as our sin?
• What does it mean that sin is not counted where there is no law?
• Who is Adam a type of?
• How is the free gift different from the trespass?
• There is lots of “reigning” language in this passage isn’t there?
• “So one act of righteousness leads to justification and life for all men.” (V. 18) Does this mean that all of humanity is gifted justification?
• How would you paraphrase this phrase: “Now the law came in to increase the trespass”?

Helpful Definitions:

• Federal Headship: There are two humanities, those in Adam and those in Christ. You are either represented by Adam and his sinfulness or by Christ and his righteousness.
• Christology: Doctrine of Christ
• Typology: A shadow/picture of what is to come.
• Adam-Christ Typology: In Adam we see a shadow of the ultimate picture of fulfillment we see in Christ.

Resources Mentioned in This Episode:

• Romans 5:12-21, 1 Corinthians 15, Genesis 1:26-28, Colossians 1:15-16, John 1:17
• “Calvin: Institutes of the Christian Religion” by John Calvin
• J. I. Packer’s Famous Essay on Christ’s Death
• Knowing Faith Episode #121 – The Righteousness of God
• “His Mercy Is More” by Matt Boswell & Matt Papa

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