Faith
Faith object
Our faith has to
have a faith object; something or someone we put our faith in. Because of Adam,
all people born on this earth, with the exception of Jesus, were born into sin.
It’s not even our individual sins that caused this, but Adam’s transgression.
All are born in sin; they’re dead in sin and dead in Adam. It’s inherited. Adam
is referred to as the first federal head. If this is mankind’s problem, then we
certainly can’t put our faith in ourselves in this fallen condition.
We would need a
Savior.
That’s why
Father God sent his son. The scripture says, “But when the time had fully come,
God sent his son, born of a woman, born under law, to redeem those under law,
that we might receive the full rights of sons.” Gal. 4:4-5 (NIV) Under law, I’m
disqualified - but by faith, through grace, I’m completely qualified. Scripture
says, “the law is not of faith,” ref. Gal. 3:12a
Jesus is now
referred to as the second Adam, or last Adam, and for us who believe, is now
our new federal head. (Ref.1 Cor. 15:45 and Romans 5:19)
1 Cor. 15:21 KJV
"For since by man came death, by man (Jesus was fully man and fully God) came also the resurrection of the dead."
1 Cor. 15:45 KJV
"And so it is written, the first man Adam was made a living soul; the last Adam was made a quickening Spirit."
