Last Adam’s Greater Work – Study Notes
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Questions raised in this note include:
- How was Adam a pattern of the one to come?
- What is the significance of the phrase “all men” in Rom 5:18?
- Does Paul say that all men will be given new life?
- If Jesus’ act of obedience only benefits those “who believe”, why doesn’t Paul say so?
Why do we say that last Adam did a greater work than first Adam?- In what sense did last Adam do a greater work than first Adam?
- How is the gift superior to the trespass?
- What was last Adam’s greater work?
Thanks Paul!
Do any of your writings refer to the Baptism in the Holy Spirit?
Not directly, but I have written a few posts on the Holy Spirit.
Paul, you have done a very thorough study. This is a discussion I had anticipated and hoped for. I am not sure where the dust will settle for me around some of the ideas of Trinitarian Theology.
Paul, thank you for continuing to provide great teaching. You bring grea clarity to the “hiccups” I encounter when sharing the Gospel of Grace. The greatest challenges come when talking with the religious, the churched, the “seminary trained” folks!
Thanks Paul for sharing your study notes, great teaching!
Paul, this article (study notes) is just excellent! There is so much more to gain from it than simply a counter to ‘inclusion-ism’; it tends to set out some of the very fundamental tenets of our beliefs within the Gospel of Grace. It brings forward the truths of the Gospel tying faith to grace and grace to faith in a manner I have not seen before. Sadly, it takes a “challenge” to the false to bring forward the truth; yet, outshining from this document is the strength of the true Gospel that we hold dear. Everyone should read this!
Now, if we could say the same truths in a document that is not based on a ‘counter’ to the false… wow!
Paul-are you working on anything about knowing God’s will.
I talk a bit about the will of God in my book. For a deeper study, though, I recommmend Steve McVey’s Walking in the Will of God.
Thanks!
i have just finished reading these study notes again… and i am curious to know how an inclusionist can dismiss the unforgiveable sin…
An inclusionist is not necessarily a universalist. A universalist says “all will be saved”; an inclusionist says “all were saved – but unless they can to realize this, some will yet be lost (although hell is only temporary anyway).”
ok. so they believe that some will be lost and will go to a temporary hell…. but then they are forgiven of the one thing that Jesus Himself says will not be forgiven in this age… or the one to come…?