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Members' Studies : Exegesis of Rom. 5:12-21
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From: MSN Nickname_MrWonder_  in response to Message 6Sent: 12/2/2006 6:27 PM
Post 2 is even better than post 1.  It was so good in my view I wasn't going to quote from it, because I think all should read it, but I had to quote this because it so very well said:
 
For the judgment following one trespass brought condemnation [to the many], but the free gift following many trespasses brought justification [through the one]. Here is another difference. (This bears repeating). The seed of Adam are propagated in a different way from the seed of Christ. When the spirit of a human father is propagated to his child, there is a severance involved. While the child's spirit comes from his father, the nature of the propagation is such that the spirit of the child, once conceived, is a separate entity from the father. When the Spirit of Christ is propagated to His seed, there is no severance involved. Because of the nature of God, He is able to propagate His Spirit to all believers without that Spirit becoming a separate entity. In every instance of the Holy Spirit indwelling a believer, that Spiritual "seed" in the new believer is not a separate entity, but is the very Spirit of God. Every time that a new child of Adam is propagated, it is the severance of the union of the child and father. Every time that a new child of God is propagated, it is the bringing of the believer into union with Christ. In the case of Adam, we have the results of his sin being dispersed to the many; while in the case of Christ, we have the many being justified through union into the One. The main difference between our union in Adam and our union in Christ is the result of the difference between Adam and Christ: Adam was only a man, but Christ is God. From the moment of Seth's conception, mankind's union in Adam was severed. But our union in Christ begins at our new conception, and will never be severed.