Today's Gospel instalment- 04-16-2023--Message Title- Sin and Death in Adam Pt 2--Text -s-- Romans 5 vs 12, Gen 2 - 3--1. In Pt 2 of Sin and Adam we revisited the gospel testimony as God was preaching it through Adam.--2. We developed the theological understanding of God's ETERNAL PURPOSE in CHRIST - EPH 3-as the bedrock of all understanding of things GOD, things CHRIST, things SALVATION.--3. Unless the eternal purpose of God in Christ is understood as the overarching theme of God's glory then much will be said about the gospel that is not the gospel. --4. Having established that we had a sure basis-foundation to unravel the story of Adam and sin. Essentially, if Christ was God's plan A -according to His eternal purpose-, then what happened afterwards was just the UNFOLDING of that purpose. --5. And the IMPLICATION being that the sin of Adam was God's plan A -SIN WAS ALWAYS PART OF GOD'S RECIPE IN THE GLORY OF CHRIST-, as the salvation of the elect was PLAN A contained in God's eternal purpose to be glorified in the redemption-justification-reconciliation of His chosen through Christ.--6. Thus, the story of Adam DEMANDS a proper Christological hermeneutic to unravel it to God's glory, otherwise, it becomes moralistic. --7. The commandment that was given Adam about the tree was layered- To bring the knowledge of sin to Adam and Eve and also, as the ultimate judgment that would come upon Christ because of our sins-YOU SHALL SURELY DIE. Adam must die because of the condemnation of sin and Christ must die because of the same, but to reverse the sin, death and condemnation that came by way of Adam.--8. Too many gospel nuggets to glean-AND THEY ARE FREE