So it is written:
— 1 Corinthians 15:45
“The first man Adam became a living being”;
the last Adam a life-giving spirit.
Adam’s righteousness was ours so long as he maintained it, and his sin was ours the moment that he committed it; and in the same manner, all that the Second Adam is or does, is ours as well as his, seeing that he is our representative. Here is the foundation of the covenant of grace. This gracious system of representation and substitution, which moved Justin Martyr to cry out, “O blessed change, O sweet permutation!” this is the very groundwork of the gospel of our salvation, and is to be received with strong faith and rapturous joy.
- Charles Spurgeon
My Pondering
This is why celebrating Christmas and Christ every day is a big deal. Jesus was directly involved in creating life as all things were created through and by Him. It’s even more amazing, God Himself, the person of Jesus Christ cloaked Himself in humanity and extreme humility because we are worth it. Because He loves you and me. He gave us free will so that we could truly know and love Him in return. What waste if we don’t fully maximize it.