“THE LAST ADAM!”

1 Corinthians 15:45-49                (ESV)

“45 Thus it is written, "The first man Adam became a living being"; “THE LAST ADAM” became a life-giving SPIRIT.

46 But it is not the SPIRITUAL that is first but the natural, and then the SPIRITUAL.

47 The first man was from the earth, a man of dust; THE SECOND MAN IS FROM HEAVEN.

48 As was the man of dust, so also are those who are of the dust, and as is the Man of HEAVEN, so also are those who are of HEAVEN.

49 Just as we have borne the image of the man of dust (natural), we shall also bear the image of the Man of HEAVEN (Spirit).”

Most of mankind has no problem identifying with being a “Natural” man. How often is it said that we “naturally” respond or react in a certain manner?  Speaking about “THE LAST ADAM” though is not as comfortable to speak about.  As a matter of fact, the SPIRITUAL MAN is almost “taboo” to speak openly about, as “this world” would rather us ALL ignore the SPIRITUAL!  

Now I’m not gullible enough to believe that just by sharing what I SEE in Scripture will penetrate the souls of great masses, but I plan to put these words out there and allow ALMIGHTY GOD to use them as HE chooses to prick someone’s heart and hopefully change their life?  After all, only HE can change a heart.  Ask Pharaoh in the book of Exodus about that???

The first Adam, the natural man, finds it extremely difficult to SEE the things outside of the his comfort zone, the natural state.  1 Corinthians 2:14 says “The NATURAL PERSON does not accept the things of the SPIRIT of GOD, for they are “folly” to him, and he is not able to understand them because they are SPIRITUALLY discerned.” John 4:24 begins saying “GOD IS SPIRIT....”, so it shouldn’t surprise us that GOD’s provision (JESUS) is the only way to see GOD!

1 Corinthians 2:10-13 precedes this verse by saying, mainly in verse 12, “Now we have received not the spirit of the world, but the SPIRIT who is from GOD, that we might understand the things freely given us by GOD.”  GOD is the ONLY WAY we can SEE TRUTH, not by human intellect, or through anything “natural”, but by HIM “drawing” us to HIMSELF!  

My WAR ROOM Prayer List begins with this sentence from a devotional I read over three years ago.  “Only by choosing NOT TO BE SLAVES to our own reasonings and emotions can we win the battle for our minds and begin hearing the voice of GOD within us”.  Submitting to the “natural” is agreeing to live in slavery, to not accept freedom provided by JESUS CHRIST.  Only by becoming a NEW MAN can we say goodbye to the old man and accept “THE NEW ADAM” provided by HIS SACRIFICE!!!