The First Man Born Again: The Purpose of the Cross

The purpose of the cross, and I wanna say this to you. Those of you watching us online, hear this. The purpose of the cross was not to fix Adam. The purpose of the cross was not to fix man. The purpose of the cross was to terminate Adam. Wow. You listening to me? The purpose of the cross was the place sin would die. And that is important because too many believers are trying to get the old man cleaned up. They're trying to get the old man sanctified when God had already sentenced him to death. [00:10:54] (41 seconds)  #CrossEndedAdam

He knew no sin, but he was made sin. Not because he was corrupt, not because he had ever fallen, and not because he was personally guilty, but because he took my place. He stepped into the sinner's position so the sinner could step into his. He bore the sentence. He carried the curse. He embraced the judgment. Remember when he cried, father, if there be any other way? What was he facing? The judgment. Nevertheless, since there is no other way, not my will, but your will be done. [00:14:40] (55 seconds)  #HeBecameOurSubstitute

His spirit was cut off from the life of God. The light went out, the union was broken, the fellowship was fractured. And from that moment on, every child born in Adam was born under the same sentence, alive in body, but dead in spirit. This is why you can have someone running around, they're eating, they're drinking, they're working, they may be successful, but they're dead. Without Christ, humanity is dead, separated from God. [00:09:29] (43 seconds)  #DeadInSpirit

We gotta understand that it's not just that humanity without Christ is sinful, they're dead. And that's an important thing because you got to understand when something's dead, you can't fix yourself. You can't educate yourself out of death. You can't inspire yourself out of death. You can't motivate yourself out of death. You've got to be resurrected out of death. So the first creation died in Adam. And you have to understand, if you're going to understand the resurrection, you got to understand what died in Eden. [00:08:00] (36 seconds)  #ResurrectionNotSelfHelp

That is the divine exchange. He became what we were so that we might become what he is. Amen. And I wanna say it again, that ain't religion y'all. That's right. That's redemption. Yes, sir. That's why the cross is not merely love displayed. It's love in action. Yes, sir. Yes, sir. Love is not love until it moves. Love is not love until it acts. And Jesus did not come merely to cover sin. He came to consume it. Yes. Yes, sir. I'll shout at my own statement. [00:15:35] (33 seconds)  #RighteousByFaith

And if you and I can understand that, that the resurrection was not just something Jesus survived, the resurrection was something he started. Lord. Shandelion died. Come on, Sam. Yes. So point number one. Yes, sir. The first creation died in Adam. We gotta understand that it's not just that humanity without Christ is sinful, they're dead. And that's an important thing because you got to understand when something's dead, you can't fix yourself. [00:07:44] (32 seconds)  #FirstbornFromTheDead

In John chapter 20, we have Genesis two point o. Because the resurrected one was breathing on creation again. And in that moment, the corruptible became incorruptible. The old became new. The sin filled became righteous. Like that. The first Adam received life from the breath of God. The last Adam breathed life back into man. Thank you, Lord. I hear you. I wanna say it this way. The first Adam received life. Yes. The last Adam gives life. Yeah. [00:25:16] (42 seconds)  #ExchangeToIncorruptible

When a young man with a mullet and road rash Arrived in a church without drugs, without hope, and broken in heart and spirit and a victim of much pain. But he met a born again man. He met the born again man. And because of that meeting, this young man was able to exchange the corruptible that had been corrupted by everything I had been through and everything I had been that I had done and everything that had been done to me. And, he exchanged the corruptible for the incorruptible, and from that moment on, has lived and resurrected life. [00:00:47] (58 seconds)  #PrototypeOfGrace