Out Of Adam Into Christ Two Facts And Two Experiences
OUT OF ADAM INTO CHRIST
TWO FACTS AND TWO EXPERIENCES
The last part of Romans 5 deals with the fact that we have been in Adam. It is a fact that we once were in Adam; no one can deny this. Every human being either is in Adam or was in him. Chapter six deals with the fact that we are now in Christ. Thus, we may entitle Romans 5, "In Adam," and Romans 6, "In Christ." Remember, these two things are facts, one past and the other present. We were in Adam, but now we are in Christ. How much better is this present fact!
Chapter eight deals with our experience in the spirit. It is difficult to determine whether this is the Holy Spirit or our human spirit because it refers to the mingled spirit. Therefore, over chap ter eight we may write, "In the spirit."
In chapters five and six we have two facts, the facts of being in Adam and in Christ. In chapters seven and eight we have two kinds of experi ences, the experience in the flesh and the expe rience in the spirit. The experience in the flesh is the experience of the fact of being in Adam.