Words of Hope Daily Devotional
START EVERY DAY WITH HOPE
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START EVERY DAY WITH HOPE
Get the Words of Hope Devotional and get daily encouragement to love God, read His Word, and meet with Him in prayer. Available in print and email.
The First Adam and the Second Adam
Read: Romans 5:12-21
For as in Adam all die, so also in Christ shall all be made alive. (1 Cor. 15:22)
According to the Bible, human beings are created by God. Genesis 1 and 2 clearly tell us how God created the universe, visible and invisible things, heavenly and earthly things, only by his word. God created man (male and female) in his own image. God placed Adam in Eden, and there he had everything. The Bible says that Adam began his life in paradise, where he had the responsibility to care for the animals and name them. The forbidden fruit was there to test Adam’s choice.
Then we see that Satan came to the garden and cast doubts on God’s words by changing them. God had said that the day they ate the fruit they would surely die. But the devil told them that they would not surely die, but they would be like God. Therefore, Eve ate the fruit and gave some to her husband, and they went from immortal to mortal, from living in paradise to being expelled from it.
In 1 Corinthians 15:45, Jesus Christ is called “the last Adam” because he succeeded where “the first man Adam” failed. Whereas Adam brought death (Rom. 5:12-14), Christ brought life (vv. 17-21). Adam began his journey in paradise, but in the end he was expelled. The rest of us began our journey in a fallen world, in sin, separated from God. Jesus Christ came from heaven to earth, paid the price for us, and invites us to begin our journey from earth to heaven, where he ascended after the resurrection to be with his Father.
As you pray, thank God for the resurrection we can have in Christ.
Gentian Dogani is a pastor of two small churches in two different small towns in the southern part of Albania. He is married to Nikoleta, and they live in the town of Memaliaj. Since his conversion, Gentian’s desire has been to reach people and preach the good news of the gospel, “for it is the power of God for salvation to everyone who believes, to the Jew first and also to the Greek” (Rom. 1:16).
