Day 9 : Adam vs. Jesus

Here it is in a nutshell: 

Just as one person did it wrong and got us in all this trouble with sin and death, 

another person did it right and got us out of it. 

But more than just getting us out of trouble, he got us into life! 

One man said no to God and put many people in the wrong; 

one man said yes to God and put many in the right.

Romans 5:18-19 (MSG) 

SCRIPTURE: "...One man said yes to God and put many in the right."

OBSERVATION: This is really an Adam vs. Jesus, and Adam fails spectacularly, whilst Jesus succeeds impossibly. but the stakes are high for both of them - They both carry the world on their shoulders, if they fail they world fails; if they win, the world lives for ever.

How often am I like Adam? How often do my selfish sinful actions affect others around me, even when they seem to be in secret not touching others.

How often do I put my foot down and and say "no! I'm going to be like Jesus the "one man [who] said yes to God" and chose Godly things above my selfish sinful desires"? Is it possible that by choosing to continually play the role of Jesus instead of Adam, I can effect those around me positively? I think so.

Am I going to be an 'Adam', dragging others down? Or a 'Jesus', pulling others up?

APPLICATION: The only response to this is to continually choose God over sin. there three pieces of scripture I can memorize and cling to:

• "...One man said yes to God and put many in the right." Romans 5:19b
•  "So humble yourselves before God. Resist the devil, and he will flee from you." James 4:7
•  "The temptations in your life are no different from what others experience. And God is faithful. He will not allow the temptation to be more than you can stand. When you are tempted, he will show you a way out so that you can endure." 1 Corinthians 10:13

PRAYER: 

 God,

You know my heart, you know I want to serve you and bring others nearer to you. Not make them stumble." Search me O God, and know my heart; test me and know my anxious thoughts. Point out anything that offends you, and lead me along the path of everlasting life." (Psalm 139:23-24)

 Please help me to see the "the way out so that [I] can endure."

Amen.