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relationship; it is not something that is artificially put on.
In the history of redemption, who have been channels for the
greatest blessings in the church world? It’s been those who
have come back to Bethlehem. It’s those who have most known
Him. It’s those who have walked in an unbroken union with
Him. It’s those who have known for sure that He has dealt with
everything that stood in the way and, like Ruth, have become
an oasis in the desert in this dark and immoral world. Those are
the ones that produce fruit in the Christian life. God creates in
them and out of them, the Life and character of Christ, an oasis
in the desert, and the world is blessed.
MESSAGE OUTLINES FOR
THE 1O FOUNDATIONAL PRINCIPLES OF
LIVING THE CHRISTIAN LIFE
THE EXCHANGED LIFE MESSAGE #1
l THE EXCHANGED LIFE IS ILLUSTRATED AND
DEMONSTRATED BY TWO TITLES OF JESUS
A. THE LAST ADAM (ROMANS 5:14; 1
CORINTHIANS 15:45)
B. THE SECOND MAN (1 CORINTHIANS 15:47)
ll CHRIST AS THE LAST ADAM
A. WHAT IS MEANT BY “THE IMAGE OF
GOD”?
1. MAN IS CREATED IN THE IMAGE OF GOD
(GENESIS 1:26-27)
2. THE IMAGE OF GOD IS CHRIST HIMSELF
( 2 CORINTHIANS 4:3-4; COLOSSIANS 1:15
HEBREWS 1:3)
