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alive and fresh. The thing that is going to make it alive and
fresh is that we’ll be talking about a Person. His name is Jesus.
That’s why we’ve gathered. I pray that you’ve come to see the
Lord.
The first foundation I am calling “The Exchanged Life”
and it came from a man named Hudson Taylor, a missionary to
China. He was a missionary for many years before he
discovered Christ as his life. When he discovered Christ as his
life he called it the “Exchanged Life”. The reason why I like
that is because it presents Jesus as a substitute. Usually we say,
“When Jesus died on the cross He was my substitute. He died
in my place.” I think all true Christians know that He died in
my place. But some Christians do not know that now He wants
to live in my place. He wants to live as my substitute.
For years I was taught that I should live for the Lord.
Then God discovered to me that He wants to live for Himself.
He doesn’t want me to live for Him. He wants to live in me.
It’s a wonderful reality and it changed my life. So, we’re going
to be speaking about that exchange; His Life in place of my life.

To do this I would like to present two great truths. We
will be going back to the beginning. I want to show you Christ
as the last Adam and as the second man. When we finish that,
I’d like to show you what it looked like when Christ lived on
earth. In order to see Christ as the last Adam I want to show
you a verse that claims He is Adam. Romans 5:14,
“Nevertheless death reigned from Adam until Moses, even over
those who had not sinned in the likeness of the offense of Adam,
who is a type of Him who was to come.” And also in 1
Corinthians 15:45, “So also it is written, ‘The first man, Adam,
became a living soul.’ The last Adam became a life-giving
spirit.” The Bible is careful not to call Him the second Adam.
Second implies third and third implies fourth, and so on. By
calling Him the last Adam, none can follow. With Jesus that
picture ends.
1 Corinthians 15:47, “The first man is from the earth,
earthy; the second man is from heaven.” He is called the second
man because other men will follow. That is us. In order to see