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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)

               B.  GOD’S ORIGINAL INTENTION WAS FOR  MAN
                   TO DISPLAY CHRIST

               C.  WHAT DID ADAM LOSE WHEN HE SINNED?
                       1.  MANY THINGS (DOMINION, INNOCENCE,
                          BRAIN POWWER  ETC)
                       2.  HE LOST UNION WITH CHRIST; HE WAS
                          SEPARATED FROM WHAT MADE MAN,
                          MAN  (EPHESIANS 2:12; EPHESIANS 4:18)
                       3.
        III   THE INCARNATION OF CHRIST INTRODUCES US
               TO CHRIST AS THE SECOND MAN
               A.   INCARNATION: THE GOD-MAN; GOD IS PUT
                   BACK IN THE MAN
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