你是在亚当里，还是在基督里？
哥林多前书十五章12至25节
12既传基督是从死里复活了，怎么在你们中间有人说没有死人复活的事呢？
13若没有死人复活的事，基督也就没有复活了。
14若基督没有复活，我们所传的便是枉然，你们所信的也是枉然；
15并且明显我们是为神妄作见证的，因我们见证神是叫基督复活了。若死人真不复活，神也就没有叫基督复活了。
16因为死人若不复活，基督也就没有复活了。
17基督若没有复活，你们的信便是徒然，你们仍在罪里。
18就是在基督里睡了的人也灭亡了。
19我们若靠基督，只在今生有指望，就算比众人更可怜。
20但基督已经从死里复活，成为睡了之人初熟的果子。
21死既是因一人而来，死人复活也是因一人而来。
22在亚当里众人都死了；照样，在基督里众人也都要复活。
23但各人是按着自己的次序复活：初熟的果子是基督；以后，在他来的时候，是那些属基督的。
24再后，末期到了，那时基督既将一切执政的、掌权的、有能的、都毁灭了，就把国交与父神。
25因为基督必要作王，等神把一切仇敌都放在他的脚下。
信息分享
「罪」已成为全人类急待解决的问题，但神却愿意亲自为我们提供出路。神因着祂的爱与怜悯，差祂的儿子耶稣基督降世，为我们的罪受死，从此便为我们造出了一个新的生存空间。正如保罗说：「在亚当里众人都死了，照样，在基督里人人都要复活」。凡离开亚当的圆圈，凭着信心接受耶稣基督，并在祂里面得着新生的人，都会得着生命。
我们不会自自然然由一个圆圈进到另一个圆圈。我们靠着自己，是永远不能离开亚当的圆圈的，因为我们与生俱来就是属于这个圆圈。你是否希望离开它呢？它确实有它的吸引力，可是它却是永远与神隔绝的地方。我们只有凭着信心，相信耶稣基督能拯救我们离开，我们才有机会出死入生。
你在那个圆圈里面呢？是在亚当里还是在基督里呢？是在死亡之地，或是在永生之地呢？你是罪的奴仆，还是耶稣基督的仆人呢？祂正在祂的圈子里不断地向你招手呢。
牢记：
只要仰望十字架上的耶稣基督，就是你进入新生的开始。
WHERE ARE YOU LIVING NOW? IN ADAM OR IN CHRIST?
1 Corinthians 15:12-25
12 Now if Christ is preached that He has been raised from the dead, how do some among you say that there is no resurrection of the dead?
13 But if there is no resurrection of the dead, then Christ is not risen.
14 And if Christ is not risen, then our preaching is empty and your faith is also empty.
15 Yes, and we are found false witnesses of God, because we have testified of God that He raised up Christ, whom He did not raise up—if in fact the dead do not rise.
16 For if the dead do not rise, then Christ is not risen.
17 And if Christ is not risen, your faith is futile; you are still in your sins!
18 Then also those who have fallen asleep in Christ have perished.
19 If in this life only we have hope in Christ, we are of all men the most pitiable.
20 But now Christ is risen from the dead, and has become the firstfruits of those who have fallen asleep.
21 For since by man came death, by Man also came the resurrection of the dead.
22 For as in Adam all die, even so in Christ all shall be made alive.
23 But each one in his own order: Christ the firstfruits, afterward those who are Christ’s at His coming.
24 Then comes the end, when He delivers the kingdom to God the Father, when He puts an end to all rule and all authority and power.
25 For He must reign till He has put all enemies under His feet.
Message
In Adam-that takes us back to the very beginning, when Adam refused to accept the only limitation God put on his liberty. It was a step of disobedience in a very small matter, but it was enough to separate Adam from God and to bring sin into the human race. Adam had been warned, but he refused to take notice of the warning. As Romans 5 tells us, by the disobedience of one, many were made sinners. That word 'many' includes us all because we all belong to the family of Adam. Unless we move out of that circle we will be forever separated from God.
But there is heaven's answer to our need-Jesus Christ himself. In God's love and mercy he sent his Son to die for us. A new circle has been created and Paul says, 'As in Adam all die, even so in Christ shall all be made alive.' There is life for all who step out of the Adam circle and come in faith to Jesus Christ and find new life in him.
We don't grow from one circle to another. We cannot do it by ourselves. It is a step of faith in Jesus Christ. You are in Adam's circle simply because you have been born into this world, into the human race. You can't help that, but you can help remaining there. Are you willing to leave it? It has its attractions, but it is a place of separation from God.
Which circle are you in? In Adam or in Christ? In the place of death or the place of life? Are you the servant of sin or the servant of Jesus Christ? He is waiting to welcome you into his circle today.
REMEMBER:
There is life for a look at the crucified one-Jesus Christ.
There is life at this moment for you.