What is Truth?

Monday evening, May 19, 2008
As you well-know, I was born in Adam—dead to God, alive to sin, totally depraved, sinful, sinning, hopeless, helpless, with no interest in Jesus or in His gift of eternal life whatsoever—and on my way to an eternal hell. Thankfully, God intervened!
At His initiative and completely against my will, He dragged me, kicking and screaming to the cross, and there He placed that Adamic man into Christ Jesus and saw to it that he was crucified (killed!) in Christ on the cross. Thankfully, he did not stop there! When Jesus was placed in His borrowed tomb, God saw to it that that Adamic man was buried in Christ in that tomb. Listen to the word of Paul, as he explains: “I have been crucified with Christ; and it is no longer I who live, but Christ lives in me; and the life I now live in the flesh I live by faith in the Son of God, who loved me, and delivered Himself up for me” (Galatians 2:20); “Or do you not know that all of us who have been baptized into Christ Jesus have been baptized into His death? Therefore we have been buried with Him through baptism into death, in order that as Christ was raised from the dead so we too might walk in newness of life” (Romans 6:2-4). Anyway you cut it, that old, sinful, sinning, dead-to-God, Adamic man is dead, buried, and no longer exists!! Hallelujah!! But there is, yet, more!
Did you see the hint at the end of Romans 6:4— “so we too might walk in newness of life”? The grave could not hold Jesus; there was a resurrection—His resurrection! Now, listen up because some believe an error at this point—a terrible error. Although that old Adamic man was crucified and buried in Jesus, he was NOT resurrected in Jesus’ resurrection! No! No! As a result of Jesus resurrection, God brought forth a new creation “me”, a completely new creation, one with absolutely no kinship to Adam! “Therefore if any man is in Christ Jesus, he is a new creature; old things passed away, new things have come” (2 Corinthians 5:17). It was this new creation “me” that came running to Jesus eagerly and excitedly in response to His call, and, thankfully, He welcomed me with open arms!!
Upon my arrival, He gave me the gift of faith, the faith that would not only enable me to believe the good news about Jesus’ and His vicarious work on the cross, but also produce in me a genuine attraction to and for Jesus. As a result of His vicarious work and the faith He gave me, I am justified and glorified! Paul said it this way: “For whom He foreknew, He also predestined to become conformed to the image of His Son, that He might be the first-born among many brethren; and whom He predestined, these He also called, and whom He called, these He also justified; and whom He justified, the He also glorified” (Romans 8:29-30).
Now, don’t attempt to dissect this to the point of missing the point, but I would love to read you comments, be they positive or negative.