Precept Upon Precept Lesson 2
Romans Part 2 Kay Arthur
TWO FEDERAL HEADS, TWO TREES, TWO REIGNS
I. ROMANS CHAPTER 4
Faith is reckoned as righteousness apart from works, circumcisions and the law:
A. Romans 4:3
B. Romans 4:16
C. Romans 4:22-25
II. I CORINTHIANS CHAPTER 15 – Two Federal Heads
We are either in Adam and will die, or in Christ and will live.
A. I Corinthians 15:12-14
B. I Corinthians 15:15-17
C. I Corinthians 15:18
D. I Corinthians 15:19
E. I Corinthians 15:20
F. I Corinthians 15:21-22
III. COMPARISON OF FIRST ADAM AND LAST ADAM
Romans 5:12 Therefore, just as through one man sin entered the world, and death through sin, and so death spread to all men, because all sinned.
A. We have sinned federally, through Adam as representative head. Because Adam sinned, death passed to all men.
I Corinthians 15:22 For as in Adam all die, so also in Christ all will be made alive.
B. We have sinned seminally (genealogically) through Adam.
Hebrews 7:9-10 And, so to speak, through Abraham even Levi, who received tithes, paid tithes, 10 for he was still in the loins of his father when Melchizedek met him.
IV. RESULTS OF THE TWO ADAMS
A. Adam, the first federal head, disobeyed God’s imperative, and as a result, God took his Spirit out of Adam. We lost the Spirit.
B. Jesus, the last Adam, the other federal head, provided us with His Spirit.
1. Titus 3:5-7
2. John 20:21-22
3. 1 Corinthians 15:45
V. ROMANS CHAPTER 5
Romans 5:12-13 Therefore, just as through one man sin entered into the world, and death through sin, and so death spread to all men, because all sinned- 13 for until the Law sin was in the world, but sin is not imputed when there is no law. 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.
A. Sin is not imputed where there is no ______.
B. Nevertheless, death reigned from Adam until ______.
C. Adam’s offense was willful disobedience of God.
D. He is foreshadowing, in a sense, a picture of the Last Adam – New Testament reality.
VI. COVENANT THEOLOGY
A. Genesis 15:4-6
B. Genesis 15:7-17
1. Who are the smoking oven and the flaming torch? God the Father and God the Son coming down and walking through the pieces.
2. Covenant (beriyth) means a compact or agreement made by passing through pieces of flesh.
C. Galatians 3:15
D. Galatians 3:16
E. Galatians 3:29
F. I Corinthians 15:45-47
G. I Corinthians 15:48
H. I Corinthians 15:49
I. Romans 5:15 – 20
J. Galatians 3:17-19
1. The Law is temporary; it will not make you righteous
2. Only Jesus Christ can make one righteous
K. Romans 5:20-21 The Law came in so that the transgression would increase; but where sin increased, grace abounded all the more, 21 so that, as sin reigned in death, even so grace would reign through righteousness to eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord.
1. First Adam
a. Adam in the Garden
b. Tree of Knowledge/Good & Evil
c. Reign of Death/Sin
d. Condemned
2. Last Adam
a. Adam in Jesus Christ
b. Tree of Calvary
c. Reign of Grace/Life
d. No Condemnation