Educational

1. Justification of Life
Adams One and Two

2. Basis For Existence of S.D. Adventism
• Several have written to me, inquiring if the
message of justification by faith is the third
angel's message, and I have answered, "It
is the third angel's message in verity."--
Review and Herald, April 1, 1890. {Ev 190.3}
• The above shows that the 1888 message is
not, or cannot be a re-emphasis of the 16th
Century doctrines – as important as they
are.

3. Unique to Adventism
• Justification by Faith was the heart of the
1888 message.
• If the message as proclaimed by theologians
and evangelists of Sunday-keeping churches
is the same as preached by us, then the
question is begging;
• What reason do Seventh-Day Adventists
have for existing?

4. Running Ahead a bit…
• John Calvin – a thought leader of
the 16th Century Reformation said:
• “So long as we are without Christ
and separated from him, nothing
which he suffered and did for the
salvation of the human race is of
the least benefit to us.” The Institutes of the
Christian Religion, bk. 3, ch.1, par. 1

5. Pretext to Study - Striking Contrast
• Rom 5:18 Therefore as by the offence of one
judgment came upon all men to
condemnation; even so by the righteousness
of one the free gift came upon all men unto
justification of life.

6. Who are these “Ones”?
• 1Co 15:45 And so it is written, The first
man Adam was made a living soul; the last
Adam was made a quickening spirit.
• 1Co 15:46 Howbeit that was not first which
is spiritual, but that which is natural; and
afterward that which is spiritual.

7. Who are these “One’s”?
• 1Co 15:47 The first man is of the earth,
earthy: the second man is the Lord from
heaven.
• 1Co 15:48 As is the earthy, such are they also
that are earthy: and as is the heavenly, such
are they also that are heavenly.
• 1Co 15:49 And as we have borne the image
of the earthy, we shall also bear the image of
the heavenly.

8. More Specifically
• 1Co 15:21 For since by man came
death, by man came also the
resurrection of the dead.
• 1Co 15:22 For as in Adam all die,
even so in Christ shall all be made
alive.

9. The “In-Concept” or “Inness”
• Act 17:26 And hath made of one blood all
nations of men for to dwell on all the face of
the earth..
• (CEV) From one person God made all
nations who live on earth, and he decided
when and where every nation would be.
• Adam means: Representative man.
• Rom 5:12 Wherefore, as by one man sin
entered into the world, and death by sin; and
so death passed upon all men, for that all have
sinned.

10. Legal Condemnation of All Men
• Not by Genes or DNA is sin transferred
• But the legal inheritance of a sin-
nature
• Rom 5:18 Therefore as by the offence
of one judgment came upon all men
to condemnation

11. Two Problems
• All the children of Adam born
predisposed to sin
• Satan claimed legal rights to all
humanity

12. The Dilemma Heightens
• Separation from God would have resulted in
immediate death.
• Eternal Death!
• Man’s status now was anti-God or “illegal”.

13. Only Jehovah can devise a plan
• He must change man’s status to make him
legible to receive salvation
• This must be done with perfect balance of
justice and mercy
• Allow all men the opportunity of
continuance of life to make a true choice to
accept or reject salvation.

14. How?
• Only Jesus – the Only Begotten of the
Father could provide such a package
without violating eternal principles.
• Praise God!

15. Types and Fulfillment
• Just as the first Adam was the representative head,
and embraced all humanity
• So too Jesus must embrace all humanity as the new
representative head
• Through the first Adam’s death all died, so too
through the death of the second Adam – all die.
• 2Co 5:14 For the love of Christ constraineth us;
because we thus judge, that if one died for all, then
were all dead.
• (GNB) We are ruled by the love of Christ, now
that we recognize that one man died for everyone,
which means that they all share in his death.

16. He Must Become “Us”
• Because….
• Eze 14:20 Though Noah, Daniel, and Job,
were in it, as I live, saith the Lord GOD,
they shall deliver neither son nor daughter;
they shall but deliver their own souls by
their righteousness.
• Eze 18:20 The soul that sinneth, it shall die.
The son shall not bear the iniquity of the
father, neither shall the father bear the iniquity
of the son: the righteousness of the righteous
shall be upon him, and the wickedness of the
wicked shall be upon him.

17. He Must..
• Come under the same circumstance as
those He came to redeem
• Heb 2:14 Forasmuch then as the children
are partakers of flesh and blood, he also
himself likewise took part of the same; that
through death he might destroy him that
had the power of death, that is, the devil;

18. Die the Second Death
• Our condemnation was eternal death.
• When Christ "died for all," He tasted "death
for every one" (2 Corinthians 5:14; Hebrews
2:9). It had to be the second death that He
"tasted," because what we call death the
Bible calls "sleep," which everyone
experiences except those who will be
translated (John 11:11-13; 1 Thessalonians
4:16, 17).

19. He abolished second death for all
• 2Ti 1:10 But is now made manifest by the
appearing of our Saviour Jesus Christ, who
hath abolished death, and hath brought life
and immortality to light through the gospel.
• For every one, believers and unbelievers He
has brought “life”, but to the believer He has
brought “immortality”.

20. Double Jeopardy
• A second prosecution for the same offense after
acquittal.
• The Fifth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution
provides, "No person shall … be subject for the
same offence [sic] to be twice put in jeopardy of
life or limb."
• This provision, known as the Double Jeopardy
Clause, prohibits state and federal governments
from prosecuting individuals for the same crime
on more than one occasion, or imposing more
than one punishment for a single offense.

21. Double Jeopardy
• Through His death, Christ has given all men
a "verdict of acquittal“.
• Isa 53:6 “…The LORD hath laid on him the
iniquity of us all.”
• He cannot condemn us twice or lay that
which was taken on Him on us again.
• It is unbelief or refusal which condemns the
sinner. (John 3: 17, 18)

22. He Must…
• Die once for all the sins of all mankind for
all time.
• Pay the redemption price
• And reverse the legal condemnation and
allow man to live

23. Proof
• Rom 5:10 If the death of his Son restored
our relationship with God while we were
still his enemies, we are even more
certain that, because of this restored
relationship, the life of his Son will save us.

24. Good News
• The incredibly Good News is that before we were
born, before we could choose, before we could
believe, before we could repent, God graciously
granted a legal pardon to all mankind.
• 1Ti 4:10 For therefore we both labour and suffer
reproach, because we trust in the living God, who
is the Saviour of all men, specially of those that
believe.
• 1Jn 2:2 And he is the propitiation for our sins:
and not for ours only, but also for the sins of the
whole world.

25. Declaration of the Samaritans
• John 4:42 And said unto the woman, Now
we believe, not because of thy saying: for we
have heard him ourselves, and know that
this is indeed the Christ, the Saviour of
the world.

26. On What Grounds? How legal is that?
• Jesus our second Adam, was born for us,
chose for us, believed for us, repented for
us, obeyed for us, was baptized for us, died
for us.
• He fulfilled all the required conditions.
Therefore the universal corporate legal
pardon is unconditional for us because
Christ fulfilled all the conditions.
• Mat 3:15 …for thus it becometh us to fulfil
all righteousness…

27. • Heb 2:9 But we see Jesus, who was made a
little lower than the angels for the suffering
of death, crowned with glory and honour;
that he by the grace of God should taste
death for every man.
• Rom 5:18 Therefore as by the offence of one
judgment came upon all men to
condemnation; even so by the righteousness
of one the free gift came upon all men unto
justification of life.

28. Warning!
• Legal justification, or better – universal
corporate forgiveness is not individual
justification by faith.
• Legal justification is not transformative, but
leads to it. Without it there would be none.
• One changes our legal status without our
choice
• The other is our individual choice which
cements God’s work in our life.

29. Warning from SOP
• Many are confused as to what constitutes the
first steps in the work of salvation. Repentance
is thought to be a work the sinner must do for
himself in order that he may come to Christ.
They think that the sinner must procure for
himself a fitness in order to obtain the blessing
of God's grace. But while it is true that
repentance must precede forgiveness, for it is
only the broken and contrite heart that is
acceptable to God, yet the sinner cannot
bring himself to repentance, or prepare
himself to come to Christ. {1SM 390.1}

30. Warning from SOP
• Except the sinner repent, he cannot be forgiven;
but the question to be decided is as to whether
repentance is the work of the sinner or the gift of
Christ. Must the sinner wait until he is filled with
remorse for his sin before he can come to Christ?
The very first step to Christ is taken through the
drawing of the Spirit of God; as man responds to
this drawing, he advances toward Christ in order
that he may repent. {1SM 390.1}

31. Warning from SOP
• Calling and justification are not one
and the same thing. Calling is the
drawing of the sinner to Christ, and it
is a work wrought by the Holy Spirit
upon the heart, convicting of sin, and
inviting to repentance. {1SM 389.2}

32. Clearly…
• 2Co 5:18 And all things are of God, who hath
reconciled us to himself by Jesus Christ, and
hath given to us the ministry of reconciliation;
• 2Cor. 5:19 To wit, that God was in Christ,
reconciling the world unto himself, not
imputing their trespasses unto them; and
hath committed unto us the word of
reconciliation.
• God imputed our trespasses to Christ.
• Thus His death allowed probationary life for
all individual persons.

33. That’s the Gospel
• Although the entire human race has sinned,
God did not impute those sins to us instead
HE imputed them to CHRIST. This is the
Gospel!
• This is corporate universal legal pardon to
Adam’s race. The first condemnation is
cancelled, our sins are not counted against us
but against Christ our Substitute, Surety and
Representative; our Second Adam, our Saviour,
our Lord! And He exhausted the penalty that
those sins incurred!

34. Gospel Made Simple
• Act 13:26 Men and brethren, children of the stock of
Abraham, and whosoever among you feareth God,
to you is the word of this salvation sent.
• Act 13:32 And we declare unto you glad tidings,
how that the promise which was made unto the
fathers…
• Act 13:38 Be it known unto you therefore, men and
brethren, that through this man is preached
unto you the forgiveness of sins:
• Act 13:39 And by him all that believe are justified
from all things, from which ye could not be justified
by the law of Moses. …

35. Cannot Get Simpler than this: “we
have nothing to pay”
• Luk 7:40 And Jesus answering said unto
him, Simon, I have somewhat to say unto
thee. And he saith, Master, say on.
• Luk 7:41 There was a certain creditor which
had two debtors: the one owed five hundred
pence, and the other fifty.
• Luk 7:42 And when they had nothing to
pay, he frankly forgave them both.

36. Really? What about this?
• Luk 18:11 The Pharisee stood and prayed thus with
himself, God, I thank thee, that I am not as other
men are, extortioners, unjust, adulterers, or even as
this publican.
• Luk 18:12 I fast twice in the week, I give tithes of all
that I possess.
• Luk 18:13 And the publican, standing afar off,
would not lift up so much as his eyes unto
heaven, but smote upon his breast, saying, God
be merciful to me a sinner.
• Luk 18:14 I tell you, this man went down to his
house justified rather than the other: for every
one that exalteth himself shall be abased; and
he that humbleth himself shall be exalted.

37. Impute – Noah Webster
• To reckon; properly, to set, to put, to throw to
or on.]
• 1. To charge; to attribute; to set to the account
of; generally ill, sometimes good. We impute
crimes, sins, trespasses, faults, blame, etc., to
the guilty persons.
• And therefore it was imputed to him for
righteousness. Romans 4:22.
• To attribute; to ascribe.
• To reckon to one what does not belong to him.
• It has been held that Adam's sin is imputed to
all his posterity.

38. Legal Terminology
• “It follows, then, that as the issue of one
misdeed was condemnation for all men, so
the issue of one just act is acquittal and life
for all men” {Romans 5: 18} NEB.
• “Judgment came upon all men to
condemnation”; which word is used in a
legal sense, and intends condemnation to
eternal death…

39. Legal Jargon
• This is legal pardon which changed our
status from illegal to legal and gave us
justification of life which means allowing us
probationary existence and therefore
opportunity to choose to be individually
justified by faith!

40. The Good News (Gospel)
• Though born sinners – we are all born
under grace. Legally pardoned.
• This good news produces faith in the
sinner who looks to Christ, and by
accepting what was already done – that
is counted to him as justification.

41. We can say with Paul:
• Rom 8:33 Who shall lay any thing to the
charge of God's elect? It is God that
justifieth.
• Rom 8:34 Who is he that condemneth? It is
Christ that died, yea rather, that is risen
again, who is even at the right hand of God,
who also maketh intercession for us.

42. • Remember the first phase of forgiveness,
which is universal legal pardon, does not
justify the individual by faith.
• But without this first phase of forgiveness,
no individual would have had probationary
existence and therefore no individual could
have been justified.

43. Our Theme
• While we must often impress the mind with
the fact that the Christian life is a life of
warfare, that we must watch and pray and
toil, that there is peril to the soul in relaxing
the spiritual vigilance for one moment, the
completeness of the salvation proffered
us from Jesus who loves us and gave
Himself that we should not perish but
have everlasting life, is to be the theme.
{1SM 182.2}

44. We must letter the sinner know:
• That Christ alone can initiate toward his
salvation
• And that man alone can initiate to his own
condemnation

45. High Demands met in Christ
• Broken law demands death. This Christ
paid for all
• Unbroken law demands obedience. This
Christ accomplished for all by His life of
obedience.
• Praise God.

46. Freed from Fear and Condemnation
• Heb 2:15 And deliver them who through
fear of death were all their lifetime subject
to bondage.
• Rom 8:1 There is therefore now no
condemnation to them which are in
Christ Jesus…

47. Good News – parable of talents
• Not Good Advice, but what God has done in
Jesus Christ.
• In comparison to the number that reject the
truth, those that receive it will be very
small, but one soul is of more value than
worlds beside. --Letter 1, 1875. {Ev 329.3}

48. This we need to share:
• But the claims of God are not recognized by
all. It is those who profess to have accepted
Christ's service who in the parable are
represented as His own servants. {COL
326.2}

49. All Men Redeemed (new legal status)
• All men have been bought with this
infinite price. By pouring the whole treasury
of heaven into this world, by giving us in Christ
all heaven, God has purchased the will, the
affections, the mind, the soul, of every human
being. Whether believers or unbelievers, all
men are the Lord's property. All are called to
do service for Him, and for the manner in
which they have met this claim, all will be
required to render an account at the great
judgment day. {COL 326.1}

50. All restored to favor
• He took in His grasp the world over which
Satan claimed to preside as his lawful
territory, and by His wonderful work in
giving His life, He restored the whole race
of men to favor with God. . . . {1 S.M Page
343}

51. Martin Luther
• A Christian is not somebody who has no sin,
but somebody against whom God no longer
chalks sin, because of his faith in Christ. This
doctrine brings comfort to consciences in
serious trouble. When a person is a Christian
he is above law and sin. When the Law accuses
him, and sin wants to drive the wits out of him,
a Christian looks to Christ. A Christian is
free. He has no master except Christ. A
Christian is greater than the whole world.

52. Know what you have in Christ
• We need not keep our own record of trials and
difficulties, griefs, and sorrows. All these things are
written in the books, and heaven will take care of
them. While we are counting up the disagreeable
things, many things that are pleasant to reflect upon
are passing from memory, such as the merciful
kindness of God surrounding us every moment and
the love over which angels marvel, that God gave His
Son to die for us. If as workers for Christ you feel that
you have had greater cares and trials than have fallen
to the lot of others, remember that for you there is a
peace unknown to those who shun these burdens.
There is comfort and joy in the service of Christ. Let
the world see that life with Him is no failure. {HDL
29.1}

53. Know what you have in Christ
• If you do not feel lighthearted and joyous, do
not talk of your feelings. Cast no shadow upon
the lives of others. A cold, sunless religion never
draws souls to Christ. It drives them away from
Him into the nets that Satan has spread for the
feet of the straying. Instead of thinking of your
discouragements, think of the power you can
claim in Christ's name. Let your imagination
take hold upon things unseen. Let your
thoughts be directed to the evidences of the
great love of God for you. Faith can endure trial,
resist temptation, bear up under
disappointment. Jesus lives as our advocate. All
is ours that His mediation secures. {HDL 29.2}

54. Know what you have in Christ
• When, notwithstanding disagreeable
circumstances, we rest confidingly in His
love, and shut ourselves in with Him, the
sense of His presence will inspire a deep,
tranquil joy. Of Himself Christ said: "I do
nothing of Myself; but as My Father hath
taught Me, I speak these things. And He
that sent Me is with Me: the Father hath not
left Me alone; for I do always those things
that please Him." John 8:28, 29. {HDL 30.2}

55. Know what you have in Christ
• The Father's presence encircled Christ, and nothing
befell Him but that which infinite love permitted for
the blessing of the world. Here was His source of
comfort, and it is for us. He who is imbued with the
Spirit of Christ abides in Christ. Whatever comes to
him comes from the Saviour, who surrounds him with
His presence. Nothing can touch him except by the
Lord's permission. All our sufferings and sorrows, all
our temptations and trials, all our sadness and griefs,
all our persecutions and privations, in short, all things
work together for our good. All experiences and
circumstances are God's workmen whereby good is
brought to us. {HDL 30.3}