RESURRECTION—ADAMIC SIN.

We doubt not that precisely what was lost in Adam will be restored in

Christ, or, that whatever the injury that resulted from the agency

of Adam was, it will be removed by Christ. Whatever was included in

the word “die” will be counteracted by what was included in the words

“made alive.” The penalty inflicted on account of the Adamic sin will

all be removed from the whole race, in Christ, the second Adam, or the

Lord from heaven. No man will be lost in the world to come on account

of the Adamic sin. There is not an intimation in the Bible of any man

being punished in the world to come on account of _original sin_. The

punishment in the world to come is threatened in view of _our own_, or

what schoolmen call “_actual_ sin.” The penalty sentenced on account

of Adam’s sin has fallen, as a _consequence_, on the whole race. By

Christ, in the resurrection, this _consequence_ will be removed, and

pardon, through the blood of Christ, will release _all who come to the

Savior_, from _their own_ sins, or their _actual_ sins, and thus save

them from punishment in the world to come.

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