The First Adam

Romans 5:12-14
[12] Therefore, just as sin came into the world through one man, and death through sin, and so death spread to all men because all sinned—[13] for sin indeed was in the world before the law was given, but sin is not counted where there is no law. [14] Yet death reigned from Adam to Moses, even over those whose sinning was not like the transgression of Adam, who was a type of the one who was to come.

DEEP SHEET: Sermon Study
1.   What does it mean that Adam is a “type” of Christ? What are some other types in the Old Testament?
2.   How does biblical typology heighten our worship and reverence? How does it strengthen our confidence in the Scriptures?
3.   How does Adam’s typological role reinforce God’s sovereignty over the Fall?
4.   How did sin and death enter the world in Genesis 3? How are they described in that narrative?
5.   How does this passage support viewing Adam as a real historical figure rather than a metaphor or a myth?
6.   What does it mean to say that all sinned in Adam or that he is our federal head? Read v. 12 in light of vv. 18-19.

References: 1 Corinthians 15:21-22; Genesis 2:17; 3; Romans 6:23; Acts 17:26; Romans 3:23; Joshua 7.