The Summation of All Things in Christ

Studies in Ephesians with a Local Church Emphasis

Lesson 21 :  Excursus – In Adam or In Christ  (2:5-10)

All mankind born ‘in Adam’  –  Mankind sinned ‘in Adam’ (a singular event)  –  Death is a penal consequence of sin  –  Condemnation apart from the law proves our connection to Adam  –  Death, salvation and infants  –  The Natural and Federal Headship of Adam  –  How do we get our souls? (theories: pre-existent, traducianism and creationism)  –  The importance of the doctrine of imputation  –  Imputation defined  –  The federal headship of Jesus  –  How this relates to our Ephesian passage