Every generation of Christians must face its own theological challenges and is called “to contend … for the faith which was once for all delivered to the saints” (Jude 3; NKJV). This generation is no different. Today, however, there is a generation of Christians who do not want to contend for the faith because they tend to think that in an age of intolerance and inclusivism apologetics is being intolerant of others. These Christians argue that we should concentrate solely on telling people about the gospel. There is no doubt that Christians should tell others about the gospel. However, before Jude wrote the above words he had originally intended to write to the believers about their “common salvation” (Jude 3) but was prevented from doing so because of the intrusion of false teachers into the church (Jude 4–19). Jude is not talking about dealing with secondary or tertiary issues, as false teaching strikes at the very heart of the gospel.

Without the First, There Would Have Been No Need for the Last.

The First...
Supernaturally created by God, given dominion over Creation, enjoyed a brief, unique, unbroken relationship with the Creator, but his disobedience to the Creator’s command brought sin into the world, and he and his wife were driven from the garden in Eden, into the darkness of a sin-cursed world.

The Last...
The eternal Son of God, born of a virgin in a sin-cursed world, truly God made flesh, the last Adam — Jesus Christ — obeyed the Law of God perfectly, yet gave His life as a ransom for sin, so that we could obtain salvation — reconciling the broken relationship with God, caused by the first Adam.

Table of Contents
Introduction
1. Adam, Who Art Thou?
2. Genesis 1: In the Space of Six Days
3. Genesis 2: Defending the Supernatural Creation of Adam
4. Genesis 3: In Adam's Fall We Sinned All
5. The First Adam: The History of Adam's Descendants
6. The First Adam: Science and the Origin of Mankind
7. The First Adam: Original Sin - How Original Is It?
8. The Last Adam: His Humanity
9. The Last Adam: His Deity
10. The Last Adam: His View of Scripture
11. The Last Adam: His Life-Giving Resurrection
12. The Last Adam: The Gospel Begins in Creation

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