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As in Adam
As in Adam
As in Adam all die,
so in Christ shall all be made alive.
We will stand firm, immovable in faith:
for his kingdom we'll work and we'll strive.
All have sinned, and fall short of God's glory;
and so our death is the wages of our sin.
Death reigns over all, we are trapped in Adam's story,
inheriting his nature we are all condemned like him.
As in Adam all die,
so in Christ shall all be made alive.
We will stand firm, immovable in faith:
for this gospel has power to revive!
Christ has died on behalf of the sinful.
The cross he bore was to rescue you and me.
Risen from the grave, in accordance with the bible,
the firstfruits of the dead, he comes to set his people free.
As in Adam all die,
so in Christ shall all be made alive.
We will stand firm, empowered by his grace,
in endurance his chosen will thrive.
Won't you join us in Christ,
and in him be made alive?
For in Christ, we're victorious, we survive!
Words and music copyright © John Hartley 2006.
Story behind the song
I wrote this little song to accompany a sermon on 1 Cor 15:22 which I was asked to prepare for an in-service training event. It seemed to me that the bible verse "As in Adam all die, so in Christ shall all be made alive" needed two verses and a tag: the verses to explain first why all die in Adam, and second what Christ has done to ensure that those in him will be made alive; and a tag to invite the listener to join the singer and get "in Christ". The verses are mostly taken from explanations in Paul's letter to the Romans, the other place where he expands on the contrast between "in Adam" and "in Christ".
John Hartley
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