神藉着救赎击败罪，又藉着复活击败死
神创造了人，但是人堕落了，受死的辖制。可是，神不放弃人；不过，人需要救治。这救治包括救赎与复活。救赎对付罪，却没有对付死。因此，在救赎之外，需要更进一步的救治，这一步就是复活。这就给神一条路，以解决人堕落所造成的难处。然而，若没有复活，神就被人的堕落击败。但是，神绝不会被击败。人堕落到罪里，而罪带进死。但是神进来成功救赎，解决了罪的问题。此外，复活吞灭死。因此，神并没有被击败，神得胜了。神胜过了人的堕落。神藉着救赎击败罪，又藉着复活击败死。
在亚当里众人都死了，在基督里众人都要活过来
林前十五章二十二节说，“因为在亚当里众人都死了，照样，在基督里众人也都要活过来。”在亚当里我们是生在死里，并且是生了来死的；我们在亚当里是死的（弗二1，5）。人一生下来，就开始死。你知道在你一生的过程中，你实际上是逐渐在死么？你每活一年，就从你一生的时间里减去一年。我们不是生了来活的；我们乃是生了来死的，因为在亚当里，我们都生在死里。
在林前十五章二十二节，保罗不仅说在亚当里众人都死了；他还接着宣告说，在基督里众人也都要活过来。在基督里我们是重生在生命里，并且是复活了来活的；我们在基督里已经被点活，活过来了（弗二5-6）。一面，我们一直在死；另一面，我们正在活。在基督里，我们都已经活过来了，我们都是复活了来活的。
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In Christ All Will Be Made Alive – 1 Cor. 15:22
God created man, but man fell and became subject to death. God, however, would not give up on man. But there was a need for a remedy. The remedy includes both redemption and resurrection. Redemption deals with sin, but it does not deal with death. Thus, there is a need for a further step in addition to redemption, and this step is resurrection. This gives God a way to solve the problem caused by man’s fall. However, if there were no resurrection, God would have been defeated by the fall of man. But God can never be defeated. Man fell into sin, and sin brought in death. But God came in to accomplish redemption, solving the problem of sin. In addition, resurrection swallows death. Therefore, instead of being defeated, God is victorious. God has overcome man’s fall. He defeated sin by redemption and death by resurrection.
Verse 22 says, “For as in Adam all die, so also in Christ all shall be made alive.” In Adam we were born in death and born to die; we are dead in him (Eph. 2:1, 5). As soon as a person is born, he begins to die. Do you realize that throughout the course of your life you have actually been dying? Each year you live is a year deducted from the span of your life. We were not born to grow and live; we were born to die, for in Adam we were born in death.
In 1 Cor 15:22 Paul does not just say that in Adam all die, but he goes on to declare that in Christ all shall be made alive. In Christ we have been reborn in life and resurrected to live; we have been enlivened, made alive, in Him (Eph. 2:5-6). On the one hand, we are dying; on the other hand, we are living. In Christ we all have been made alive; we have been resurrected to live.