Is There Agreement in Christadelphia?

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1.	Nature of man: Adam disobeyed God, was guilty and was sentenced to death. He fell from a very good state to a mortal state and the sin tendency became a part of his being. All men descend from Adam and inherit from him a mortal nature, the federal sentence of death and the proclivity to sin, without any personal guilt at birth. Man is alienated from God primarily by legal condemnation and secondarily by personal transgression.	1.	Nature of man: The disobedience of Adam affected him in separating him from God’s favor and condemning him personally to death. His descendants inherit a condition of mortality and a proneness to sin from him, but no legal condemnation. Personal transgressions rather than legal condemnation alienate a person from God.
2.	Nature and sacrifice of Christ: The sentence of death was upon Christ as it was all other men and he needed atonement the same as other men. By living a life of perfect obedience coupled with the shedding of his blood in sacrificial death, he met God’s requirements and delivered himself from the hold of death and provided a way for others to benefit from his sacrifice.	2.	Nature and sacrifice of Christ: There was no alienation of Christ from God. His sacrifice was a matter of obedience and since he was without personal sin he needed no atonement or covering for sin. His sacrifice made redemption possible for others, but he could have been redeemed by God without shedding his blood.
3.	Baptism: Baptism removes inherited condemnation as well as personal sins committed before baptism. At baptism one legally passes out of Adam and the attendant sentence to eternal death and passes into Christ as his only federal head. Future judgment which inures at baptism will be based solely on obedience to the law of the Spirit of Life in Christ Jesus.	3.	Baptism: Baptism is for the removal of person sins. No inherited alienation or law of sin and death is removed. One is still in Adam after baptism as well as being in Christ, not putting off Adam until passing the judgment seat of Christ. Baptism is not the means of acquiring title to resurrection.
4.	Resurrectional responsibility: The act which relates or entitles one to resurrection is baptism at which time one enters the Everlasting Covenant – the God-devised instrument providing resurrection. Resurrection means “a standing again in renewed corporeal existence” as a mortal being. Jesus – meaning covenant affiliation with him (not the personal power of Jesus) – in THE resurrection as well as the life. Christ’s sacrifice ratified the Everlasting Covenant. The shedding of his blood was required in order for him to be resurrected – he was the first beneficiary. Though there have been restorations to life in the past, these are not the resurrection at the last day – that includes only just and unjust saints – and there is no evidence in Scripture that any others will be raised before, when, or after Christ returns.	4.	Resurrectional responsibility: The act which relates one to resurrection is knowledge or enlightenment which necessarily precedes baptism. The act of baptism has no resurrection-relating efficacy. The entering into the Everlasting Covenant does not link one to resurrection. Since it is not determinable who has sufficient knowledge to qualify for resurrection, it is unknown who will be ultimately raised. The use of resurrection in Scripture refers to the complete process of coming forth from the dead and receiving immortality. The shedding of Christ’s blood was not required for his own resurrection or for others. Since enlightenment is the basis for resurrection, there will be universal resurrection at the end of the millennium for those dying during the millennium.