*Adam as opposed to Christ.*

Paul in Romans 5:12-15 opposes Adam to Christ not as equals, but he opposes two types of behaviours.

Adam's behaviour leads to spiritual death. Christ behaviour leads to life. Adam did not correspond to God's project of life. In order to be truly alive, we must be suspended to God's life. By desobeying God, Adam and Eve separated themselves from God's project of live. This lead to be spiritually dead.

Adam is the prototype of that humanity that is seeking its breath of life outside God's. That's lack of confidence and trust in God. They wanted to become their own gods. That is cause of their spiritual death.

Opposed to this wrong attitude of Adam, Christ is totally obedient to God, his Father. His food is to do the will of the Father (John 4: 34). Because of Him, all of us, 'little Adam' can now be reintegrated into a loving relationship with the Father. Do we allow ourselves to live as the new Adam, Jesus Christ who gives us life or do we do want to seek our happiness outside God's love like Adam and we will harvest spiritual death?

May we live according to God's love and grace and have abundant life!

Happy Sunday!

Fr. G. R. BIDZOGO SAC