Christ in Adam

Cornelius Hanko is an emeritus minister in the Protestant Reformed Churches. The following question has been submitted to the question box: "Was Adam in the state of rectitude in need of Christ?" Our first reaction might well be that we answer, "No." We know that Adam was created good and after the image of God, in true knowledge, righteousness, and holiness, to know and to serve his God in love with his whole being. He was God's friend-servant, serving God in the capacity of prophet, priest,...