Did you know that the Hebrew name for Adam literally means "Earth?" By earth, it is not meant the third planet from the sun. Rather, it has to do more-so with the very soil you I walk on-- that is, dirt. Pondering this little fact, I thought it odd how often we are tempted to think more of ourselves than we ought. How is it that we manage to become so prideful when our origins remind us that we are nothing more than dirt? Oh, great things can come from dirt. Great trees containing delicious and colorful fruit abound everywhere because of dirt. Likewise, you and I are capable of doing amazing things. Yet at the end of the day, you and I are still Dirt. Perhaps even our Lord, whom Paul calls "The Last Adam" recognized this of Himself. Therefor, when men came calling Him "Good Teacher," He would receive no such praise. Rather, the Last Adam, recognizing His own humanity, rebuked the man, saying there was none good but God alone. The Lord of Glory in His incarnation saw Himself as nothing more than merely Dirt. Ought we not do the same?
When your name is Dirt...
David said:
Psalm 103:14
For he knoweth our frame; he remembereth that we are dust.
Blessings,
R.G. Benjamin
Jimmy, by no means do I want to burst your bubble, but as we say in my workplace when someone brings up an idea we do not fully agree with....."I would like to give you a little push back on that"...Please take this as iron sharpening iron, and please respond if you desire.
The Lord of Glory in His incarnation saw Himself as nothing more than merely Dirt.
I know the point you are trying to get across...walk in humility..., but we can be sure that Jesus Christ did not see Himself as mere dirt. In fact, I Corinthians 15 even says as much...
45And so it is written, The first man Adam was made a living soul; the last Adam was made a quickening spirit.46Howbeit that was not first which is spiritual, but that which is natural; and afterward that which is spiritual.[b]47The first man is of the earth, earthy; the second man is the Lord from heaven[/b]
Perhaps even our Lord, whom Paul calls "The Last Adam
He is the "last Adam' in that He is the representative of a new creation.
He is the last Adam, but that does not mean He was like Adam necessarily. Adam was created in the image of God, Jesus Christ is the brightness of God's Glory and the express image of His person. He is the Word made flesh.
Jesus is not just our example of a humble life. He is our substitute. He is the Covenenat Keeper. He did what Adam or we could never do...Give His Life as a Ransom for many.