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Originally Posted by Sons to Glory!
But we can say "The Last Adam became a life-giving Spirit" since that is scripture, as is "the Spirit of Life in Christ Jesus." (Romans 8:2) So is it that much of a leap to say, "Now Christ is The life-giving Spirit"? (could also throw in "the Spirit of Jesus forbade us" in Acts 16:6)
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The "S/spirit of life" is a term, not necessarily a name. Unlike the word for Christ, pneuma is not actually capitalized. That does not foreclose the possibility. But it leaves uncertainty. Why declare certainty where it is not?
I think that you absolutely cannot, based on 1 Cor 15:45, declare that the last Adam became the life-giving "Spirit." Only "spirit." And if not "Spirit," then more likely "a" life-giving spirit, because it is a statement of nature that is not singular or unique in its entirety. In fact, in context it is Paul's argment that the "spirit" or "spiritual" part of the nature of Christ is what he is suggesting we receive in the resurrection as our "spiritual" body. Therefore, while we are not embued with "life-giving" qualities as Christ was, we will be given a changed body as he was.
And it is the very idea that we should want to declare and be elated about saying "the Last Adam became the life-giving Spirit" that makes it problematic. It is the very problem with Leeology that puts its hooks into good believers to stay loyal to the LC. If you cannot find anyone else saying it, then it must be that the LC is the place to be. Hallelujah! that we have found the place that encourages us to say this (convoluted and unfounded thing) that no one else can see!
Understand a little? It is a system of error design to trap good Christians with a sense of superiority and false feelings generated by declaring things they are told are so wonderful, high-peak, etc., that no one else is teaching/saying.