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Podcast: Sermons - First Evangelical Lutheran Church | El Cajon, CA (LCMS)
Episode: The Cross vs. the Garden: How Jesus Became the New Adam | Luke's Gospel & the Tree of Life
Description: What does the Garden of Eden have to do with the Cross? In this sermon, we explore how Luke’s Gospel presents Jesus as the New Adam—faithful where Adam failed. Just as Adam brought death by eating from the Tree of the Knowledge of Good and Evil, Jesus brings life from the tree of the Cross.Discover how Luke connects the temptation of Jesus in the wilderness to the ultimate temptation on the Cross. Learn how Jesus, unlike Adam, remained faithful in a world of suffering, transforming the Cross into the Tree of Life for all who...