Sooner or later, life is going to get difficult for every one of us. What do you do when the proverbial anvil falls out of the sky and lands on your head? How do you comfort someone else who’s been crushed?

On today’s episode of Resurgence Leadership, Pastor Mark Driscoll encourages thousands of Christian counselors with the hope we find in Scripture. This session was recorded live at the 2013 World Conference in Nashville, Tennessee, and is used with permission from the American Association of Christian Counselors, the world’s leading faith-based counseling organization.

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Highlights

Here are some highlights from this week’s program:

“In Adam” or “In Christ”

Everyone is either “in Adam” or “in Christ.” This is what the Bible means when it speaks in terms of the “head.” We are all born in the first Adam, and some are born again in the last Adam—Jesus (1 Cor. 15:45).

• The first Adam turned from the Father in a garden; the last Adam turned to the Father in a garden.
• The first Adam was naked and unashamed; the last Adam was naked and bore our shame.
• The first Adam’s sin brought us thorns; the last Adam wore a crown of thorns.
• The first Adam substituted himself for God; the last Adam was God substituting himself for sinners.
• The first Adam sinned at a tree; the last Adam bore our sin on a tree.
• The first Adam died as a sinner; the last Adam died for sinners.
• In Adam there is defeat, but in Christ there is victory.
• In Adam there is condemnation, but in Christ there is salvation.
• In Adam we receive a sin nature, but in Christ we receive a new nature.
• In Adam we’re cursed, but in Christ we’re blessed.
• In Adam there is wrath and death, but in Christ there is love and life.