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The federal headship view considers Adam, the first man, as the representative of the human race that generated from him. As the representative of all humanity, Adam's act of sin was considered by God to be the act of all people and his penalty of death was judicially made the penalty of everybody.

The natural headship view, on the other hand, recognizes that the entire human race was seminally and physical in Adam, the first man. As a result, God considered all people as participating in the act of sin which Adam committed and as receiving the penalty he received.

Even adherents of the federal headship view must admit that Adam is the natural head of the human race physically; the issue is the relationship spiritually. Biblical evidence supports the natural headship of Adam. When presenting the superiority of Melchizedek's priesthood to Aaron's, the author of Hebrews argued that Levi, the head of the priestly tribe, "who collects the 10th, paid the 10th through Abraham, because when Melchizedek met Abraham, Levi was still in the body of his ancestor". (Hebrews 7:9-10)

Whether one accepts the "federal headship" view, or the "natural headship" view, it still remains that all of mankind is in need of a Savior by virtue of Adam's sin.

The very fact that God commands sinners to do that which they are utterly unable to do shows how totally depraved they are apart from the regeneration of the Holy Spirit. And if salvation is going to come at all, it must be applied sovereignly. This overthrows self-confidence and convinces sinners that their salvation is altogether out of their hands, leaving them the only remaining alternative, that is, total dependence on the glorious grace of a sovereign Savior.

Romans 3:10-12 says: "As it is written, THERE IS NONE RIGHTEOUS, NOT EVEN ONE; THERE IS NONE WHO UNDERSTANDS, THERE IS NONE WHO SEEKS FOR GOD; ALL HAVE TURNED ASIDE, TOGETHER THEY HAVE BECOME USELESS; THERE IS NONE WHO DOES GOOD, THERE IS NOT EVEN ONE.'"

Many people will admit they are sinners, but not many will admit sin is so serious that no one can be considered righteous or essentially good. They point to unbelievers who do good deeds every day, obeying the law, providing for their families, giving to the needy, etc. Is Paul using hyperbole here? Is he exaggerating to make his point? No, he is not. This is God's judgment on fallen humanity. What is the standard for righteousness, the standard by which we shall all be judged? God's law. In biblical categories a good deed is measured in two parts, outward conformity and motivation. We look at outward appearance but God reads the heart. For a work to be considered good it must not only conform outwardly to the law of God, but it must be motivated inwardly by a sincere love for God. From this perspective it is easy to see that no one does good. Our best works are tainted by our less than pure motives. Renowned British preacher Charles H. Spurgeon once said, "Our best performances are so stained with sin, that it is hard to know whether they are good works or bad works." This is a true statement. God demands perfection, and we do not perfectly do what God commands ever.

Romans 3:11 says, "THERE IS NONE WHO UNDERSTANDS, THERE IS NONE WHO SEEKS FOR GOD;".

Do you believe that? Have you ever heard someone say, "I am not a Christian but I am searching"? Well, the fact of the matter is that God is not hiding. In the Garden of Eden who hid? God? No. Adam and Eve hid from God. He was looking for them.

In Luke 19:10 Jesus says, "For the Son of Man has come to seek and to save that which was lost."

This passage shows that Jesus is the one seeking and saving. Sinners do not seek God. They might seek after the benefits that God can give them, but they do not seek God Himself.

Romans 3:18 says: "THERE IS NO FEAR OF GOD BEFORE THEIR EYES."

Men have no fear of the holiness and justice of God.

Ephesians 2:1-6 says: "And you were dead in your trespasses and sins, in which you formerly walked according to the course of this world, according to the prince of the power of the air, of the spirit that is now working in the sons of disobedience. Among them we too all formerly lived in the lusts of our flesh, indulging the desires of the flesh and of the mind, and were by nature children of wrath, even as the rest. But God, being rich in mercy, because of His great love with which He loved us, even when we were dead in our transgressions, made us alive together with Christ (by grace you have been saved), and raised us up with Him, and seated us with Him in the heavenly places in Christ Jesus,"

This passage teaches that we were dead in "trespasses and sins" and in "transgressions". Dead people do not and cannot make themselves come alive. It is God who makes us alive from spiritual death. Consider this non-Reformed analogy:

A mortally ill man must take the medicine of the gospel to live. The man must make the choice; he must take the medicine.

The problem with this analogy, however, is that the Bible does not speak of people as being mortally ill. It speaks of them as being dead. There is a significance difference between being mortally ill and being dead.

Genesis 2:17 says: "but from the tree of the knowledge of good and evil you shall not eat, for in the day that you eat from it you will surely die."

Did Adam die when he ate the forbidden fruit? When did he die? He lived physically another 930 years, but he died spiritually the day that he ate it. Humanity's problem is a spiritual problem. Humanity is spiritually dead, separated from God.

Romans 6:23 says: "For the wages of sin is death, but the free gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord."

What kind of death is referred to in this passage? Physical death or spiritual death? It refers to spiritual death. Ephesians 2:5 says we were dead in our sins. Sinners are not mortally ill, they are spiritually dead. There is not one ounce of spiritual life in them.

1 Corinthians 2:14-15 says: "But a natural man does not accept the things of the Spirit of God, for they are foolishness to him; and he cannot understand them, because they are spiritually appraised. But he who is spiritual appraises all things, yet he himself is appraised by no one."

Natural man is dead and totally unreceptive to the gospel. He must first be given life before he can understand the gospel.

Romans 8:7-9 says: "The mind set on the flesh is hostile toward God; for it does not subject itself to the law of God, for it is not even able to do so, and those who are in the flesh cannot please God. However, you are not in the flesh but in the Spirit, if indeed the Spirit of God dwells in you. But if anyone does not have the Spirit of Christ, he does not belong to Him."

There is nothing good in the flesh, therefore it can do nothing good. A man cannot believe the gospel until God gives him life. The teaching of Scripture is that regeneration precedes faith.

We must have life before we can believe. The Scriptures clearly show that faith is the evidence of and not the cause of regeneration. 1 John 5:1 says: "Whoever believes that Jesus is the Christ is born of God, and whoever loves the Father loves the child born of Him."

Suppose a man who had been dead for many years greeted you on the street one day. Would you conclude that the man had gotten tired of being dead and decided to ask a great doctor to perform a miracle and give him life? I am sure you would instead, exclaim in amazement, "Man, what happened to you? Who brought you back to life?" You would see he was alive because he was walking and breathing, but you would know these were evidences of a miracle having been performed on him from without and not the results of his own power of will. In like manner, when a spiritually dead man begins to perform spiritual acts such as placing faith in Jesus Christ alone for salvation, loving Him, and seeking to live a life pleasing to Him, that shows that the miracle of the new birth has taken place.