affects of Adam’s representation they are ultimately overcome for us by Christ’s federal superiority. If all of this legal language feels to you like reading the latest guide to filing your taxes, then take care to grasp at least one point. What Jesus does legally counts for us because we are regarded as united to him as he carries out his ministry. This enables God to grant salvation without circumventing justice in any way. Even as God was just in condemning us with Adam because of our federal