To know Him and the Power of His Resurrection
"He died and rose again according to the scriptures"
We are to "know him and the power of His resurrection.
Whereas Jesus Christ's death was our justification,
His rising was our justification justified.
"Because I live, ye shall live also."
One in His resurrection
One with Christ in His dying, we are also one with Him
in His resurrection.
He is joined to His people, that He can carry them with
Him through the pains and penalties of death. And
now in the same partnership He brings us up again from
the dead.
"If then ye were raised together with Christ"
Colossians 3:1
One with Christ in His dying, we are also one with Him
in His resurrection.
He is joined to His people, that He can carry them with
Him through the pains and penalties of death. And
now in the same partnership He brings us up again from
the dead.
"If then ye were raised together with Christ"
Colossians 3:1
Quickened together with Jesus Christ
"God, who is rich in mercy, for his great love wherewith
he loved us, even when we were dead in sins, hath
quickened [made us alive] us together with Christ, (by
grace ye are saved;) and hath raised us up together,
and made us sit together in heavenly places in Christ
Jesus" Ephesians 3:4-6
"And you, being dead in your sins and the uncircum-
cision of your fleshh, hath he quickened together with
him, having forgiven you all trespasses"
Colossians 2:13
"God, who is rich in mercy, for his great love wherewith
he loved us, even when we were dead in sins, hath
quickened [made us alive] us together with Christ, (by
grace ye are saved;) and hath raised us up together,
and made us sit together in heavenly places in Christ
Jesus" Ephesians 3:4-6
"And you, being dead in your sins and the uncircum-
cision of your fleshh, hath he quickened together with
him, having forgiven you all trespasses"
Colossians 2:13
Free from Sin
"For he that is dead is freed from sin."
Romans 6:7
"For ye are dead, and your life is hid with Christ in God."
Colossians 3:3
"For he that is dead is freed from sin."
Romans 6:7
"For ye are dead, and your life is hid with Christ in God."
Colossians 3:3
Baptized into one Body
Spiritual union is independent of time and space.
And in intimacy there can be no difference between
the believer of today and those who knew Him on
earth, since "For by one Spirit are we all baptized
into one body, whether we be Jews or Gentiles,
whether we be bond or free; and have been all
made to drink into one Spirit." 1 Corinthians 12:13
And also into one death; "Know ye not, that so
many of us as were baptized into Jesus Christ were
baptized into his death?" Romans 6:3
Spiritual union is independent of time and space.
And in intimacy there can be no difference between
the believer of today and those who knew Him on
earth, since "For by one Spirit are we all baptized
into one body, whether we be Jews or Gentiles,
whether we be bond or free; and have been all
made to drink into one Spirit." 1 Corinthians 12:13
And also into one death; "Know ye not, that so
many of us as were baptized into Jesus Christ were
baptized into his death?" Romans 6:3
Crucified with Christ Jesus
" I am crucified with Christ: nevertheless I live;
yet not I, but Christ liveth in me: and the life
which I now live in the flesh I live by the faith
of the Son of God, who loved me, and gave
himself for me.."
Galatians 2:20
"Knowing this, that our old man is crucified
with him, that the body of sin might be
destroyed, that henceforth we should not serve
sin." Romans 6:6
"And they that are Christ's have crucified the
flesh with the affections and lusts."
Galatians 5:24
" I am crucified with Christ: nevertheless I live;
yet not I, but Christ liveth in me: and the life
which I now live in the flesh I live by the faith
of the Son of God, who loved me, and gave
himself for me.."
Galatians 2:20
"Knowing this, that our old man is crucified
with him, that the body of sin might be
destroyed, that henceforth we should not serve
sin." Romans 6:6
"And they that are Christ's have crucified the
flesh with the affections and lusts."
Galatians 5:24
The Bride of Christ, His Church
"Here at length I beheld the two-fold mystery of
love, that the Bride is both of Christ and in Christ.
For as God took Eve from out of the side of Adam,
that she might be joined to him again in marriage,
even so He frameth His Church out of the very
flesh, the very wounded and bleeding side of the
Son of man, so that in faith he might 'present her
[us] as chaste virgin to Christ'."
2 Corinthians 11:2 "For I am jealous over you with
godly jealousy: for I have espoused you to one
husband, that I may present you as a chaste virgin
to Christ."
"Here at length I beheld the two-fold mystery of
love, that the Bride is both of Christ and in Christ.
For as God took Eve from out of the side of Adam,
that she might be joined to him again in marriage,
even so He frameth His Church out of the very
flesh, the very wounded and bleeding side of the
Son of man, so that in faith he might 'present her
[us] as chaste virgin to Christ'."
2 Corinthians 11:2 "For I am jealous over you with
godly jealousy: for I have espoused you to one
husband, that I may present you as a chaste virgin
to Christ."
Bonded intimately with Jesus Christ
It must be a truly intimate bond which begins in
Christ and surrounds us with triple cords of faith,
hope and charity, ending again in Christ.
It marks its origin and end, the one Head who is
the 'Alpha and Omega', the 'Beginning and the
End', the 'First and the Last'.
It must be a truly intimate bond which begins in
Christ and surrounds us with triple cords of faith,
hope and charity, ending again in Christ.
It marks its origin and end, the one Head who is
the 'Alpha and Omega', the 'Beginning and the
End', the 'First and the Last'.
Called unto His Fellowship
"Who shall also confirm you unto the end, that ye
may be blameless in the day of our Lord Jesus Christ.
God is faithful, by whom ye were called unto the
fellowship of his Son Jesus Christ our Lord."
1 Corinthians 1:8
The inward meaning is 'in Christ', that deeper
inner fellowship into which God has called us in
His Son.
"Who shall also confirm you unto the end, that ye
may be blameless in the day of our Lord Jesus Christ.
God is faithful, by whom ye were called unto the
fellowship of his Son Jesus Christ our Lord."
1 Corinthians 1:8
The inward meaning is 'in Christ', that deeper
inner fellowship into which God has called us in
His Son.
To live like Christ
"For to me to live is Christ."
The believer is to have "the mind
of Christ" within and the "spirit of
Christ" without.
They're "growing up into him in all
things who is the head, even Christ."
They're to attain "the perfect man,"
"the measure of the stature of the
fullness of Christ." He is the ideal!
"For to me to live is Christ."
The believer is to have "the mind
of Christ" within and the "spirit of
Christ" without.
They're "growing up into him in all
things who is the head, even Christ."
They're to attain "the perfect man,"
"the measure of the stature of the
fullness of Christ." He is the ideal!
Branches of the Vine
"I am the vine, ye are the branches,"
says Jesus Christ. But the vine furnishes
the branches, not only with life, but with
the type of life.
No pressure or molding is needed to
shape branches into the pattern of the
vine. Form, color, taste, and fragrance
is determined by the root.
If we abide in the vine, God will make us
just like Himself!
"I am the vine, ye are the branches,"
says Jesus Christ. But the vine furnishes
the branches, not only with life, but with
the type of life.
No pressure or molding is needed to
shape branches into the pattern of the
vine. Form, color, taste, and fragrance
is determined by the root.
If we abide in the vine, God will make us
just like Himself!
The Body of Christ.
"As the body is one, and hath many
members, and all the members of
that one body, being many, are one
body: so also is Christ."
Now we are the body of Christ and
members in particular.
" For no man ever yet hated his own
flesh; but nourisheth and cherisheth
it, even as the Lord the church:
For we are members of his body, of
his flesh, and of his bones."
Ephesians 5:29-30
"As the body is one, and hath many
members, and all the members of
that one body, being many, are one
body: so also is Christ."
Now we are the body of Christ and
members in particular.
" For no man ever yet hated his own
flesh; but nourisheth and cherisheth
it, even as the Lord the church:
For we are members of his body, of
his flesh, and of his bones."
Ephesians 5:29-30
One with God
The union of the believer with the Lord is
a mutual union.
"Ye in me, and I in you"
Christ both gives and takes. . . .He gives
the Father's life and blessings, and takes
the believer's death and misery.
All that Christ has now becomes the
property of the believer; all the believer
has becomes the property of Christ.
The union of the believer with the Lord is
a mutual union.
"Ye in me, and I in you"
Christ both gives and takes. . . .He gives
the Father's life and blessings, and takes
the believer's death and misery.
All that Christ has now becomes the
property of the believer; all the believer
has becomes the property of Christ.
