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Sinclair Ferguson, summarizing the NT theme of union with Christ:
"If we are united to Christ, then we are united to him at all points of his activity on our behalf."
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"If we are united to Christ, then we are united to him at all points of his activity on our behalf."
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1. We share in Christ's death.
(We were baptized into his death.)
(We were baptized into his death.)
2. We share in Christ's resurrection.
(We are resurrected with him.)
(We are resurrected with him.)
3. We share in Christ's ascension.
(We have been raised with him.)
(We have been raised with him.)
4. We share in Christ's heavenly session.
(We sit with him in heavenly places, so that our life is hidden with Christ in God.)
(We sit with him in heavenly places, so that our life is hidden with Christ in God.)
5. We will share in Christ's promised return.
(When Christ, who is our life, appears, we also will appear with him in glory.)
(When Christ, who is our life, appears, we also will appear with him in glory.)
See Romans 6:14; Colossians 2:11-12; Colossians 3:1-3
"This, then, is the foundation of sanctification in Reformed theology. It is rooted, not in humanity and their achievement of holiness or sanctification, but in what God has done in Christ, and for us in union with him."
"Rather than view Christians first and foremost in the microcosmic context of their own progress, the Reformed doctrine first of all sets them in the macrocosm of God’s activity in redemptive history."
"It is seeing oneself in this context that enables the individual Christian to grow in true holiness."
Sinclair Ferguson, in _Christian Spirituality: Five Views of Sanctification_ [Downers Grove: IVP, 1989), 58. https://www.amazon.com/Christian-Spirituality-Five-Views-Sanctification/dp/0830812784/?tag=bettwowor0e-20
