Significance of union with Christ

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The union between Jesus Christ and believers is the basis for all exhortation to faithful, holy living, as well as to sharing in all his benefits.

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For the believer

Identification with Jesus Christ

Matthew 10:40 ESV

“Whoever receives you receives me, and whoever receives me receives him who sent me.

See also Mt 18:5; Mt 25:40; Eph 1:1; Php 1:1

The experience of being in Christ

Ro 8:10; 2 Co 5:17

See also Jn 14:20; 2 Co 13:5; Ga 2:20; Eph 3:14–19; Col 1:27

Conformity to Jesus Christ

Colossians 3:1–4 ESV

If then you have been raised with Christ, seek the things that are above, where Christ is, seated at the right hand of God. Set your minds on things that are above, not on things that are on earth. For you have died, and your life is hidden with Christ in God. When Christ who is your life appears, then you also will appear with him in glory.

See also Mt 16:24; Ro 6:5; 1 Co 6:15–17; 2 Co 4:10; Eph 2:6; Php 3:10–11; 1 Pe 4:13; 1 Jn 2:6; 1 Jn 2:28; 1 Jn 3:24; 1 Jn 5:20

Righteousness in Christ

Ro 4:23–25; 2 Co 5:21

Blessing in Christ

Ephesians 1:3–14 ESV

Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who has blessed us in Christ with every spiritual blessing in the heavenly places, even as he chose us in him before the foundation of the world, that we should be holy and blameless before him. In love he predestined us for adoption to himself as sons through Jesus Christ, according to the purpose of his will, to the praise of his glorious grace, with which he has blessed us in the Beloved. In him we have redemption through his blood, the forgiveness of our trespasses, according to the riches of his grace, which he lavished upon us, in all wisdom and insight making known to us the mystery of his will, according to his purpose, which he set forth in Christ as a plan for the fullness of time, to unite all things in him, things in heaven and things on earth. In him we have obtained an inheritance, having been predestined according to the purpose of him who works all things according to the counsel of his will, so that we who were the first to hope in Christ might be to the praise of his glory. In him you also, when you heard the word of truth, the gospel of your salvation, and believed in him, were sealed with the promised Holy Spirit, who is the guarantee of our inheritance until we acquire possession of it, to the praise of his glory.

For the church

In persecution

Acts 9:3–5 ESV

Now as he went on his way, he approached Damascus, and suddenly a light from heaven shone around him. And falling to the ground, he heard a voice saying to him, “Saul, Saul, why are you persecuting me?” And he said, “Who are you, Lord?” And he said, “I am Jesus, whom you are persecuting.

In service

1 Corinthians 12:12 ESV

For just as the body is one and has many members, and all the members of the body, though many, are one body, so it is with Christ.