#178 – Salvation: Union with Christ

Jen Wilkin, JT English, and Kyle Worley have a conversation about the most important doctrine for understanding the doctrine of salvation, union with Christ.

Questions Covered in This Episode:

• What is the most important doctrine for understanding the doctrine of salvation?
• Why does Paul continually use the preposition “in”?
• It is possible to live in this world as an individual not united to someone else?
• I grew up hearing Christ in me, not me in Christ; where is the emphasis? Why was I presented with the opposite?
• What is the doctrine of union with Christ?
• How have we imported modern conceptions of identity on being in Christ?
• What is the difference between dying to self and living with Christ and embracing those distinctions that you want to dignify?
• It is important to value diversity?
• How is union with Christ different from communion with God?
• If someone said they were feeling cold in their relationship with God, how would you respond to them?

Helpful Definitions:

• Union with Christ:
  • A believers identification in Christ and incorporation into the body of all of those who are identified with Christ before God.
  • The unbreakable, unshakeable reception of all of God’s saving benefits.
  • Unbreakable relationship with God held by Jesus for His people, received by grace through faith.
• Communion with Christ: Fellowship with God. The enjoyment of God’s saving benefits, it is shakeable and breakable and you can also deepen it.

Resources Mentioned in This Episode:

• Acts 9, John 17:1–26, Ephesians 1:3-10, Romans 6:1-11, Galatians 2:20, Romans 5:19, Colossians 1:27, Genesis 3, Luke 14:11, Revelation 5, Romans 16
• Crossway: Women of the Word
• Knowing Faith Episode #177 – Brothers and Sisters: More than a Metaphor

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