Schedule Before Conversion During Conversion After Conversion Common grace Election and Reprobation The Gospel Call and Effective Calling   Regeneration Conversion Justification Adoption Baptism in and Filling With the Holy Spirit Sanctification Perseverance of the Saints Death and the Intermediate State Glorification Union with Christ

Union with Christ Galatians 2:20 I have been crucified with Christ: It is no longer I who live, but Christ lives in me: and the life which I now live in the flesh I live by faith in the Son of God, who loved me and gave Himself for me.

Union with Christ Grudem’s definition: Union with Christ is a phrase used to summarize several different relationships between believers and Christ, through which Christians receive every benefit of salvation. These relationships include the fact that we are in Christ, Christ is in us, we are like Christ, and we are with Christ.

Union with Christ We Are in Christ

Union with Christ We Are in Christ Before the Foundation of the World

Union with Christ Ephesians 1:3-12 3 Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who has blessed us with every spiritual blessing in the heavenly places in Christ, 4 just as He chose us in Him before the foundation of the world, that we should be holy and without blame before Him in love, 5 having predestined us to adoption as sons by Jesus Christ to Himself, according to the good pleasure of His will,

Union with Christ Ephesians 1:3-12 6 to the praise of the glory of His grace, by which He made us accepted in the Beloved. 7 In Him we have redemption through His blood, the forgiveness of sins, according to the riches of His grace 8 which He made to abound toward us in all wisdom and prudence, 9 having made known to us the mystery of His will, according to His good pleasure which He purposed in Himself,

Union with Christ Ephesians 1:3-12 10 that in the dispensation of the fullness of the times He might gather together in one all things in Christ, both which are in heaven and which are on earth—in Him. 11 In Him also we have obtained an inheritance, being predestined according to the purpose of Him who works all things according to the counsel of His will, 12 that we who first trusted in Christ should be to the praise of His glory.

Union with Christ We Are in Christ Before the Foundation of the World During Christ’s Life on Earth

Union with Christ John 17:20-23 20 “I do not pray for these alone, but also for those who will believe in Me through their word; 21 that they all may be one, as You, Father, are in Me, and I in You; that they also may be one in Us, that the world may believe that You sent Me. 22 And the glory which You gave Me I have given them, that they may be one just as We are one: 23 I in them, and You in Me; that they may be made perfect in one, and that the world may know that You have sent Me, and have loved them as You have loved Me.

Union with Christ We Are in Christ Before the Foundation of the World During Christ’s life on Earth 3. During Our Lives Now

Union with Christ Philippians 4:10-13 10 But I rejoiced in the Lord greatly that now at last your care for me has flourished again; though you surely did care, but you lacked opportunity. 11 Not that I speak in regard to need, for I have learned in whatever state I am, to be content:

Union with Christ Philippians 4:10-13 12 I know how to be abased, and I know how to abound. Everywhere and in all things I have learned both to be full and to be hungry, both to abound and to suffer need. 13 I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me.

Union with Christ We Are in Christ Christ Is in Us

Union with Christ John 15:4-8 4 Abide in Me, and I in you. As the branch cannot bear fruit of itself, unless it abides in the vine, neither can you, unless you abide in Me. 5 “I am the vine, you are the branches. He who abides in Me, and I in him, bears much fruit; for without Me you can do nothing.

Union with Christ John 15:4-8 6 If anyone does not abide in Me, he is cast out as a branch and is withered; and they gather them and throw them into the fire, and they are burned. 7 If you abide in Me, and My words abide in you, you will ask what you desire, and it shall be done for you. 8 By this My Father is glorified, that you bear much fruit; so you will be My disciples.

Union with Christ We Are in Christ Christ Is in Us We Are Like Christ

Union with Christ We Are in Christ Christ Is in Us We Are Like Christ We Are to Imitate Him c. d.

Union with Christ We Are in Christ Christ Is in Us We Are Like Christ We Are to Imitate Him Behavior c. d.

Union with Christ 1 John 2:3-6 3 Now by this we know that we know Him, if we keep His commandments. 4 He who says, “I know Him,” and does not keep His commandments, is a liar, and the truth is not in him. 5 But whoever keeps His word, truly the love of God is perfected in him. By this we know that we are in Him. 6 He who says he abides in Him ought himself also to walk just as He walked.

Union with Christ We Are in Christ Christ Is in Us We Are Like Christ We Are to Imitate Him Behavior Thinking c. d.

Union with Christ Philippians 2:4-7 4 Let each of you look out not only for his own interests, but also for the interests of others. 5 Let this mind be in you which was also in Christ Jesus, 6 who, being in the form of God, did not consider it robbery to be equal with God, 7 but made Himself of no reputation, taking the form of a bondservant, and coming in the likeness of men.

Union with Christ We Are in Christ Christ Is in Us We Are Like Christ We Are to Imitate Him Behavior Thinking c. Praying d.

Union with Christ “Lord, Teach us to Pray” Matthew 6:9-13 and Luke 11:2-4 John 17

Union with Christ We Are in Christ Christ Is in Us We Are Like Christ We Are to Imitate Him Behavior Thinking c. Praying d. Heart

Union with Christ John 5:30 I can of Myself do nothing. As I hear, I judge; and My judgment is righteous, because I do not seek My own will but the will of the Father who sent Me.

Union with Christ We Are in Christ Christ Is in Us We Are Like Christ We Are to Imitate Him We Become Like Him

Union with Christ 1 John 4:17 Love has been perfected among us in this: that we may have boldness in the day of judgment; because as He is, so are we in this world.

Union with Christ Romans 8:29 For whom He foreknew, He also predestined to be conformed to the image of His Son, that He might be the firstborn among many brethren.

Union with Christ Philippians 1:3-6 3 I thank my God upon every remembrance of you, 4 always in every prayer of mine making request for you all with joy, 5 for your fellowship in the gospel from the first day until now, 6 being confident of this very thing, that He who has begun a good work in you will complete it until the day of Jesus Christ;

Union with Christ We Are in Christ Christ Is in Us We Are Like Christ We Are With Christ

Union with Christ Philippians 1:21-23 21 For to me, to live is Christ, and to die is gain. 22 But if I live on in the flesh, this will mean fruit from my labor; yet what I shall choose I cannot tell. 23 For I am hard-pressed between the two, having a desire to depart and be with Christ, which is far better.

Union with Christ We Are in Christ Christ Is in Us We Are Like Christ We Are With Christ 1. Personal Fellowship with Christ

Union with Christ John 17:24-26 24 “Father, I desire that they also whom You gave Me may be with Me where I am, that they may behold My glory which You have given Me; for You loved Me before the foundation of the world. 25 O righteous Father! The world has not known You, but I have known You; and these have known that You sent Me.

Union with Christ John 17:24-26 26 And I have declared to them Your name, and will declare it, that the love with which You loved Me may be in them, and I in them.”

Union with Christ We Are in Christ Christ Is in Us We Are Like Christ We Are With Christ Personal Fellowship with Christ Union with the Father and the Holy Spirit