United in Christ

For we are members of His body, of His flesh and of His bones. – Ephesians 5:30

Whatever belongs to Christ belongs to you, poor believer! Christ is rich, can you be poor? Even His Father is your Father, and His heaven is your heaven; for you are so one with Him that all the broad possession of His infinite wealth are given freely to you. He bestows upon you His bounty, not only “to the half of the kingdom”, but the whole of it. Joined to Him, all that He has is yours.

Christ is very dear to His Father’s heart. “This is My beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased,” was the word which came from the opened heaven concerning Christ; and as God delights in Christ, so is He also well pleased with you who are in Christ. Yes, He is as pleased with you as He is with Christ; for He sees you in Christ, and Christ in you. God makes no division between you and Him to whom He has joined you. “What therefore God hath joined together, let no man put asunder.” Certainly God will never separate that which He has united in Christ. Do not put yourself asunder from Christ, even in your thoughts, by supposing that you are not well-beloved of God even as His own covenant Head.

Whatever Christ is to be, you are to be a sharer of it all. How can you die while Jesus lives? How can the body die, while the head lives? If we go through the waters, they cannot overflow us until they overflow our head. While a man’s head is above water, he cannot be drowned. And Christ up yonder, in the eternities of glory, can never be conquered: neither can those be vanquished who are one with him…”We believe that we shall also live with Him: knowing that Christ being raised from the dead dieth no more; death shall have no dominion over Him.” Where He goes, we shall follow. ~ C.H. Spurgeon

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