RAISED WITH HIM
“In Him we live, move and have our being.” -ACTS 17:28
Before
my father married my mother and conceived me, he was in a serious
automobile accident. Had my father died at the age of sixteen, I would
have died also, because I was still in my father. His death would have
been my death; and not my death only, but also the death of my children,
and their children, all the way down the line. We would have all died
together with him, having never even lived. But his life, his survival,
his overcoming the accident was just as much my life, my survival, and
my overcoming.
Spiritually speaking, this is similar to what God
has done for us by placing us in Christ. Christ was crucified, dead,
buried, resurrected, ascended, and seated; and since we were in Him when
it all happened, God considers it to have happened to us as well. We
who are His children now share in the very life of Christ, and each of
us bear witness to the resurrection and overcoming of Christ. When God
raised Him from the dead, He raised us from the dead as well.
Source: “Embrace the Cross” by Chip Brogden
http://www.chipbrogden.com/books/embrace-the-cross
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Chip Brogden
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