Theologian Michael Reeves joins us one more time from the UK filling in this week for

John Piper.

Michael, you've written and spoken a lot about union with Christ over the years.

So why is it important for Christians to understand and embrace the precious truth of union

with Christ?

And what's lost if we don't understand it?

What's important about union with Christ for the Christian life, well union with Christ

Tony, is the Christian life?

So it's not some small particular blessing that might go alongside the key blessings of

the gospel.

Union with Christ is the Christian life.

And I think there are a couple of pictures.

Let's try to understand what this is that we're talking about.

There are two main pictures that Scripture gives us.

The first comes up in Romans 5 and in 1 Corinthians 15.

Let's have a look at the one Corinthians 15 example.

Paul writes this.

He says that as in Adam all die, so in Christ shall all be made alive, each in his own

order, Christ the first fruits, then it is coming those who belong to him.

So what he's got in mind is that everyone is in either Adam or Christ.

No one is a self-determining individual.

There is no such thing.

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