The death of Christ has power in the present to liberate us from sin by securing for us a hope that we will be raised from the dead and thus freeing

us from fear to be the most radical kinds of sin denying life laying down people.

Imaginable.

How should the promise of our future resurrection shape our lives today. In this episode of Light and Truth,

John Piper turns Sir Roman 6, 5 to 10 to reveal how our union with Christ profoundly impacts the way we live now.

The sermon was originally preached

at Bethlehem Baptist Church on October 5, 2000.

So Father, as we enter into your word now, we ask that we would experience to the fullest possible measure our union with Jesus Christ.

It is a precious thing beyond all words that by your own doing we are in Christ Jesus who has been made for us wisdom and justification and

sanctification

redemption.

Oh Christ, exalt yourself now in these moments in your word, I pray.

Be our teacher.

Holy Spirit, draw near and rest heavily upon this congregation I pray and give

us understanding and transformed minds.

Through Christ I pray,

Amen.

I want to begin with a general statement now about the believer's union with Christ.

It goes like this.

Because of our union with Christ,

we have died with him and we will most certainly be raised with him.

Now as soon as you hear that, you should raise a question and say, but don't you really mean to say, Pastor John, since we have been united with Christ, therefore we have died with

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