'The Believer is Raised Spiritually In and With Christ'

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Christ is alive forever, victor over death and Hell. We are one with Him in His resurrection. Therefore we also through Him are alive forever and a victor over death and Hell. "As he is, so are we in the world" (I John 4:17).

The indestructible, endless resurrection power of Christ lifts us up from the power of Satan, from the power of the spirit of the world, and from the power of our own self-willed, sinful fleshly nature. It enables us to purge ourselves from all sin and rebellion. The Holy Spirit imparts to us the desire to overcome sin and the necessary wisdom and strength to cleanse ourselves from all unrighteousness.

Separation from the sin and rebellion of the world and of the flesh, through Christ’s atoning death and victorious resurrection, is portrayed by our coming up out of the waters of baptism.

Oneness with the Lord Jesus Christ in His death and in His resurrection is an important aspect of the development of Christ in us, of the building of the Temple of God in our life.