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It would not have been right for the restoration of human nature to be left undone, and…it could not have been done unless man paid what was owing to God for sin. But the debt was so great that, while man alone owed it, only God could pay it, so that the same person must be both man and God. Thus it was necessary for God to take manhood into the unity of His Person, so that he who in his own nature ought to pay and could not should be in a person who could… The life of this Man was so sublime, so precious, that it can suffice to pay what is owing for the sins of the whole world, and infinitely more.
Anselm

We were made in His image, but we must not think of Him existing in ours.
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    • UNION With Christ

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    UNION With Christ

    UNION With Christ

    1. As Head of the Church # Eph 1:22,23 4:15,16 Col 1:18
    2. Christ prayed that all saints might have # Joh 17:21,23
    3. DESCRIBED AS 3a) Christ being in us

      # Eph 3:17 Col 1:27

    3b) Our being in Christ # 2Co 12:2 1Jo 5:20 4) Includes union with the Father # Joh 17:21 1Jo 2:24 5) Is of God # 1Co 1:30 6) MAINTAINED BY 6a) Faith # Ga 2:20 Eph 3:17 6b) Abiding in him # Joh 15:4,7 6c) His word abiding in us # Joh 15:7 1Jo 2:24 2Jo 1:9 6d) Feeding on him # Joh 6:56 6e) Obeying him # 1Jo 3:24 7) The Holy Spirit witnesses # 1Jo 3:24 8) The gift of the Holy Spirit is an evidence of # 1Jo 4:13 9) SAINTS 9a) Have, in mind # 1Co 2:16 Php 2:5 9b) Have, in spirit # 1Co 6:17 9c) Have, in love # So 2:16 7:10 9d) Have, in sufferings # Php 3:10 2Ti 2:12 9e) Have, in his death # Ro 6:3-8 Ga 2:20 9f) Have assurance of # Joh 14:20 9g) Enjoy, in the Lord’s supper # 1Co 10:16,17 9h) Identified with Christ by # Mt 25:40,45 Ac 9:4 8:1 9i) Are complete through # Col 2:10 9j) Exhorted to maintain # Joh 15:4 Ac 11:23 Col 2:7 10) Necessary to growth in grace # Eph 4:15,16 Col 2:19 11) Necessary to fruitfulness # Joh 15:4,5 12) BENEFICIAL RESULTS OF 12a) Righteousness imputed # 2Co 5:21 Php 3:9 12b) Freedom from condemnation # Ro 8:1 12c) Freedom from dominion of sin # 1Jo 3:6 12d) Being created anew # 2Co 5:17 12e) The spirit alive to righteousness # Ro 8:10 12f) Confidence at his coming # 1Jo 2:28 12g) Abundant fruitfulness # Joh 15:5 12h) Answers to prayer # Joh 15:7 13) They who have, ought to walk as he walked # 1Jo 2:6 14) False teachers have not # Col 2:18,19 15) Is indissoluble # Ro 8:35 16) Punishment of those who have not # Joh 15:6 17) Illustrated 17a) Vine and branches # Joh 15:1,5 17b) Foundation and building # 1Co 3:10,11 Eph 2:20,21 1Pe 2:4-6 17c) Body and members # 1Co 12:12,27 Eph 5:30 17d) Husband and wife # Eph 5:25-32

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