Quickened Together with Christ

“And has raised us up together, and made us sit together

in heavenly places in Christ Jesus.”

(Ephesians 2:6)

We indeed are raised up together with Christ. Wonderful is the person of Christ! He not only represented but, so to speak, He contained all His people. His punishment was their punishment – His sufferings their sufferings – His death their death – His righteousness and obedience their righteousness and obedience. Therefore, each child of God is privileged to say, ‘By virtue of my oneness with Christ, I have, in Him suffered all the wrath of God, which my sins deserved – I have in Him fulfilled every requirement of the law. When He hung on the cross, I hung on the cross - when He rose again from the dead, I rose also - when He ascended into Heaven, I ascended together with Him. Christ and my person can never be parted. He received me as portion of Himself forever more. ‘