Doctrine Made Alive (DMA): One in Christ

“Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who has blessed us in Christ with every spiritual blessing in the heavenly places!” (Eph 1:3)

What are these spiritual blessings that Paul is speaking of? How do we get them in Christ?

Unit 1: The Aspects and Nature of Our Union with Christ

Expressions such as “in Him”, “in Christ”, and “in the beloved” are used over 160 times in the New Testament. This session seeks to explore both the nature and the different aspects of our union. It is “in Christ” that believers are elected, buried, raised, live out their Christian lives and die. How does knowing this change the way we see Christ and our identity?

Unit 2: Union with Christ and Our Justification

Is God unjust to declare sinners righteous? How does being in Christ deal with the guilt that we have inherited while we were in Adam? This session will explore how Jesus’ resurrection becomes the basis for God for declaring us righteous in Christ.

Unit 3: Union with Christ and Our Sanctification

How is the power of sin broken in Christ? What guarantees our progress in holiness? How can we have assurance that God will save us to the end? Find out how our growth in holiness is ultimately not about what we can achieve, but primarily what God has first done for us in Christ, to make us like Christ.

Someone once wrote, “Once you have your eyes opened to this concept of union with Christ, you will find it almost everywhere in the New Testament”!