“Everyone in the entire community is holy, and the LORD is among them!” That’s what a band of rebels from the tribes of Reuben and Levi declared when they revolted against Moses and Aaron before going on to demand, “Why then do you exalt yourselves above the LORD’s assembly?” (Numbers 16:3). The rebels were consumed […]
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PROOF: PROOF and Union with Christ
By Garrick Bailey The New Testament provides extensive witness to the oneness between Christ and Christians. According to Paul, this oneness, through the Holy Spirit, is the foundation for the unity of the church (Eph 4:1-6). Historically, this concept of oneness found predominantly in the writings of the apostles John and Paul has been called […]
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Theology: Jonathan Edwards on What It Means to Be “In Christ”
“By virtue of the believer’s union with Christ, he doth really possess all things. That we know plainly from Scripture. “But it may be asked, how does he possess all things? What is he the better for it? How is a true Christian so much richer than other men? “To answer this, I will tell […]
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