Resurrection

Romans 6:5-7,18 - For if we have been united with him in a death like his, we will certainly also be united with him in a resurrection like his. For we know that our old self was crucified with him so that the body ruled by sin might be done away with, that we should no longer be slaves to sin—because anyone who has died has been set free from sin…You have been set free from sin and have become slaves to righteousness.

Philippians 3:10-11 - I want to know Christ—yes, to know the power of his resurrection and participation in his sufferings, becoming like him in his death, and so, somehow, attaining to the resurrection from the dead.

Colossians 3:1 - Since, then, you have been raised with Christ, set your hearts on things above, where Christ is, seated at the right hand of God.

Application:

·         Knowing Christ is not merely factual; it includes the experience of the power of His resurrection, of fellowship in His sufferings and of being like Him in His death. I already share positionally in Christ’s death and resurrection.

·         I am called upon to become in daily experience what I am positionally in Christ.

·         I have changed masters. Whereas I was formerly a slave to sin, I have become a slave to righteousness.

All Scripture verses taken from ESV