That act of divine grace by which we are joined to Christ; and is considered, <\/p>\n
1. As virtual, or that which was formed from all eternity, Eph 1:4.<\/p>\n
2. Vital, or spiritual, formed in the moment of our regeneration, Joh 17:26, 1Jn 4:13. It is represented in the Scripture by the strongest expressions language can admit of, and even compared to the union between the Father and the Son, Joh 17:11; Joh 17:21, &c. It is also compared to the union of a vine and its branches, Joh 15:4-5. To the union of our food with our bodies, Joh 6:56-57. To the union of the body with the head, Eph 4:15-16. <\/p>\n
To the conjugal union, Eph 5:23; Eph 5:30. To the union of a king and his subjects, Mat 25:34; Mat 25:40. To a building, 1Pe 2:4-5, Eph 2:21-22. It is also represented by an identity or sameness of spirit, 1Co 6:17. By an identity of body, 1Co 12:12; 1Co 12:27. By an identity of interest, Mat 25:40. Joh 20:17. This union must be considered not as a mere mental union only in comfort or notion; nor a physical union as between the head and the members; nor as an essential union, or union with the divine nature; but as a mystical union, Eph 5:32. Honourable union, 1Jn 3:1-2. Supernatural union, 1Co 1:30. Holy, 1Jn 3:1-24. Necessary, Joh 15:4. Inviolable, Rom 8:38-39. Some state it thus: <\/p>\n
1. An union of natures, Heb 2:11.<\/p>\n
2. Of actions, his obedience being imputed to us, and our sins reckoned to him, 2Co 5:21.<\/p>\n
3. Of life, Col 3:4.<\/p>\n
4. Of sentiment, 2Co 5:17.<\/p>\n
5. Of interest, Mat 25:34, &c.<\/p>\n
6. Of affection, 2Co 5:14.<\/p>\n
7. Of residence, Joh 17:24. The advantages of it are knowledge, Eph 1:18. Fellowship, 1Co 1:9. Security, Joh 15:1-27 : Felicity, 1Pe 1:8. Spirituality, Joh 15:8. and indeed, all the rich communications of spiritual blessings here and hereafter, Col 1:22. The evidences of union to Christ are, light in the understanding, 1Pe 2:9. Affection to him, Joh 14:21. Frequent communion with him, 1Jn 1:3. Delight in his word, ordinances, and people, Psa 27:4; Psa 119:1-176 : Submission to his will, and conformity to his image, 1Jn 2:5. Dickinson’s Letters, let. 17; Flavel’s Method of Grace, ser. 2; Polhill on Union; Brown’s compend. b. 5. ch. 1.<\/p>\n
UNION TO CHRIST That act of divine grace by which we are joined to Christ; and is considered, 1. As virtual, or that which was formed from all eternity, Eph 1:4. 2. Vital, or spiritual, formed in the moment of our regeneration, Joh 17:26, 1Jn 4:13. It is represented in the Scripture by the strongest … Continue reading “UNION TO CHRIST”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-91278","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-encyclopedic-dictionary"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/dictionaries\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/91278","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/dictionaries\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/dictionaries\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/dictionaries\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/dictionaries\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=91278"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/dictionaries\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/91278\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/dictionaries\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=91278"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/dictionaries\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=91278"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/dictionaries\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=91278"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}