Union With Christ - Part 2

UNION WITH
CHRIST
HIMLIKENONE
Pastor
Bodie QuirkPART2

HIM
LIKE
NONEThe
Attributes
of God

“UNION WITH CHRIST”
CHRIST
IN
I AM
IN ME
IS
CHRIST

"Therefore, if anyone is in Christ,
he is a new creation. The old has
passed away; behold, the new
has come."
- 2 Corinthians 5:17

"For our sake he made him to be
sin who knew no sin, so that
in him we might become the
righteousness of God."
- 2 Corinthians 5:21

"There is therefore now no
condemnation for those who are
in Christ Jesus."
- Romans 8:1

"To them God chose to make
known how great among the
Gentiles are the riches of the glory
of this mystery, which is Christ in
you, the hope of glory."
- Colossians 1:27

"my little children, for whom I am
again in the anguish of childbirth
until Christ is formed in you!"
- Galatians 4:19

"I am the vine; you are the
branches. Whoever abides in me
and I in him, he it is that bears
much fruit, for apart from me
you can do nothing."
- John 15:5

UNION WITH
PART1
WHATIS
CHRIST ?

“ETERNAL LIFE” =
Knowing God and (through) Jesus Christ

UNION WITH
CHRIST
THE ROOT OF
THE LOVE OF GOD
IS

UNION
WITH
PART2
HOW DO WE
CHRIST?
LIVE IN

GALATIANS
2:19-20 IS OUR
GUIDE

1.
Doesn’t Mean:
The Law has no
value, or is bad,
or has no place in
Paul’s life

1.
Doesn’t Mean:
The Law has no
value, or is bad,
or has no place in
Paul’s life
Does Mean:
Living for God
through faith is
now the goal, not
keeping the law

2.
Doesn’t Mean:
Paul has been
physically
executed with
Jesus on the cross

2.
Doesn’t Mean:
Paul has been
physically
executed with
Jesus on the cross
Does Mean:
Paul’s link to the law
as his life source has
been severed and
replaced by Christ

“Notice the verb tense “have been”
is present perfect—something that
happened in the past with
continuing present effect.
- Union with Christ by Rankin Wilbourne

If you are in Christ, then you are
united to him in his death and
crucifixion. When he died, you
now share in that death.”

3.
Doesn’t Mean:
Paul’s identity as
himself is now gone
and Jesus is living
in his body

3.
Doesn’t Mean: Does Mean:
Christ in Paul is now
the operating force
that is directing
everything in his life
Paul’s identity as
himself is now gone
and Jesus is living
in his body

4.
Doesn’t Mean:
Paul is free to live
however he wants
“in the ﬂesh”

4.
Paul’s link to Jesus
through faith has
redeﬁned all of his life’s
priorities and goals
Paul is free to live
however he wants
“in the ﬂesh”

“Faith is how union with Christ
becomes operative and powerful
in your life.

Faith is a God-given gift that
allows you to take hold of God’s
having taken hold of you.

If you are in Christ, this is now
the defining truth of who you are.
Your life, your story, becomes
enfolded by another story—
Another’s story.

That’s one way to define faith:
faith means finding your identity
in Christ.”

5.
Jesus’ love, as
expressed through his
life and death, is the
foundation of Paul’s
new identity in Christ
Jesus’ ﬁnished work
on the cross means
there is nothing left
for us to do

NewYorkTimes
#1 Bestseller,2019

identity
processes
outcomes
Joy and
Trust in God
Intimacy w/ God
Personal Holiness
Confidence

identity
processes
outcomesWeekly
Bible Study
Attending a
Prayer Meeting
Service

identity
processes
outcomesSelf- Image
Assumptions,
biases, judgments
Worldview
Beliefs

“Many people begin
the process of
changing their habits
by focusing on what
they want to achieve

This leads us to
outcome-based habits.
The alternative is to
build identity-based
habits.

With this approach,
we start by focusing
on who we wish to
become.

Imagine two people
resisting a cigarette.
When offered a
smoke, the first
person says,

“No thanks. I’m
trying to quit.” It
sounds like a
reasonable response,

but this person still
believes they are a
smoker who is trying
to be something else.

They are hoping
their behavior will
change while
carrying around the
same beliefs.

The second person
declines by saying,
“No thanks. I’m not a
smoker.” It’s a small
difference,

but this statement
signals a shift in
identity.

Smoking was part of
their former life, not
their current one.
They no longer
identify as someone
who smokes.

Most people don’t
even consider
identity change
when they set out to
improve.

They just think, “I
want to be skinny
(outcome) and if I
stick to this diet,
then I’ll be skinny
(process).”

They set goals and
determine the actions
they should take to
achieve those goals

without considering
the beliefs that drive
their actions. They
never shift the way
they look at
themselves,

and they don’t
realize that their old
identity can
sabotage their new
plans for change.”

identity
processes
outcomesWeekly
Bible Study
Attending a
prayer meeting
Service

processes
outcomesSelf- Image
Assumptions,
biases, judgments
Worldview
Beliefs

processes
outcomesWeekly
Bible Study
Attending a
prayer meeting
Service

“For this reason I bow my knees
before the Father, from whom
every family in heaven and on
earth is named,”
- Ephesians 3:14-15

“that according to the riches of his
glory he may grant you to be
strengthened with power through
his Spirit in your inner being,”
- Ephesians 3:16

“so that Christ may dwell in
your hearts through faith—
that you, being rooted and
grounded in love,”
- Ephesians 3:17

“may have strength to
comprehend with all the saints
what is the breadth and length
and height and depth,”
- Ephesians 3:18

“and to know the love of Christ
that surpasses knowledge, that
you may be filled with all the
fullness of God.”
- Ephesians 3:19

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