Ephesians 2:6-7

And God raised us up with Christ and seated us with him in the heavenly realms in Christ Jesus  in order that in the coming ages he might show the incomparable riches of his grace, expressed in his kindness to us in Christ Jesus.

From Background Notes [BN] for Feb 20th & 21st written by Pastor Bob Brown:

What does it mean to be "seated" with Christ in the heavenlies?

To be "raised" meant to be placed into the "realm of Christ", but to be "seated" means to share the "authority of Christ". It means having a heavenly status with heavenly power to overcome the power of sin and death. But we sit with him precisely because we are already "in him". It is our "union with Christ" that gives us the right to be in the heavenly places. We reside in two places at the same time: 1) on earth; 2) in heaven. We are pragmatically in the first, while we are positionally in the second. Our earthly bodies remind us that we have "not yet" reached the completion of our journey, and there yet remains for us a "final salvation", namely, "the redemption of our bodies" (Romans 8:23). Elsewhere in Romans 8:18-39 Paul unfolds the dramatic story of human salvation, looked at from the standpoint of "our present sufferings". Still, we "already" live in a new realm and have been seated with the exalted Jesus in the place of power and authority. [BN,8]

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* Saturday 6:00pm
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