WE ARE ONE WITH CHRIST!
The Apostle Paul tells us that
all who are united to the Lord Jesus Christ by faith are really and truly
one with him. "We are members of his body, of his flesh, and of his
bones" (Eph. 5:30). "We
are made partakers of Christ" (Heb. 3:14).
We are so really and truly one with Christ that all that he is we are made to
be in him. Christ has made us so thoroughly one with himself that he has
even given us his name. His name is "THE LORD OUR RIGHTEOUSNESS"
(Jer. 23:6). And he declares that the name of his church is "The LORD
our righteousness" (3er. 33:16). All that he is we are by DIVINE
IMPUTATION. "Of him are ye in Christ Jesus, who of God is made unto us
wisdom, and righteousness, and sanctification, and redemption" (I
Cor. 1:30). There are no degrees of
salvation, no degrees of acceptance with God, no degrees of our standing before
God. By divine grace all who are united to Christ are perfectly innocent, pure,
and holy in the sight of God. All that God requires, he has provided and given
to all his elect in Christ.