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| Union With Christ
I recently picked up Mark Garcia's book Life in Christ: Union with Christ and Twofold Grace in Calvin's Theology and would like to see some discussion on what seems to be a growing rift in Calvinistic and Reformed camps as to what exactly this union means and does for the believer. To get us started here is a quote from John Murray that shows forth the point Garcia and Richard Gaffin have been making. Quote: |
“…And our death to sin is guaranteed by our union with Christ in his death and resurrection (6:3-5). The strength of sin is the law and if we have been put to death to the law by the body of Christ (7:4), we have died to sin. Furthermore, by union with Christ we have come under the reign of grace and sin can no longer exercise dominion (6:14). This is the basis and assurance of sanctification. Christ died for us-this is our justification. But if he died for us, we who also died with him-is the guarantee of sanctification.”
| -- pg. xxv, John Murray, The Epistle to the Romans
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