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Salvation Applied by The Spirit: Union with Christ is unavailable, but you can change that!

The doctrine of believers’ union with Christ has undergone a renaissance in recent years. Evangelicals are rightly fascinated by this previously neglected doctrine—a doctrine with wide-ranging implications for the whole of Christian theology and the Christian life. Drawing on his extensive teaching and research experience, theologian Robert Peterson has written one of the most comprehensive...

of forgiving sins to him (Luke 7:48–49; cf. Acts 5:31; Col. 1:13–14; Rev. 1:5–6), and says that in his death he makes purification for sins (Heb. 1:3). Because Jesus performs all these works that only God performs, he is equal with God. Fifth, Jesus consummates salvation. The Old Testament ascribes to God alone the prerogatives of putting people to death and making them alive (Deut. 32:39; 1 Sam. 2:6). The New Testament applies this Old Testament principle to eternal destinies. Jesus warns: “Do not
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