Adam, the definitive reality of redeemed human nature (Rom. 5:12–21), he claimed that we who are in him are to be like him. We are to share in his sufferings. We are to become like him in his death. We are to know the power of his resurrection (Phil. 3:10). The key to the experience of subjective spirituality is expressed by Paul when he adds the word with to several compound verbs. I suffer with Christ, am crucified with Christ, die with Christ, am buried with Christ, am raised to live with Christ,
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