(1) First, what? or the nature of our salvation in Christ—2:4–6 Stott is among a few commentators who believe that the three verbs “made alive”, “raised”, and “seated” refer to three successive historical events in the experience of Jesus: resurrection, ascension, and session at the right hand of God. But “what excites our amazement, … is that now Paul is not writing about Christ but about us. He is affirming not that God quickened, raised and seated Christ, but that he quickened, raised and seated