of what he has done for us in the past but further that now, by virtue of the cross, we are being drawn up into the life of Christ and the life we live we live “in Christ.” And then, second, Jesus offers something that may be even more powerful and compelling, though less obvious perhaps on first read. We see that the vision of the Christian life to which we are called in this text is dynamically portrayed to us—subtly, but powerfully—through the lens of the life of the triune God. What Jesus does
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