How exactly do we live out our Union with Christ? How does Union with Christ change our experience of the Christian Life?

1. UNION WITH
CHRIST
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Bodie QuirkPART2

2. HIM
LIKE
NONEThe
Attributes
of God

3. UNION WITH
CHRIST

4. “UNION WITH CHRIST”
CHRIST
IN
I AM
IN ME
IS
CHRIST

5. "Therefore, if anyone is in Christ,
he is a new creation. The old has
passed away; behold, the new
has come."
- 2 Corinthians 5:17

6. "For our sake he made him to be
sin who knew no sin, so that
in him we might become the
righteousness of God."
- 2 Corinthians 5:21

7. "There is therefore now no
condemnation for those who are
in Christ Jesus."
- Romans 8:1

8. "To them God chose to make
known how great among the
Gentiles are the riches of the glory
of this mystery, which is Christ in
you, the hope of glory."
- Colossians 1:27

9. "my little children, for whom I am
again in the anguish of childbirth
until Christ is formed in you!"
- Galatians 4:19

10. "I am the vine; you are the
branches. Whoever abides in me
and I in him, he it is that bears
much fruit, for apart from me
you can do nothing."
- John 15:5

11. UNION WITH
CHRIST

12. “UNION WITH CHRIST”
CHRIST
IN
I AM
IN ME
IS
CHRIST

13. UNION WITH
PART1
WHATIS
CHRIST ?

14. “ETERNAL LIFE” =
Knowing God and (through) Jesus Christ

18. UNION WITH
CHRIST
THE ROOT OF
THE LOVE OF GOD
IS

19. UNION WITH
PART1
WHATIS
CHRIST ?

20. UNION
WITH
PART2
HOW DO WE
CHRIST?
LIVE IN

21. GALATIANS
2:15-21

28. GALATIANS
2:19-20 IS OUR
GUIDE

29. PARTS5

31. 1.

32. 1.
Doesn’t Mean:
The Law has no
value, or is bad,
or has no place in
Paul’s life

33. 1.
Doesn’t Mean:
The Law has no
value, or is bad,
or has no place in
Paul’s life
Does Mean:
Living for God
through faith is
now the goal, not
keeping the law

34. 1.

35. 2.

36. 2.
Doesn’t Mean:
Paul has been
physically
executed with
Jesus on the cross

37. 2.
Doesn’t Mean:
Paul has been
physically
executed with
Jesus on the cross
Does Mean:
Paul’s link to the law
as his life source has
been severed and
replaced by Christ

38. “Notice the verb tense “have been”
is present perfect—something that
happened in the past with
continuing present effect.
- Union with Christ by Rankin Wilbourne

39. If you are in Christ, then you are
united to him in his death and
crucifixion. When he died, you
now share in that death.”
- Union with Christ by Rankin Wilbourne

40. 2.
Doesn’t Mean:
Paul has been
physically
executed with
Jesus on the cross
Does Mean:
Paul’s link to the law
as his life source has
been severed and
replaced by Christ

41. 2.

42. 3.

43. 3.
Doesn’t Mean:
Paul’s identity as
himself is now gone
and Jesus is living
in his body

44. 3.
Doesn’t Mean: Does Mean:
Christ in Paul is now
the operating force
that is directing
everything in his life
Paul’s identity as
himself is now gone
and Jesus is living
in his body

45. 3.

46. 4.

47. 4.
Doesn’t Mean:
Paul is free to live
however he wants
“in the flesh”

48. 4.
Doesn’t Mean: Does Mean:
Paul’s link to Jesus
through faith has
redefined all of his life’s
priorities and goals
Paul is free to live
however he wants
“in the flesh”

49. “Faith is how union with Christ
becomes operative and powerful
in your life.
- Union with Christ by Rankin Wilbourne

50. Faith is a God-given gift that
allows you to take hold of God’s
having taken hold of you.
- Union with Christ by Rankin Wilbourne

51. If you are in Christ, this is now
the defining truth of who you are.
Your life, your story, becomes
enfolded by another story—
Another’s story.
- Union with Christ by Rankin Wilbourne

52. That’s one way to define faith:
faith means finding your identity
in Christ.”
- Union with Christ by Rankin Wilbourne

53. 4.

54. 5.

55. 5.
Doesn’t Mean: Does Mean:
Jesus’ love, as
expressed through his
life and death, is the
foundation of Paul’s
new identity in Christ
Jesus’ finished work
on the cross means
there is nothing left
for us to do

56. 5.

57. UNION WITH
CHRIST
THE ROOT OF
THE LOVE OF GOD
IS

59. 5.

60. 4.
5.

61. IDENTITY

62. IDENTITY
HABITS

63. That’s one way to define faith:
faith means finding your identity
in Christ.”
- Union with Christ by Rankin Wilbourne

64. JAMES
CLEAR

65. NewYorkTimes
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66. 3 LAYERS
OF
BEHAVIOR
CHANGE

67. identity
processes
outcomes

68. identity
processes
outcomes
Joy and
Trust in God
Intimacy w/ God
Personal Holiness
Confidence

69. identity
processes
outcomesWeekly
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Attending a
Prayer Meeting
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70. identity
processes
outcomesSelf- Image
Assumptions,
biases, judgments
Worldview
Beliefs

71. “Many people begin
the process of
changing their habits
by focusing on what
they want to achieve

72. This leads us to
outcome-based habits.
The alternative is to
build identity-based
habits.

73. With this approach,
we start by focusing
on who we wish to
become.

74. Imagine two people
resisting a cigarette.
When offered a
smoke, the first
person says,

75. “No thanks. I’m
trying to quit.” It
sounds like a
reasonable response,

76. but this person still
believes they are a
smoker who is trying
to be something else.

77. They are hoping
their behavior will
change while
carrying around the
same beliefs.

78. The second person
declines by saying,
“No thanks. I’m not a
smoker.” It’s a small
difference,

79. but this statement
signals a shift in
identity.

80. Smoking was part of
their former life, not
their current one.
They no longer
identify as someone
who smokes.

81. Most people don’t
even consider
identity change
when they set out to
improve.

82. They just think, “I
want to be skinny
(outcome) and if I
stick to this diet,
then I’ll be skinny
(process).”

83. They set goals and
determine the actions
they should take to
achieve those goals

84. without considering
the beliefs that drive
their actions. They
never shift the way
they look at
themselves,

85. and they don’t
realize that their old
identity can
sabotage their new
plans for change.”

86. identity
processes
outcomes

88. 1.IDENTITY

89. 2.PROCESS

90. identity
processes
outcomes
Joy and
Trust in God
Intimacy w/ God
Personal Holiness
Confidence

91. identity
processes
outcomesWeekly
Bible Study
Attending a
prayer meeting
Service

92. processes
outcomesSelf- Image
Assumptions,
biases, judgments
Worldview
Beliefs

93. processes
outcomesWeekly
Bible Study
Attending a
prayer meeting
Service

94. processes
outcomesWeekly
Bible Study
Attending a
prayer meeting
Service

95. "I am the vine; you are the
branches. Whoever abides in me
and I in him, he it is that bears
much fruit, for apart from me
you can do nothing."
- John 15:5

96. UNION WITH
CHRIST

97. “UNION WITH CHRIST”
CHRIST
IN
I AM
IN ME
IS
CHRIST

98. “For this reason I bow my knees
before the Father, from whom
every family in heaven and on
earth is named,”
- Ephesians 3:14-15

99. “that according to the riches of his
glory he may grant you to be
strengthened with power through
his Spirit in your inner being,”
- Ephesians 3:16

100. “so that Christ may dwell in
your hearts through faith—
that you, being rooted and
grounded in love,”
- Ephesians 3:17

101. “may have strength to
comprehend with all the saints
what is the breadth and length
and height and depth,”
- Ephesians 3:18

102. “and to know the love of Christ
that surpasses knowledge, that
you may be filled with all the
fullness of God.”
- Ephesians 3:19