“What are
the two most powerful words in scripture?” the speaker asked. Then he answered his own question with two
words: “In Christ”.
I sat there
for minute and then thought, “He may have a point.”
I am sure
that one could make a case for other phrases as well, but a quick survey of the
New Testament will show that “In Christ” is right up there.
For
example, Romans 6:11 says that we are to be, “Dead to sin but alive to God in
Christ.”
Romans 8:1
says that “There is now no condemnation for those who are in Christ.”
In verse 38
of the same chapter we read that “Neither death nor life, neither angels nor
demons, neither the present nor the future, nor any powers, neither height nor
depth, nor anything else in all creation, will be able to separate us from the
love of God that is in Christ Jesus our Lord.”
“In Christ we who are many form one body”
(Romans 12:5).
The
introduction to the letter of 1 Corinthians says, “To those sanctified [made
Holy] in Christ Jesus … I always thank God for you because of his grace given
you in Christ Jesus” (1:2 and 4).
“If anyone
is in Christ, he is a new creation; the old has gone, the new has come!” (2
Cor. 5:17)
“God was
reconciling the world to himself in Christ, not counting men’s sins against them”
(1 Cor. 5:19).
Galatians 3
reminds us that we are “one in Christ” (Verse 28).
We have “every
spiritual blessing in Christ” (Ephesians 1:3).
Philippians
4:7 says, “And the peace of God, which transcends all understanding, will guard
your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus.”
We are also
reminded that, at the end of time, “The dead in Christ will rise first” (1
Thessalonians 4:16).
That is
just a sample of what the New Testament has to say. In fact, the phrase “in Christ” more than
ninety times and it is tied to all sorts of blessings both now and in eternity.
Maybe “in
Christ” is the most powerful phrase in the Bible. It certainly is to be the most powerful place
to be.
Are you “in
Christ”?
“You are
all sons of God through faith in Christ Jesus, for all of you who were baptized
into Christ have clothed yourselves with Christ” (Galatians 3:26-27).
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