As guilty but forgiven sinners, what the powers and principalities of this age say to us is true.
But we’ve already been accused; we’ve already been indicted; we’ve been arrested; we’ve been dressed in purple and beaten; we’ve been stapled to a Roman cross; we’ve had the wrath of God poured out upon us; we’ve been left in a tomb as a bloated, abandoned, cursed corpse; and on a Sunday morning in Jerusalem, we were resurrected.
So when the accusations of the Evil One come against us, what he hears in reply is the gospel truth that we can’t be re-executed. What we hear said of us from the Father is,
“This is my beloved Son in whom I am well pleased,”
because we are in union with Christ, and what is true of him is now, by the grace of God, true of us. And that is precisely why
“there is therefore now no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus” (Romans 8:1).
Question for Reflection
- Do you realize the implications of being buried with Jesus in the likeness of His death and raised with Him to walk in newness of life?
Resources
Russell Moore, Acting the Miracle Together: Corporate Dynamics in Christian Sanctification