What Is Union with Christ? - Ask Pastor John

What does it mean to be united to Christ? John Piper shows how we can begin to mine the riches of this doctrine from Scripture.

Charles Spurgeon once said, “There is no joy in this world like union with Christ. The more we can feel it, the happier we are.” Union with Christ is the center of our salvation and our sanctification and central to all of our deepest joys in this life. Dozens of New Testament texts prove the dominance of this theme. So how can we get our head around all these texts to really feel this union as we ought? That’s today’s email. “Hello, Pastor John! My name is Taylor, a 21-year-old student at Moody Bible Institute in Chicago. Thank you for your teaching and preaching over the decades. My question is: What is union with Christ? The more I study and read, especially older theologians and church fathers, the more I see this concept spoken of, but it does not make sense to me. I don’t hear a lot of pastors talking about it today. Can you help me? What does it mean to be united to Christ, and what are a few of the most significant implications of it?”