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Podcast: Open the Bible UK Daily
Episode: What Is True of You When You Are 'in Christ'
Description: Because of [God] you are in Christ Jesus, who became to us wisdom from God, righteousness and sanctification and redemption.1 Corinthians 1:30This is one of the most marvellous statements in the whole of the Bible. In earlier verses, Paul reminds us that God calls ordinary, unimpressive human beings like us, who have nothing very much to boast about.Then he says it is because of Him (God the Father) that you are in Christ Jesus (so this is a statement about what it means to be βin Christβ), who has become for us...