Have you ever asked yourself as a Christian, “am I forgiven?”or “am I going to heaven?” or “does God love me?” or even “do I have eternal life?”―have you ever wondered whether you might be asking the wrong question? Is the validity of our Christian experience qualified purely on the basis of what we feel? And given the deceptive and fluctuating aspect of human emotion, will such an approach ever deliver the longed-for stability we desire?

Is being a Christian only about having our sins forgiven and the slate wiped clean? Is the assurance of receiving anything more from God purely contingent on our making a success of this Christian life thing? How sure can we really be as to whether we’re truly forgiven, or whether God really does like us, or even whether we’re certain that we’ll make it in the end?

In this fifth episode on our series on the Holy Spirt, Pete and the Curious team take a good look at what the bible means by defining our Christian experience as being united with Christ! How the Holy Spirit secures such a privilege, what it means for us as believers, and how it cements the greatest security for our lives and our futures.

Further Reading

We’ve listed some views below for you to read and ponder…

What is Union with Christ? - DesiringGod.org

Union with Christ - TheGospelCoalition.org

Union with Christ - CSLewisInstitude.org

Union with Christ - Ligonier.org

What we’re reading?

We’ve been getting stuck into the following;

Abraham Kuyper ― The Work of The Holy Spirit

Sinclair B. Ferguson ― The Holy Spirit

George Smeaton ― The Doctrine of the Holy Spirit

R. C. Sproul ― The Mystery of the Holy Spirit

J. I. Packer ― Keep In Step With The Spirit

John Owen ― The Holy Spirit (works vol.3)

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