{"id":8446,"date":"2010-12-08T18:18:54","date_gmt":"2010-12-08T18:18:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/adrianwarnock.com\/?p=8446"},"modified":"2018-01-28T17:48:31","modified_gmt":"2018-01-28T17:48:31","slug":"saved-through-union-with-our-risen-savior","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/adrianwarnock\/2010\/12\/saved-through-union-with-our-risen-savior\/","title":{"rendered":"Saved through union with our risen savior"},"content":{"rendered":"<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\">\n<html><head><meta http-equiv=\"content-type\" content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\"><meta http-equiv=\"content-type\" content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\"><\/head><body><p>Someone recently shared a quote online from my book <em>Raised With Christ.<\/em>  I thought I\u2019d share it with you as a not-too-subtle reminder to consider buying someone a book about Easter this Christmas!<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Salvation is not merely a case of believing in something that happened thousands of years ago.\u00a0 We are not saved by a belief.\u00a0 We are saved by union with a person.\u00a0 We cannot separate the propitiatory work of Christ from Christ himself.\u00a0 We are saved not only by believing the fact that Christ died for our sins, but by union with the crucified and risen, exalted Savior.\u00a0 Only through union with a living Savior who has in him the virtue of his atoning death do justification, forgiveness, and all the blessings of redemption become ours.\u00a0 \u201cIn him, we have redemption through his blood.\u201d (Ephesians 1:7).\u201d<\/p>\n<p>via <a href=\"http:\/\/joshjcollins.wordpress.com\/2010\/03\/28\/resurrection-people-day-1\/\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Resurrection People- Day 1 \u00ab The Grace Showcase<\/a>.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Someone recently shared a quote online from my book Raised With Christ. 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