Together With Christ

Narrator: Chris Genthree
Duration: 2min
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How sweet is the meditation on the word “together” found in the sacred pages of Scripture and revealed by the Holy Spirit to our hearts.
The Apostle Paul reminds us in the epistle to the Ephesians of this “togetherness.” We are “quickened...together with Christ, (by grace ye are saved;) and hath raised us up together, and made us sit together in heavenly places in Christ” (Eph. 2:5-65Even when we were dead in sins, hath quickened us together with Christ, (by grace ye are saved;) 6And hath raised us up together, and made us sit together in heavenly places in Christ Jesus: (Ephesians 2:5‑6)).
In addition to being “a holy temple in the Lord,” we are also “heirs of God, and joint-heirs with Christ; if so be that we suffer with Him, that we may be also glorified together” (Rom. 8:1717And if children, then heirs; heirs of God, and joint-heirs with Christ; if so be that we suffer with him, that we may be also glorified together. (Romans 8:17)).
There is a beautiful, prophetic promise in Psalm 50:55Gather my saints together unto me; those that have made a covenant with me by sacrifice. (Psalm 50:5): “Gather My saints together unto Me; those that have made a covenant with Me by sacrifice.” Furthermore, our Lord’s sweet promise is, “Where two or three are gathered together in My name, there am I in the midst of them” (Matt. 18:2020For where two or three are gathered together in my name, there am I in the midst of them. (Matthew 18:20)). Our risen Lord is the object of our worship, the center of our gathering, and the great Master Builder. Through His sacrificial death and resurrection He will gather together in one the children of God who were scattered abroad (John 11:5252And not for that nation only, but that also he should gather together in one the children of God that were scattered abroad. (John 11:52)).
In the light of these precious promises, what a joy it is to be workers together with the Lord, and we are reminded in John 4:3636And he that reapeth receiveth wages, and gathereth fruit unto life eternal: that both he that soweth and he that reapeth may rejoice together. (John 4:36), “Both he that soweth and he that reapeth may rejoice together.”
H. Spence, Christian Treasury, Vol. 3