And ye are complete in Him, which is the head of all principality and power. . . Buried with Him the Baptism, wherein also ye are risen with Him through the faith of the operation with God, who hath raised Him from the dead. And you, being dead in your sins and the uncircumcised of your flesh, hath be quicken together with Him. . ..
COLOSSIANS 2:10
Notice the expression "through faith of the operation of God." Jesus was quickened (made alive) by faith of the operation of God and we were made alive at the same time. It was God who raised Jesus from the dead. It was God who gave Jesus a Name above every name. It was God who blotted out "the handwriting of ordinances" against us, took it out of the way and nailed it to His cross (Col. 2:14). It was God who stripped the powers of darkness of their authority and handed it to the Son (Col.2:15). And it was God who quickened us "together with Him."
In the mind of God, legally speaking, it was when Jesus was quickened and made alive, that we were recreated. "For we are his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus. . . " (Eph. 2:10). This fact of our recreation becomes a vital reality in our lives when we were individual born again (made new creatures).
Raised with Christ! Quickened with Him! Seated with Him! (Eph.2:4-6).
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