Union with Christ

In this fourth message of his "Ballast for the Soul" series, Pastor Albert N. Martin expounds on the profound truth that the enthroned Christ is the believer's indwelling life and strength. Drawing…

In this communion meditation, Pastor Albert N. Martin expounds on the truth that the enthroned Christ is the believer's indwelling life and strength, building on the New Testament doctrine of union…

Pastor Albert N. Martin expounds Ephesians 2:1-10, focusing on God's method of transforming sinners from spiritual death, bondage, and wrath to life, liberty, and acceptance. He meticulously defines…

Pastor Martin expounds Ephesians 2:5-6, focusing on the profound truth that believers are "quickened together with Christ, raised up together with him, and made to sit together in the heavenly places…

Pastor Martin expounds Ephesians 2:4-6, arguing that 'union with Christ' is the central truth of salvation, spanning eternity past to future glorification. He demonstrates how election, Christ's life…

Pastor Martin expounds Ephesians 2:1-10, focusing on the practical results of union with Christ. He argues that God's method of salvation, quickening, raising, and seating believers with Christ, not…

Beginning the third great pillar of his Christology, that Jesus Christ is one person in two distinct natures forever, Pastor Martin offers a sober word of caution and exhortation before approaching…

Pastor Martin now sets out the biblical demonstration of Christ as one undivided person subsisting in two distinct, unmixed natures forever. Using a glove and hand analogy, and the witness of John 1…

Pastor Albert Martin expounds 2 Corinthians 5:17-18a, asserting that the essence of saving religion is being "in Christ," which results in a "new creation." He details this new creation as a…

Preached by Pastor Edward Donnelly at the Southeastern Family Conference (Bryan College, 2001), this opening address in a four-part series on union with Christ establishes Christ as the Last Adam…

Pastor Albert N. Martin expounds on the doctrine of union with Christ, primarily using Ephesians 1:1-14 as an introductory text. He argues that union with Christ is the central truth of salvation…

In the first sermon of a series on 'Union With Christ,' Pastor Albert N. Martin expounds Ephesians 1:3-14 and 2 Timothy 1:8-9, establishing the centrality of Christ's person and work in salvation…

After briefly recapping the previous study's survey of union with Christ from election to glorification, Martin turns to the nature of the union effected in effectual calling, methodically clearing…

In this second sermon on 'Union With Christ,' Pastor Martin expounds 2 Corinthians 5:17, defining the essence of true and saving religion as vital union with Christ. He argues that this union results…

Delivered by Pastor Edward Donnelly at the 2001 Southeastern Family Conference, this sermon expounds Romans 6:1-14 to demonstrate that the believer's union with Christ in his death and resurrection…

Martin expounds 2 Corinthians 5:17 as the decisive test of genuine Christian experience, arguing that present vital union with Christ is the only ground from which a person may reason backward to…

In the third sermon of his 'Union With Christ' series, Pastor Albert N. Martin expounds on the pervasive nature of union with Christ throughout the entire plan of salvation. He begins by…

In "Union With Christ, #4," Pastor Albert N. Martin addresses the nature of the believer's union with Christ, building on previous sermons. He first clarifies what this union is not, refuting…

This sermon applies the doctrine of union with Christ to the cross, drawing out theological, experimental, and ministerial implications. Theologically, Martin argues that viewing the atonement…

In 'Union With Christ, #5,' Pastor Albert N. Martin continues his series by exploring the nature of union with Christ, emphasizing it as spiritual, mystical, and indissoluble. He expounds Romans 8, 2…

In "Union With Christ, #6," Pastor Albert N. Martin concludes his series by exploring the practical influences of this doctrine on the believer's life. He expounds passages like Romans 8:1, 1…

Martin opens by recapping Ephesians 2:1-10, contrasting the 'before picture' of spiritual death, bondage, and wrath (verses 1-3) with God's transforming grace (verses 4-10), then focuses on the…

Martin introduces the first of three axioms needed to understand Paul's compound verbs in Ephesians 2:5-6 — that all that transpired in the life history of the Lord Jesus Christ bore the distinct…

Martin introduces the third and climactic axiom underlying Paul's language in Ephesians 2:5-6 - that union with Christ is the bond linking Christ's representative, substitutionary work to the…

Pastor Martin expounds Ephesians 2:4-6 and related passages to explain the doctrine of union with Christ. He argues that this union is the central truth binding together God's eternal election…

Pastor Albert N. Martin expounds Ephesians 2:1-7, focusing on the practical results of union with Christ. He argues that God's work in salvation not only neutralizes the ugly realities of spiritual…

Pastor Albert N. Martin expounds 1 Thessalonians 1:1, focusing on the meaning of 'church' and the profound implications of being 'in God the Father and in the Lord Jesus Christ.' He first defines…

In his sermon "2003 Saving Union with Christ in the New Year," Pastor Albert N. Martin urgently presses the question of whether each listener will enter the new year in a saving union with the Lord…

Pastor Albert N. Martin continues his exposition of Ephesians 1:13-14, focusing on the 'sphere' in which the sealing of the Holy Spirit takes place: union with Christ through hearing and believing…

Pastor Martin concludes his exposition of Ephesians 1:13, focusing on the 'sphere' in which the Holy Spirit seals believers: union with Christ. He argues that the gift of the Spirit, as a divine…

Pastor Albert N. Martin expounds Ephesians 1:22-23, focusing on the phrase "which is his body" to define the nature and purpose of the church. He argues that the church's identity as Christ's body…

Pastor Martin continues his exposition of Ephesians 1:23, focusing on the church as the 'body of Christ.' He elaborates on two further aspects of this metaphor: the church's sympathetic relationship…

Pastor Albert N. Martin expounds Ephesians 2:1-10, focusing on the 'after' picture of salvation, particularly God's method of uniting sinners with Christ. He argues that salvation is fundamentally…

Pastor Albert N. Martin expounds Ephesians 2:1-10, focusing on the divine method of salvation as a co-quickening, co-raising, and co-seating with Christ. He presents two axioms: first, Christ's life…

Pastor Albert N. Martin expounds Ephesians 2:4-10, focusing on the method of God's salvation: quickening, raising, and seating believers "together with Christ." He introduces the third axiom of…

Pastor Albert N. Martin expounds Ephesians 2:11-13, contrasting the Gentiles' former state of being 'far off' from God and Israel with their present state of being 'made nigh' through Christ's blood…

Pastor Martin expounds Ephesians 2:11-22, focusing on Christ as 'our peace' who reconciles alienated Jew and Gentile to God and to one another. He meticulously outlines the procurement, proclamation…

Pastor Albert N. Martin expounds Ephesians 2:19-22, detailing the identity, native condition, and gracious transformation of the church as God's living temple. He explains that the church's…

Pastor Albert N. Martin expounds 2 Corinthians 5:17, arguing that union with Christ is the essence of saving religion, leading to a new creation where 'old things are passed away, all things are…

Pastor Martin opens a new section on sanctification by considering it in three lights. He first relates sanctification to the human problem of sin, using the illustration of a drunk driver who needs…

Pastor Martin zooms in on Romans 6 as the watershed passage for definitive sanctification. He shows that verse 2 — 'we who are such as have died to sin' — contains the distilled essence of the…

In "Union With Christ, Part 2," Pastor Albert N. Martin reviews the holistic approach to the atonement, emphasizing Christ's death for a specific people within the covenant of redemption and His…

Pastor Martin expounds Romans 6, arguing for a 'radical cleavage with sin' as the definitive beginning of sanctification, a once-for-all act of God in union with Christ's death and resurrection. He…

In this sermon on Galatians 3:26-29, Pastor Edward Donnelly (preaching for Albert N. Martin) expounds the profound reality of Christian unity, emphasizing that believers are 'all one in Christ…

Preached by Edward Donnelly at the 2001 Southeastern Family Conference, this sermon takes Philippians 3:10 as its text and unfolds four ways in which the believer's sufferings are inseparably…

Pastor Albert N. Martin expounds Ephesians 2:1-10, focusing on the method of salvation through union with Christ. He argues that being 'quickened with Christ, raised with Christ, and seated with…

Pastor Martin expounds Ephesians 2:1-10, focusing on God's method of salvation through union with Christ. He introduces two axioms: first, all of Christ's life and work were representative…

In "Sufferings of Christ and His People, #1," Pastor Albert N. Martin expounds 1 Peter 3:13-22, focusing on the similarities between Christ's sufferings and those of His people. He argues that…

In the second part of a two-part sermon, Pastor Albert N. Martin expounds on the essential purpose of Christian baptism, drawing primarily from the Epistles, especially Galatians 3 and Colossians 2…

In the third and final message of his series "Biblical Directives for Godly Grieving," Pastor Albert N. Martin expounds on 1 Thessalonians 4:13-18 and Ephesians 1:3-14, emphasizing two crucial…

In "Biblical View of the Body is Essential," Pastor Albert N. Martin expounds 1 Corinthians 6:12-20, arguing that a proper understanding of the Christian's body is crucial for sexual purity. He…

Pastor Albert N. Martin expounds Ephesians 1:4, focusing on the 'foundation' and 'time' of election. He argues that election is 'in Christ,' meaning Christ is the pre-existent foundation of God's…

In "Riches of His Grace," Pastor Albert N. Martin expounds Ephesians 2:7, revealing God's ultimate purpose in salvation: to display the 'exceeding riches of His grace in kindness toward us in Christ…

Pastor Martin expounds Ephesians 2:11-16, focusing on Christ's work in abolishing the 'middle wall of partition' between Jew and Gentile. He details how the Mosaic ceremonial law, which fostered…

Pastor Martin expounds Romans 6, arguing that biblical sanctification, or gospel holiness, comprises three dimensions: 'sanctification begun' (a radical, definitive cleavage with sin at conversion)…

Pastor Martin zooms in on Colossians 3:9-10 as a second great witness to definitive sanctification, working through the letter's larger framework of the person of Christ, the work of Christ, and…

Pastor Martin turns to Ephesians 4:17-24 as a third key passage on definitive sanctification. After establishing both the larger and immediate context, he defends the indicative translation of verses…

Pastor Martin gives the simple statement of the biblical doctrine of Christ's person from the Shorter Catechism (truly God, truly man, two distinct natures united in one person forever), traces how…

Pastor Martin opens a new section on adoption, arguing that adoption is an even higher blessing than justification — as a judge's son rescuing a criminal only illustrates justification, but the judge…

Pastor Martin expounds Romans 5:12-21 and 2 Corinthians 5:21, meticulously defining and defending the doctrine of 'Double Imputation.' He explains that imputation means to reckon or credit to…