Union With Christ

In "Union with Christ," Pastor Robert McNutt expounds Romans 7:1-6 to reveal the believer's profound spiritual reality of being united to Christ in His death, burial, and resurrection. Using the analogy of marriage, he explains that just as a woman is bound to her husband only while he lives, Christians have died to the Law through Christ's death and are now "married" to Christ, freed from the Law's condemnation. This union is a one-time, definitive act accomplished through Christ's penal substitutionary death, which satisfies the Law and grants believers freedom from guilt and condemnation. The sermon emphasizes that sanctification flows from this positional truth and urges believers to rest in their new identity, remembering that the Law, though holy and good, no longer has dominion over them. Pastor McNutt anchors this doctrine in several key Pauline passages (Romans 5, 6, 8; Galatians 2, 4; Ephesians 5) and concludes with assurance that nothing can separate the believer from the love of God in Christ Jesus, affirming eternal security and calling unbelievers to repentance and faith.