Christians are united to Christ, connected to Him spiritually, and when He died, they died. In His resurrection, they are resurrected. Jesus' death was a substitutionary death, and He declared, 'It is finished.' This statement means that everything necessary for salvation had been accomplished, and God's holy law had been obeyed. Jesus' resurrection is the vindication of His death, and it proves that He is the Son of God in power. Christ's death finished the work of redemption, and we know it by the fact that He lived a morally perfect life, was resurrected from the dead, and the effect of His death on those who come to faith in Him.
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