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baptized into Christ. God has put us into Christ (1 Cor. 1:30), and we all must believe this fact and reckon on it. Hallelujah, we are in Christ! We have been transferred out of Adam into Christ. Today I can testify boldly that I am no longer in Adam—I am in Christ. Because I am in Christ, His death, His resurrection, and all that He is have become mine. Whatever He has done is mine because I am in Him.
Consider the example of Noah's ark. The ark with the eight persons aboard passed through many things. Whatever the ark passed through was also the experience of those eight persons, be cause they were in the ark. This is a clear type of our being in Christ. Christ is our ark, and we, the resurrected people, are in Him. (The number eight signifies resurrection.) Whatever Christ has obtained and attained and whatever He is now is ours. His death is ours, His resurrection is ours, and His life is ours. Christ's death has terminated every negative thing in the universe, and His death is ours. Nothing terminates a per son like death. If someone asks whether or not you are dead, you should strongly reply, "Yes, I died two thousand years ago (Rom. 6:6). Christ's death on the cross cleared up everything for me and terminated me absolutely. I am dead." Praise