Section 2
requirements for us sinners. Hence, the redemp tion of Christ not only affords God the righteous ground upon which to justify those who believe in Christ's redemption, but also God Himself is bound by His righteousness to do so.
Following this, God is seen in reconciliation (Rom. 5). We were not only sinners, but also ene mies of God. God's justification is based upon Christ's redemption and issues in His reconcili ation. Here we joy in God and enjoy God in all that He is to us.
More than this, God is realized by us in our identification with Christ (Rom. 6). God has not only reconciled us to Himself, but has also iden tified us with Christ. We were born in Adam, but God has transferred us from Adam into Christ. In Romans 6 God has become the God in identification, having accomplished a great work in order to make us one with Himself. God has identified us with Himself in Christ.
Romans also shows that God is experienced by us in sanctification (Rom. 6 through 8). He has made us one with Christ so that we may be sanctified not only positionally, but also dispo sitionally. Identification thus issues in sanctifi cation. In sanctification, He is the God in our spirit. The very God who created us, redeemed