Reformed Forum The Resurrection of Christ and the Past Resurrection of the Believer | Resurrection and Redemption: A Reader’s Guide (Lesson 3)
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Oct 12, 2026 Marcus Mininger, a New Testament scholar specializing in Pauline theology, joins Camden Bucey to explore believers’ resurrection with Christ. They examine Ephesians 2, Colossians 2–3, Romans 6, and Galatians 2, tracing union with Christ through baptism and the Spirit. The discussion connects present spiritual renewal with future bodily resurrection, highlighting the “already and not yet” of redemption.
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Raised With Christ In Real Time
- Paul presents believers’ resurrection with Christ as a real transition within their own life history, not merely representation by Christ’s past resurrection.
- The believer moves from experienced spiritual death to new life while remaining organically connected to Christ’s historical resurrection.
Ephesians Locates Resurrection In Conversion
- Ephesians 2 describes people who personally walked in trespasses before God made them alive together with Christ.
- The grammatical link between being dead and being made alive places conversion inside the believer’s own life history.
Eternal Election Still Includes Conversion
- Election in Christ from eternity and experiential union with Christ during one’s life are distinct biblical realities.
- Even believers raised in the church pass from wrath to grace, whether or not they remember the precise moment.
