Now if we have died with Christ, we believe that we will also live with Him. We know that Christ, being raised from the dead, will never die again; death no longer has dominion over Him. (Romans 6:8,9 ESV)
Union
When my wife and I married, we stopped being separate people. From the moment of, “I Do,” we shared everything. Money, possessions, land, and relationships.
Everything that was mine became ours. Everything that was hers became ours.
In an even better way, the Resurrection, called by Paul here, “Living with Him,” gives His people unity with Him. Our very lives become His. As His resurrected life becomes ours.
We do not simply live for Him in life (although we do), we also live in Him. And that, eternally.
His return to life after dying for us knits us with Him.
Our lives have been changed. Our lives have been improved. Our lives have been fixed. Our lives have been made like Him.
We live forever, because He lives forever.
But only because of Him. His life, His death, and His life again.