This salvation is given to us ‘in’ Jesus Christ. When we are saved we are connected to Jesus. Paul shows us this in these verses. We are ‘filled in Him’, ‘in Him you were also circumcised’, ‘having been buried with Him in Baptism’, ‘raised with Him’, ‘made alive together with Him’. We are in union with Christ. In John 15, Jesus teaches us that He is the vine and we are the branches. Our hope of salvation is not only in believing and trusting in Jesus. It is in our being connected to Him. Salvation works in us as we are in Jesus Christ. Are you in Jesus? Do you see His power working in you?
