Unión

Unión

Dios te creó para que pudieras participar del amor y la vida desbordantes que se encuentran dentro de la Deidad. Fuiste creado para amar y ser amado y para compartir su vida divina en unión espiritual.

Manmade religion says you have to work hard before you can draw near to God and if you sin he will cast you aside, but the gospel of grace declares that you are one with the Lord, you are as holy and righteous as he is and your future is eternally secure. Our union with the Lord is intimate, unbreakable and the means by which we experience the abundant life that flows from the fullness of his love.

Unión en la Biblia

La palabra unión no aparece en muchas Biblias en inglés, pero nuestra unión con el Señor se menciona cientos de veces en las Escrituras. Se encuentra en frases como “Dios con nosotros”, “Cristo en vosotros”, “en Cristo”, “con Cristo”, “con él” y “en él” (ver entrada for Matt. 1:23). It’s in numerous promises (“I am with you always”) and word pictures (“I am the vine, you are the branches”). And union is implied in the word fellowship.

La palabra que suele traducirse como compañerismo (koinonía, 2842) significa literalmente asociación, comunidad (o unidad común) o comunión (o unión común). Koinonía no es un verbo en el sentido de tener comunión después de la iglesia. Es un sustantivo que describe la unión común que los creyentes tienen entre sí y con el Señor.

Union is more than relationship for it describes the mystical connection that all believers share with God the Father (Eph. 2:18, 1 John 1:2-3, 2:15), God the Son (1 Cor. 1:9, 10:16), and God the Holy Spirit (2 Cor. 13:14, Php. 2:1, 1 John 4:13). Our union also joins us to the church or the body of Christ (1 John 1:7). Koinonía-fellowship is about living fully out of our connection with Christ and his body with our hearts “knit together in love” (Col. 2:2).

fotos de union

Spiritual union is such an alien concept to the natural mind that the Bible provides us with pictures to help us grasp it. In the New Testament, our union with the Lord is portrayed as a vine and its branches (John 15:5), a building or temple (see entrada for 2 Cor. 6:16), a treasure in a jar of clay (2 Cor. 4:7), a new man (Eph. 2:15), a marriage (2 Cor. 11:2, Eph. 5:24-25, Rev. 19:7, 21:9, 22:17), a city (Heb. 11:10, 12:22, 13:14, Rev 3:12, 21:2), and a family or household (Matt. 12:50, Mark 3:35, John 11:52, 2 Cor. 6:18, Eph. 2:19, Gal. 3:26, 6:10, 1 Pet. 4:17). The union metaphor which appears most often in the New Testament is that of the body of Christ of which every believer is a member (see entrada for 1 Cor. 12:27; see also Rom. 12:4, 5, 1 Cor. 6:15, 10:17, 12:12-18, 22-25 , Eph. 3:6, 4:4, 4:15-16, 5:23, 30, Col 1:18, 2:19, 3:15).

One thing these pictures have in common is the theme of total dependence. A branch is nothing without the vine, and a toe cannot exist without the body. Our union reminds us that we are totally dependent on the Lord. He is the source of our life (Gal. 2:20, Eph. 2:5, Col. 3:4). Apart from him we can do nothing, but in him we truly live and move and have our being.

palabras de union

Varias frases de las Escrituras se refieren a nuestra unión con el Señor. Éstas incluyen; en Cristo Jesús, con Cristo, con él y en él.

en cristo jesus: Estamos vivos para Dios y tenemos vida eterna. en cristo jesus (Rom. 6:11, 23). The grace and kindness of God are found en cristo jesus (1 Cor. 1:4, Eph. 2:7) and his forgiveness is found en cristo jesus (Eph. 4:32). There is no condemnation for those who are en cristo jesus (Rom. 8:1), we are justified en Cristo (Gal. 2:17), and our salvation is en cristo jesus (2 Tim. 2:10). Nothing can separate us from the love of God that is en cristo jesus (Rom. 8:39). We have freedom and are sanctified en cristo jesus (1 Cor. 1:2, Gal. 2:4). We are seated in heavenly places en cristo jesus (Eph. 2:6). The peace, faith and love of God are found en cristo jesus (Php. 4:7, 1 Tim. 1:14). En Cristo we are brand new creatures (2 Cor. 5:17). We are complete en Cristo (Col. 1:28) and blessed with every blessing en Cristo (Eph. 1:3). All the glory goes to God. It is because of him that you are en cristo jesus (1 Cor. 1:30).

con cristo: El creyente ha sido crucificado con cristo (Rom. 6:8, Gal. 2:20, Col. 2:20, 3:3), been raised and made alive con cristo (Rom. 6:8, Eph. 2:5, Col. 3:1), is a co-heir con cristo (Rom. 8:17), clothed con cristo (Gal. 3:27), and hidden con cristo in God (Col. 3:3).

Con él: El creyente ha sido crucificado con él, enterrado con él, aumentó con él Para poder vivir con él y reinar con él (Rom. 6:4-8, 2 Cor. 13:4, Eph. 2:6, Col. 2:12-13, 2 Tim. 2:11-12).

En él: Cuando creíste las buenas nuevas acerca de Jesús, fuiste sellado en él (Eph. 1:13). All the blessings of heaven are found en él (Eph. 1:3), and en él we have redemption, forgiveness, and righteousness (2 Cor. 5:21, Eph. 1:7). All the promises of God are yes en él (2 Cor. 1:20), and en él you have been made complete (Col. 2:10). En él we live and move and have our being (Acts 17:28).

La promesa de unión

Jesus prayed for his disciples “that they may be one as we are one” (John 17:11). Then he prayed for those who would come after them, “that all of them may be one, Father, just as you are in me and I am in you” (John 17:21). Jesus’ prayer is answered whenever someone turns to the Lord in faith and is sealed in him by the Holy Spirit (Eph. 1:13). Once upon a time, you were apart from the Lord and lacking the Spirit of God (Rom. 8:9, 1 Cor. 2:14-15). But the moment you responded in faith to the gospel, you were placed in Christ and you received the Holy Spirit. “God has brought you into union with Christ Jesus” (1 Cor. 1:30, GNB).

The believer has been crucified with Christ (Rom. 6:8, Gal. 2:20, Col. 2:20, 3:3, 2 Tim. 2:11), raised and made alive with Christ (Rom. 6:8, Eph. 2:5, Col. 3:1), is a joint heir with Christ (Rom. 8:17), is clothed with Christ (Gal. 3:27), and now reigns with Christ (Eph. 2:6, 2 Tim. 2:12). Truly the believer is hidden with Christ in God (Col. 3:3).

There are no stages to union with Christ; you are either in Christ or you need to be. The Christian life is not about trying to get closer to the Lord, but learning to walk in the union we already have. “As you have therefore received Christ, [even] Jesus the Lord, [so] walk (regulate your lives and conduct yourselves) in union with and conformity to him” (Col. 2:6, AMP). We are able to walk with the Lord when we know our union is intimate, unbreakable, and blessed.

Una unión íntima

Union with Christ is the number one reason why we have it better than those who lived before the cross. Back then they wrote love songs about yearning and absence. “I opened to my beloved, but my beloved was gone” (Song 5:6) “As the deer pants for the water, so my soul pants for you, O God” (Ps. 42:1). “One thing I ask of the Lord, this is what I seek: that I may dwell in the house of the Lord all the days of my life” (Ps. 27:4). But the good news of union declares that you son the house of the Lord (2 Cor. 6:16, Heb. 3:6). You can dwell in the house of the Lord as long as you like. In fact, it’s going to be quite impossible for you to dwell anywhere else.

“I am in My Father, and you in Me, and I in you” (John 14:20). You are in Christ and he is in you. One with the Lord, you are as close as you ever will be. If you don’t feel close, renew your mind and ask the Holy Spirit to reveal the truth of God’s word to you. Intimacy is not something we ever need long for. (He is already with us.) We don’t have to beg God to rend the heavens and come down. (He already did.) And we never have to fear that he might abandon us as orphans. (He promised he wouldn’t.) The good news declares that now and forever more, you are in intimate union with the Lord (Eph. 2:13).

Una unión inquebrantable

“Surely I am with you always” (Matt. 28:20). Jesus said the Father, Son and the Holy Spirit abide or make their home with us (John 14:16–17, 23). You are not a motel room for the Lord. You are the temple of the Holy Spirit and he will never leave you (Heb. 13:5).

“The one who joins himself to the Lord is one spirit with him” (1 Cor. 6:17). The original word for joins (Hola, G2853) significa pegar o cementar juntos. Has sido cimentado al Señor por el Espíritu Santo. Estás atrapado con él para siempre.

“We have become united with him” (Rom. 6:5). The original word for united (sumphutos, 4854) significa plantados juntos. Ésta es la palabra más fuerte para unión que se pueda imaginar. Significa “nacer junto con” o “de origen conjunto”. La palabra inglesa más cercana es connate, que significa partes individuales que se unen para formar un todo único. El mejor ejemplo de una unión connata es la que Jesús nos dio: una vid y un pámpano, dos partes que se combinan para formar un todo indivisible. Las vides y las ramas no pueden entenderse de forma aislada. Una vid que no tiene pámpanos no es gran vid, y un pámpano que no es parte de una vid no es un pámpano.

What does this connate or unbreakable union mean for us? One with the Lord, we are as holy and righteous as he is (1 Cor. 1:30). His future is our future and in him we are eternally secure. Since Christ cannot deny or disown himself, Christ cannot disown you (2 Tim. 2:13).

Una unión bendita

Paul prayed that we would have “a deeper understanding of every blessing which we have in our life in union with Christ” (Phm. 1:6, GNB). There are many blessings which come to us through our union in Christ. These blessings include: love (Rom. 8:39, 1 Tim. 1:14, 1 John 3:17), forgiveness (Eph. 1:7, 4:32), reconciliation (2 Cor. 5:19), salvation (Eph. 1:13, 2 Tim. 2:10), the gift of no condemnation (Rom. 8:1), freedom (Gal. 2:4), eternal life (Rom. 6:23, 2 Tim: 1:1, 1 John 3:15, 5:20), peace (Php. 4:7), sanctification (1 Cor. 1:2, 30, Php. 1:1, 4:21, 2 Tim. 1:9), righteousness (1 Cor. 1:30, 2 Cor. 5:21, Php. 3:9), authority (Eph. 2:6), new life (Eph. 2:5), an inheritance (Eph. 1:10-11), strength (Eph. 6:10), and provision (Php. 4:19. Indeed, every blessing is ours in Christ (Eph. 1:3). In him we are complete (Col. 2:10). Truly we are “privileged to be in union with Christ, who is in union with God” (1 Cor. 3:23, MSG).

C.S. Lewis once said that grace separates Christianity from every other religion. The grace of God is certainly special, but it is hardly the only thing that makes Christianity unique. How about union? No other religion dares to propose the intimacy, fruitfulness, and security that flow from our union with the Lord. “In union with Christ you have become rich in all things…” (1 Cor. 1:5, GNB).

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