IN CHRIST

What It Means to Be United to Jesus

Sermon Manuscript  •  Romans Series 2026

Romans 6:11; 8:1–2, 38–39

Ken Parmley  •  2026

Key Texts: Romans 6:11; 8:1–2; 8:39

“So you also must consider yourselves dead to sin and alive to God in Christ Jesus.”

— Romans 6:11 (ESV)

“There is therefore now no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus.”

— Romans 8:1 (ESV)

“[Nothing] in all creation will be able to separate us from the love of God in Christ Jesus our Lord.”

— Romans 8:39 (ESV)

CENTRAL TRUTH

To be in Christ is not a location but a life — the believer is so vitally united to Jesus that His death is our death, His righteousness is our standing, His life is our power, and His love is the ground on which we stand forever.

Sermon Architecture

Movement One: The Formula — What the Phrase Actually Means

Movement Two: The Foundation — Justified in Christ

Movement Three: The Freedom — Free from Condemnation and Free for God