Ascending in Christ is having Christ as the center of our life and existence. It is communing with him in such a manner that we come to be like him, taking on the way of life he lived. Ascending in Christ is becoming one with the human nature Christ sanctified in his life, death, resurrection and ascension to the Father. We are children of the Father in the Son. We come to live as his children in the world as we commune with him in Christ—just like the union of a bride and groom on the marriage day that is ever-increasing if they continue in a life of love. “Ascending” in Christ is grasping
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