“M. V. O.” The believer is united to Christ in resurrection. There could be no union ‘with Christ on this side of death. “Except a corn of wheat fall into the ground and die, it abideth alone.” This is a great cardinal truth of all importance at the present day. “We are members of His body, of His flesh, and of His bones.” This can only apply to a dead and risen Christ. In the purpose of God, the Church was united to Christ before the foundation of the world; but this union is only actualized in the case of an individual when he is quickened and united to Christ by the power and presence of the Holy Ghost.