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Especially, the words, “In the Beloved”. If you want to
understand your wealth in Christ from God’s viewpoint, know that
He is always seeing us, “In the Beloved”. From God’s point of
view, all He sees is, “The Beloved”. That’s His Son, the Lord
Jesus. All He sees is Jesus. God has a single eye.

On earth, Lillian is my beloved. When I look at Lillian, I see one
person. I see her head and I see her body. Now try to grasp
this. God looks at Jesus, and He sees one Person. He sees His
Head, and He sees His Body. Stay with me. One person. We
are the Body of Christ, but He does not see us as a multitude of
individuals. The Church is not many parts. It’s one.

Look at these references. Verse 3, “In Christ”. Verse 4, “In
Him”, “Before Him”. Verse 5, “Through Jesus Christ”. Verse
6, “In the Beloved”. Verse 7, “In Him”. Verse 9, “In Him”.
Verse 10, “In Him”. Verse 13, “In Him”.

Now don’t get lost in the theology of it. This is not a new thought
in the Bible. God saw one man, Adam. He couldn’t blame his
neighbor when he fell. Adam couldn’t say, “Well, I’m sorry Lord, it
was Mr. Russell or Mr. Smith.” No, it was Mr. Adam, there was no
one else to blame. There was one person, and the whole human
race was in him. So, when that man went down, billions of people
went down.

You say, “That’s not fair, Adam sinned, not me. Why should I be
blamed for that?” Because…… you were in Adam. You were
there in his loins. Don’t argue too much about being
representatively lost. Since we cling to that very principle, for our
salvation. You are saved representatively. That’s why Christ is
called the last Adam. Jesus, your substitute.

Try to get the concept. God saw one man, Adam. He was the
head of a whole race, and because that one man sinned, the
whole body went down. I am not going to try and understand this