Joined unto Christ

Of First Importance gives this quote from Martin Luther (in celebration of Reformation Day, October 31, which marks the day a young Catholic priest posted his “95 Theses” on the chapel door at Wittenberg, 1517):

“Faith therefore must be purely taught: namely, that thou art so entirely joined unto Christ, that He and thou art made as it were one person: so that thou mayest boldly say, I am now one with Christ, that is to say, Christ’s righteousness, victory, and life are mine. And again, Christ may say, I am that sinner, that is, his sins and his death are Mine, because he is united and joined unto Me, and I unto him.”

- Martin Luther, Commentary on Galatians (Grand Rapids, MI: Kregel Classics, 1979), 80.