Compare Rom. 6:5; Phil. 3:10. We are raised by the vivifying power of God’s grace, to live a new life in Christ Jesus.
In Christ Jesus.
This is the key phrase of the passage, and stands in strong contrast to the phrase “dead in sins” (see on v. 5).
Heavenly places.
See on ch. 1:3. Those who see Christ as sitting at the right hand of God may dwell in the atmosphere of heaven while here on earth. Believers now belong to the heavenly world, in that Christ’s entrance to the heavenly courts was a pledge of the entrance of all who would accept salvation. The spiritual life on earth then becomes a foretaste, an anticipation, of the heavenly life. Christ is with us by His Holy Spirit (Matt. 28:20), and He counts us as already dwelling with Him.
Sit together.
Christ is in heaven seated at the right hand of God (Eph. 1:20; Col. 3:1), and we, by accepting Him as our great representative, may be there also in a spiritual sense, sharing His throne.