In the gospel God declares that when Jesus died, we died, and when He was revived, we were revived, and when He was raised and elevated out of death to newness of life in heavenly places, seated in the very bosom of the Father, we were raised and elevated also, with Him!Now if this becomes another goal to strive towards, then we might as well go back to the language of the Law, and employ every religious discipline to support us and help us to strive towards that goal.But this reality Paul is referring to is not where we end up hopefully, if we try hard enough to get there, but it is where we begin; where we live from!We don't end up in heavenly places; we are seated there to begin with!And now God in the gospel comes and awakens our awareness to this union, to this oneness.