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The goods of this communion are the following: (1) justification (Phil. 3:9; Acts 10:43). (2) Adoption (John 1:12; Gal. 3:26), for having been united to Christ by faith, having been made his brothers, with him we gain one God and Father (John 20:17). (3) Sanctification (Acts 15:9), since established by faith in him we experience the power of his resurrection and gain “the fellowship of his sufferings, being conformed to his death” (Phil. 3:9–10); likewise, since having gained Christ we gain his sanctifying blood (Heb. 9:13–14); and finally, since we receive by faith all the arguments that rouse us to a zeal for holiness (Titus 2:14; 2 Cor. 5:15). (4) Glorification (1 Peter 1:3–5, 9), first inchoate glorification, which indicates the certainty of future salvation (Gal. 5:5; 2 Cor. 5:1), a confident rest in God (Isa. 10:20; Jer. 17:7), a taste of the firstfruits (Rom. 8:23), spiritual peace (Rom. 5:1), ineffable joy (1 Peter 1:8; Rom. 5:2), comfort and tranquility of soul in adversity (Col. 2:2), and the experience of the divine benevolence (Rom. 5:1; cf. v. 3; 1 Peter 2:2–3); then consummated glorification (John 3:16; 1 Peter 1:9).