Charles Spurgeon Commentary Ephesians 2:6

"and raised us up with him, and made us to sit with him in the heavenly [places], in Christ Jesus:" — Ephesians 2:6 (ASV)

And has raised us up together, and made us sit together in heavenly places in Christ Jesus.

We are not only raised from the dead with Christ, but we are spiritually raised into the heavenly places with him. It is a great thing when a man learns to look up from earth to heaven. It is a greater thing when he learns to look down from heaven upon earth – to have you sitting at the right hand of God, and then to look down on all the things of this present life as far below you.

And has raised us up together, and made us sit together in heavenly place, in Christ Jesus:

It is all in him, and it has a sevenfold sweetness about it because it is in him. To live to God is a wondrous mercy, but to live together with Christ is an unspeakable honour. To be raised up into the heavenly places would be a surpassing blessing, but to be raised up there together with Christ, and to be made to sit there with him, is a blessing that is above the superlative; I do not know how else to speak of it.

And hath raised us up together, and made us sit together in heavenly places in Christ Jesus

We are not only alive, you see, but we are elevated into the highest position of the new life—made to live with Christ, and in Christ—made to sit together in heavenly places in Christ Jesus.