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 LIFE AT WORK WITHIN YOU

God's eternal righteousness is given, imparted, not merely imputed, to the one He has saved by grace through faith. "If anyone is in Christ, they are a NEW CREATION. Old things HAVE passed away. A new life has begun. And this is the gift of God Who reconciled us to Himself by Christ Jesus." 2 Corinthians 5:17.

It is because God has made us righteous in Christ Jesus, because the Holy Spirit is Life within us that we can experience the reality of being transformed to become who we are now in Christ Jesus. As a baby has all it needs to grow up into full human maturity, even so infinitely more have those who have been born again, born from above by the power of God, received the power of God to both will and do His good pleasure.

Imparted Life eternal in the follower of Jesus Christ is their hope of ongoing life transformation and ongoing sanctification, for..."He Who began a good work in you will bring that work to competition by the day of Christ." (Philippians 1:6)

Oh, in Galatians 2:20, the Greek word describing the faith we live by is in the genitive tense indicating WHOSE faith it is that we live by. We live by the faith OF THE SON OF GOD, who loved us and gave Himself for us. Whose righteousness do you have as a follower of Jesus Christ? Who is your wisdom, your salvation, your very life? It is Jesus Christ in the power of the Holy Spirit. When Jesus came to live His Life within you, oh Christian, He did not leave out any of who He is to any degree.

Obedience, faith, righteousness, hope, authority, power to lay your life down, goodness, and infinitely more are at work in you, conforming you to the Image of Christ Jesus BECAUSE you are destined by God to live fully into who He has made you, what He has imparted to you. It's not some "legal fiction" of saying it is imputed to you, but not a reality that is being lived out in you by the indwelling Holy Spirit.

You live, disciple, because He IS Life within you.

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