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Everything that is related to being Eternally reconciled to God, is manifested to us through Christ, as being "in Christ".

Salvation : This comes to us as "the gift of Salvation".... through the blood of Jesus.

Eternal Life : This comes to us through Jesus, who Himself IS eternal life.

Peace : Our peace that passes all understanding comes through Christ who is....In the born again.

Deliverance: ... Our Victory over self, over the world, over the devil, comes through Christ. "Christ always gives me the Victory", Paul teaches.

What else do we find by being "in Christ" (born again)

Eternal Forgiveness.
Eternal Sanctification.
Eternal Sonship
The Holy Spirit
The Love of God
The Blood Atonement
God's Grace
Health and restoration
Miracles
"Riches in Glory"
Wisdom
Joy
"I can do all things through Christ" & "Christ always gives me the Victory".......Paul teaches.​
And how do we have access to all this?

Its only by :

1. Being "IN Christ'. (born again).
2. "Christ IN YOU, the hope of glory.
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Now, lets go deeper.
Someone asks...>"""how do you get INTO Christ ? How do you ABIDE in there ?

A.) When you give God your faith in Christ. God sees it, as God is a :"" "reader of the THOUGHTS and INTENT of the HEART".

See that? ????
God SEES faith, like you see your front yard, or a red light, or a blue sky.
God SEES your Thoughts, He SEES them. He READS them.
God sees more than your deed. He sees your INTENT, your motivation for doing whatever it is you do.
So, God sees your faith in Jesus and He ACCEPTS IT to justify you with Christ's Blood.
"faith is counted AS Righteousness", which is...: "justification BY faith".
This makes you "the righteousness of God, IN CHRIST", = born again Spiritually.


So, how does God put you "in Christ"?
He does it like this..
He births your dead spirit ALIVE by His Holy Spirit. And this spiritual "new birth", (born again), births you INTO God's Holy Spirit as "One with God.
This is how you become "ONE with God, and Christ".
And why is it the same? Because both are "God". So when you are in One, you are in ALL, or as Christ says, : "all are ONE".
1st Corinthians 6:19 tells you something else that is very interesting. It tells you that you are no longer your own.
You now belong to God, because you are BLOOD BOUGHT. "bought with a Price" and that price is the Cross.​
So, that is how you become and abide, "in Christ".
See that NEW BIRTH that God caused? That happens to all the born again, which is THE PROOF you are saved and have eternal life.
This is how we become a : """ NEW CREATION."""
"New Creation IN CHRIST">

See how everything related to CHRISTIANITY is all about You being ""in Christ"" and what this makes you?

And here is a bonus.
By being "in Christ", you have become..

1. Saint
2. Heir of God
3. Joint Heir with Christ
4. Temple of the Holy Spirit
5. Children of the Light (Christ is the Light of the World)
6. Friend of God

See all that?
That is who you are now, as RE-made by God, by being born again : "IN CHRIST".

And your only part in God's redemption was to give God your faith, and God took it from there.

And even your salvation is completed by God.

Philippians 1:6

And even your FAITH is completed by God.

Hebrews 12:2

What is your part ?
To RECEIVE IT WITH JOY and exist as "Made Righteous".....like this.= "As Christ IS, so are the born again IN THIS WORLD".

And do you know what all of this is? All of it?

= Its GOD's GRACE.

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Salvation is started by God and completed by God.

Philippians 1:6

God's part in Salvation is to supply it.
Your part, is to receive it by faith.

Jesus, who is God, completed your salvation 2000 yrs ago on the Cross.

God supplies this finished work of Christ on the Cross, as "the gift of righteousness", and "the gift of Salvation".

Do you have this gift?
Have you received Christ by faith?

If you did then Jesus, who Himself IS Salvation and Eternal life, lives in you, as "Christ in you the hope of Glory". ... '"Glory" is heaven.

So, if Christ is in you, then you have the One who Himself is Eternal life, in you, which proves you are born again.

The only proof of Salvation, is to be born again.
Water cannot do that for you.
Commandment keeping cannot do that for you.

Jesus said...>"you MUST be born again".