The Christian Life
In Christ
The Christian is placed into the body of Christ by the Holy Spirit when he or she believed the Gospel for salvation1. The Christ is a new kind of creation by God that is made up of both Jew and Gentile, in which Christ is the Head and the Church is the Body2. There are no physical or racial distinctions in the Christ3. In Christ, the Christian is complete, lacking nothing4.
Christ in the Christian
The Christian has eternal life because Christ is now living in that Christian5. This also provided the means by which a Christian can live out the life of Christ here on earth.
Sonship
The Holy Spirit places all believers of the Dispensation of Grace as mature sons, whether male or female, and always will be mature sons.6 Sonship is a place of privilege in which the believer is not under any quality of law7.
Priesthood of the Believer
All Christians are placed as priests when they believe and therefore are able to present spiritual sacrifices unto God when they are spiritual 8.
Abiding
Abiding is an essential part of the Christian life. The Christian is only able to manifest the life of God and live out the Christian life when he is abiding (feeling at ease) in his position in Christ9.
The Enemies of the Saints
The Christian has three spiritual enemies that are active today: Satan and his demons, the sin nature and the world system. God provides a defense for the Christian against each of these enemies10.
2 2 Corinthians 5:17; Galatians 3:27, 28; Ephesians 1:22, 23
3 Galatians 3:27, 28
4 Colossians 2:10
5 Colossians 1:27; 1 John 5:12
6 Galatians 3:28; Romans 8:15; Ephesians 1:5
7 Galatians 4:1-6
8 1 Peter 2:5, 9; Hebrews 13:15, 16; Romans 12:2; Philippians 2:17, 4:18
9 John 15:1-8; 1 John 2:24; 1 John 2:28
10 Romans 6:1-13; Ephesians 6:10-18; 1 John 2:15-17