...when you come to Jesus--when you unite your life with His--everything that belongs to Him becomes yours.
Yes, as we've already discussed, His righteousness replaces your unrighteousness.
But there's more.
- When you come to Jesus, His Spirit fills your spirit.
- His love becomes your love.
- His joy becomes your joy.
- His mind becomes your mind.
- His desires become your desires.
- His will becomes your will.
- His purpose becomes your purpose.
- His power becomes your power.
The Christian life thus becomes nothing less than the outliving of the indwelling Christ.
This reality marks the critical distinction between superficial religion and supernatural regeneration.
Superficial religion involve a counterfeit "Christian" life that consists of nothing more than truths to believe and things to do, and it misses the essence of what it means to follow Jesus.
Supernatural regeneration, on the other hand, involves an authentic Christian life that has been awakened by the Spirit, truth and love, passion, power and purpose of Jesus.
-- From Follow Me, Chapter 3, by David Platt
I have been crucified with Christ and I no longer live, but Christ lives in me. The life I live in the body, I live by faith in the Son of God, who loved me and gave Himself for me.
Galatians 2:20
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