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Behold

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PSALM 27.

"the Lord is the strength of my life".

And when we apply this concept to a born again person, ....

Paul said that It was not he who lived any longer, but Christ lived in Him, through Him.
This is how Paul described his new identity "in Christ".
And you have the very same blood bought eternal ID, if you are born again.
Understand, when you were born again, you were placed INTO a new Kingdom, a Spiritual Kingdom of Life and LIGHT, yet, you are still living in a dying body on a literal earth.
Learn to see yourself as : in that "New Creation" existence..."translated FROM : darkness...TO Light.
See that transition?
From Dark, = the world the temporal, the secular, Satan's dominion.
TO = INTO God and Christ, .... INTO the Kingdom of God.
This is why you are "seated in heavenly places, in Christ" = right now.
You have to SEE THIS.. to begin to exist there by Right Believing.

Another way to consider Jesus as "THE strength of your LIFE", is to consider that your actual physical life now belongs to God who now lives in you.
You are "bought with a price". - = The Blood of Jesus.
IF you are born again, you belong To Jesus.
You have no control over this status in eternity, because GOD caused it to happen to you, = born again.

You, if you are born again... are under new eternal ownership.
You are no longer the property of yourself or the devil
The only thing that belongs to you is your Free Will.....You now belong to God, and this belonging is your eternal adoption "in Christ" that was completed on the Cross and given to you, by faith, which established you as God's, for eternity. (born again).

The blood of Jesus, is and has an Eternal Consequence. And, BECAUSE it has been applied by God to you = born again Child of God, ... then... This "washing of regeneration", (born again) is a permanent situation. It is eternal, It is God established and God completed, and it is something that God did for you as the "gift of Righteousness",... and this gift (born again) is something that God Himself keeps for you. Philippians 1:6
You the born again are Blood Bought, and GOD KEPT.
See that, and rest in God's peace.
SEE that, and rest in God's Grace which is to Believe Right.

Jesus, who is The Truth and The life, who IS God, is now One with you.
And this Oneness, this eternal bonding, is referred to as you being "in Christ".
It is the "spiritual circumcision made without hands" (born again) that is described by Paul in Colossians chapter 2.. (read it).
To be born again, is to be put into the Spirit of God by the Spirit of God.
SEE THAT, is to Believe Right.

So, The " Eternal Life" that has become your real life, is more then just your physical life, its now the very Life and Essence of Jesus Himself...... who is living in you, through you, and forever.
Jesus is the Life and the Resurrection, and you have Him in you, as ONE WITH YOUR Spirit.
Where He is, You are... Where He goes, you exist.

Jesus said.."I and my Father are one", and you are now "in Christ", and have also become "one" with God and Yeshua....
You + God + Yeshua = ONE Spiritual Union, for all eternity.
= Born again.

This is further explained as you the (born again) are now become "bone of Jesus bones and flesh of Jesus Flesh". "As Christ IS< so are YOU in this world". And this is why you are "seated in Heavenly places" right now, as your new identity "in Christ", yet your physical body is here on earth.
You the born again, are not a global citizen, you are a Heavenly citizen, who is waiting to go HOME and get your NEW Body that will eternally house the "new Creation".
This earth, this universe, and even time itself, is not your real LIFE, if you are born again.
You are born again OUT of all that..... understand?
SEE this, is to Believe Right.

Do you ever feel like a stranger in a strange place.... in a strange land?
There is a reason for this..... The reason is, this world is not your place. Its not your home. Its just where you are STUCK for a little while longer, until you go Home to GOD, = to where you belong.

Jesus has power over death, and that is why your new Life in Christ has already delivered you, the real you, (not your current body) from death.
You will never face "the 2nd death" and that is because the ONE who IS life, the One who is "eternal life" and "I am THE Resurrection" is YOUR REAL LIFE= once you have become born again.

God offered Himself as the Blood of Jesus to solve your sin issue, and He took the Eternal Life of Jesus and "made it unto you", so that you are now this, "in Christ".

Who are you?
Saint.. You are "the righteousness of Christ", you are the eternal life of Christ, and you are One with God and Christ. This is who you are, forever.
All This is the eternal result of you being "bought with a Price" by the Holy blood of Jesus, (born again) and all this is what defines Grace, Salvation, and your new identity, "in Christ".

If you have not yet, and were to soon study out what it means to be an "heir of God", and a "joint heir with Christ", then you would be amazed to discoverer the literal depth of your eternal connection with God IN Yeshua.
 
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Gnosticism teaches that matter is evil and spirit is good; and that you are without sin; because the real you is not your flesh.

I will also mention here some specific verses that correct @Behold's theology.

1Pe 1:5, Who are kept by the power of God through faith unto salvation ready to be revealed in the last time.

So yes, we are kept by God, in that it is His power that keeps us. However, consider this:

1Jo 5:18, We know that whosoever is born of God sinneth not; but he that is begotten of God keepeth himself, and that wicked one toucheth him not.

We are in fact begotten of God as children of God:

1Pe 1:3, Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, which according to his abundant mercy hath begotten us again unto a lively hope by the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead,

Please note carefully that I am not the one teaching these things but I am merely bringing to your attention the teachings of holy scripture.