By grace through faith and not a result of “works” is the way of the Spirit and is the secret of what it means to be found to be in Christ. The Spirit specifies “if” anyone is in Christ as a contraposition with those who are now in the flesh. It is a fiction that one is “in Christ” simply because they said the “sinners’ prayer.”
To be “in Christ” is a statement on our willingness to abide in His grace where our relationship with God is never about the “work of our hands,” but always and only about what He does in-and-through our lives. It is through our choosing to now be believing this truth that we become partakers of Christ or are found to be “in Christ.”
We are to simply now be believing that He is our Yahweh Tsidkenu, our only goodness, our only righteousness knowing we can add nothing to who He is, what He is, or what He does. All must be by grace through faith. We are yoked by faith, and we carry the burden of willingness. The rest is grace, and it is all up to Him! And those who are now believing come to know His peace, rest, fruitfulness, and security.
Anything else is a false religion!
