The one who joins himself to the Lord is one spirit with Him
1 Corinthians 6:17
The idea that Jesus Christ is in your life is true-but the news of what grace has accomplished in you is even more greater than that. Jesus has so merge Himself into you and you into Him that there is no separation whatsoever. You are a spirit being who has a soul (mind, will, and emotion) and lives in a body. The spirit is the essence of your identity, and it is that place that Christ has united as one with you.
Think of a cup of coffee. Nobody would say that the cup contains coffee and hot water. The merging of the coffee into the water was so complete when it was brewed that a new identity has merged in the process. It is now called "coffee" The water's identity has been remade and redefined by the coffee.
So it is with Jesus Christ. He has brought you into union with Him. Your identity has been changed because your very nature has been changed. You aren't just a person with Christ in you. You have been joined to Him as one and the flavor you now have to offer the world is a divine creation.
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