What does it imply when God says you are wealthy in Christ?

Wealthy in Christ
I under no circumstances knew how wealthy I am in Christ till now. For years, I constantly attempted to execute religiously to be righteous, be authorized, be sanctified, and so forth., in the eyes of church leadership. This does not imply that we shouldn’t discover how to operate out in our knowledge the new standing that we have in Christ.
Philippians 2:12
Wherefore, my beloved, as ye have constantly obeyed, not as in my presence only, but now a great deal much more in my absence, operate out your personal salvation with worry and trembling.
We’re instructed to operate out (to place into practice in their each day [living,] what God had worked in them by His Spirit172) our personal salvation (carry their salvation to its ultimate conclusion, namely, Christlikeness, i.e., retain victory more than sin and the living of a life pleasing to the Lord Jesus173).
As we reflect on the divine declarations about us, our new lives in Christ will not only come to be realized in our knowledge, but we’ll commence to recognize teachings, no matter whether they help God’s view of us. Do not enable any individual to say that you will have to do this or that to acquire these spiritual realities. And if a person says you can shed simply because of hence or such, run child run.
And do not neglect, you also have a different adversary who’ll attempt to convince you that you are not such as you think you are.
1 Peter 5:8-9
Be sober, be vigilant simply because your adversary the devil, as a roaring lion, walketh about, looking for whom he may possibly devour: Whom resist stedfast in the faith, figuring out that the identical afflictions are achieved in your brethren that are in the planet.
We’re told to be sober (mentally self-controlled), and vigilant (awake and watchful under no circumstances be off your guard), simply because our adversary (opponent), the devil, is attempting to devour (destroy) us by beguiling our senses, perverting our judgment enchanting our imaginations deceiving us with false views of spiritual issues and destroying us with violent opposition, persecution, and death.
Whom we are to resist (withstand) by getting stedfast (rocklike firmness) in the faith (trust in a physique of doctrine or beliefs which Christians adhere to along with based upon the strengthening and guarding energy of God).
So, as you commence to assume of oneself in the correct way, i.e., according to God’s Word, your view of other people and responses to the situations of life will modify. And individuals will commence to see you as the new “I am,” as you automatically proof what the following verse expresses what God’s wish is for all of us.
Acts 1:8b … and ye shall be witnesses unto me each in Jerusalem, and in all Judaea, and in Samaria, and unto the uttermost element of the earth.
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Endnotes
172Bible Know-how Commentary/New Testament.
173Weust’s Word Research.