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So from now on we regard no one from a worldly point of view. Though we once

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regarded Christ in this way, we do so no longer. 2nd Corinthians 5 16. Where Jesus

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is, you already are. And where you are, He is. You do not have to be bound by or

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defined by or limited by any of your circumstances today. Nothing is keeping

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you from Christ. You are in Christ in every circumstance. His death and

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resurrection was not about giving you a ticket to heaven so you could live with

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Him one day eventually after you somehow survived through all the hellish

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circumstances here on earth. No. It was about giving you Himself so that you

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could live one with Him now and it could be on earth as it is in heaven. When you

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practice walking in your identity as a new creation, you're not trying and

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striving really hard to become something you're not. Instead it looks like this.

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You are discovering and being who you've already become because of who Christ

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already is in you. That's your new view. You no longer see yourself from a

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worldly point of view. You see yourself from His point of view. Think about what

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happened when Jesus lived here on earth and faced the circumstances that we face

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in our life. He experienced temptation and loss and grief and betrayal and He

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came face to face with sickness and conflict and religious and political

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manipulation and control and never once did He let those circumstances change

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His mind about what was true about Him. Instead what would happen is what was

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true about Him would change the circumstances and it's the same for you

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today. As He is, so are you in this world.