BUT WITH GOD...
The Christian life, which is, as the Bible says, "Christ in us...," is something that we can never have, no matter how much we want it, or how hard we try to attain to it, UNLESS we have been miraculously transformed by by the saving grace of Christ and we are presently surrendering to the empowering and ruling presence of the Holy Spirit.
If we are not being conformed to the image of Jesus, we are not saved.
If we are not growing in grace and knowledge, and in the image of Christ, and going from level to level in our walk with God, we are not saved.
