Being "In Christ"

Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, the new creation has come;

The old has gone, the new is here! (2 Corinthians 5:17, NIV)

 
This phrase in Christ is regularly used by St Paul to describe the salvific relationship with our Lord that is more than just knowing Him or serving Him.  To speak of being “in Christ” is to speak of who we are and whose we are.  It is to speak of our very identity “in Christ,” not only in this life, but forever.   
 

You may not be living "in Christ” and consequently are without the direction, purpose, or power for victorious living over the forces of this world that come from such a relationship.  

                                         Fr. Rob