(tm) The character of Christ formed in us
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Our becoming the Temple of God.
Our being clothed with a body of eternal life.
Our discussion was directed toward the first of these three aspects—the forming of the character of Christ in us. The character of Christ includes His Divine Essence, His attributes of personality, that we have termed His disposition, and His moral conduct. To develop the character of Christ in us requires the Word of God, the body and blood of Christ, and the Holy Spirit.
The Word, the body and blood of Christ, and the Holy Spirit are the grace of God. They have been given to us freely and cannot be added to by our fleshly efforts. Because of the blood of Christ we have been justified totally in God’s sight, having been made free from all condemnation so we may follow the Holy Spirit all the way to the fullness of the image of Christ.