Beloved, we are indwelt by the same Spirit that indwelt Christ.  Christ walked this earth as the Son of Man, full of the Holy Spirit, heading to the cross as the Son of God to die for our sins so that we can have fullness of life in Him now and for all eternity.  It is the Spirit that births us into the Kingdom of God.  The church does not birth us into the Kingdom, nor does church membership. Walking an aisle and repeating a prayer does not birth us into the Kingdom.  Being religious does not birth us into the Kingdom.  The Spirit and the Spirit only births us into the Kingdom of God.  And as we deny self, take up our cross and follow Jesus, the same Spirit that indwelt Christ indwells us.

Know that you are loved,
gaj