Living in Freedom and Victory. The gospel isn’t just a future-oriented proposition; it’s life-transforming now.  As believers in Jesus, we not only have the gift of a new identity (beloved children of God), but we also have the power of the Spirit to live out that new identity.  This doesn’t mean our struggle against sin is completely over; however, it does mean we can choose to live in the freedom and victory which Christ’s death and resurrection accomplished for us, as we learn to actively and increasingly depend on the life-giving Spirit of God who indwells us.