longer duty-bound to the former relationship. Second, we must admit the need for faith in our daily life. Our identification with Christ is not something that can be proven empirically. It’s not like being able to see with our own eyes that the sun is shining. And even if the fact we are in Christ could be proven by our experience, we would still be in trouble. An honest look at our lives hardly supports the idea that we are dead to sin and alive to God. But once we understand, with the Holy Spirit’s