The resurrection of Jesus Christ is the well from which the fountain of new life springs. If you are united to Christ in His death, burial, and resurrection then you possess this new living water in your innermost being (Jn 7:38). This is the reason you have an internal longing, a craving, a powerful, and unquenchable desire to know God and pursue God.
If, however, you are not united to Christ by repentant, submissive faith then you do not possess this supernatural life within, but instead yours is a powerless substitute, a counterfeit “life,” which is really just glorified death. This is the reason you do not possess an internal drive for God, but must instead be nudged, dragged, or constantly motivated by others who want you to be spiritual more than you want it for yourself.
Such is the frustrated life of the man, or woman, who is trying so hard to live like a Christian without being a Christian. Such is the powerlessness of the one who is trying to live for Christ without possessing new life in Christ, who is “holding to a form of godliness, although they have denied its power” (2 Tim 3:5).
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