Sanctification

Christ, then, becomes our other identity, our alter ego. We possess and know this other self only faith, hence we "live by faith, not by sight" (2 Cor 5:7). Consequently, we have died with Christ and have been buried with him (Rom 6:3-11; Gal 2:19-20; Col 2:12,20), we have also been raised with him (Rom 6:4-5, 11; 1 Cor 15:22; Eph 2:5) and we have ascended to the Father with him (Eph 2:6). In Christ we are a new creation (2 Cor 5:17). None of these things are goals for us to achieve for they already exist perfectly in Christ on our behalf.

Graeme Goldsworthy, According to Plan, Pg. 221