Ephesians 2:3-5

3 Among these we as well as you once lived and conducted ourselves in the passions of our flesh [our behavior governed by our corrupt and sensual nature], obeying the impulses of the flesh and the thoughts of the mind [our cravings dictated by our senses and our dark imaginings]. We were then by nature children of [God's] wrath and heirs of [His] indignation, like the rest of mankind.

4 But God--so rich is He in His mercy! Because of and in order to satisfy the great and wonderful and intense love with which He loved us,

5 Even when we were dead (slain) by [our own] shortcomings and trespasses, He made us alive together in fellowship and in union with Christ; [He gave us the very life of Christ Himself, the same new life with which He quickened Him, for] it is by grace (His favor and mercy which you did not deserve) that you are saved (delivered from judgment and made partakers of Christ's salvation).

Amen, our Father has given us the same new life that He has given Jesus. We have been given the same eternal life that Jesus has. Our Father has given us the same new glorious life that Jesus has, John 17:22. We have been given all that Jesus has and is, by being made one with Him.

Now here is the real Truth of what this means, it applies even to our flesh. Look at what the Holy Spirit tells us here in verse 5, we have the same new life that quickened Jesus. Jesus’ Spirit wasn’t quickened, it was and is always God, it was His flesh that was quickened, or made alive. Jesus’ body was destroyed and laid in a grave. His body laid there dead for 3 days. Jesus’ brain received no oxygen for 3 days. His blood drained from His body when the Roman soldier pierced His side on the cross. Jesus’ flesh was dead and yet it was given back life, but the power of His new life was not in blood and oxygen, it was the Holy Spirit.

Then He said to Thomas, Reach out your finger here, and see My hands; and put out your hand and place [it] in My side. Do not be faithless and incredulous, but [stop your unbelief and] believe! John 20:27

Eleven days after Jesus was crucified, He told Thomas to place his hand in His open wounds. Could you imagine how that would hurt if Jesus was living by the power of blood and oxygen? His wounds had not sealed up with scabs, or been bandaged, they were open and Thomas could place his fingers in them. This is the new life that we have been given. Faith comes from hearing the Truth and the Truth sets us free.

The power of this Truth means that it absolutely does not matter what a doctor may say about us, because we now live by the power of the Holy Spirit, just as Jesus lives by it. Our age does not matter, because we now live by the power of the Holy Spirit, just as Jesus only lives by His power. Our Father has given us the same life force that our Head has, we are now Jesus’ body, the two of us are now one. It does not matter if every tissue in our bodies are destroyed, the power of the Holy Spirit is what keeps us alive. Our flesh is not ending its service to the Kingdom in this earth age until Jesus, Who Alone holds the keys of death, Revelation 1:18, ends it. Far too often we ignore the power of salvation for our flesh, but the Truth is that we have the same life force keeping us: spirit, soul, and body that keeps Jesus’ Spirit, Soul, and Body! The Holy Spirit is our power, just as it is Jesus’ power, because we are now one with Jesus. We are now Jesus’ body, flesh of His flesh and bone of His bone. This is good teaching and it will author and finish our faith!