Colossians 3:1-3

If then you have been raised with Christ [to a new life, thus sharing His resurrection from the dead], aim at and seek the [rich, eternal treasures] that are above, where Christ is, seated at the right hand of God. And set your minds and keep them set on what is above (the higher things), not on the things that are on the earth. For [as far as this world is concerned] you have died, and your [new, real] life is hidden with Christ in God. Colossians 3:1-3

Just look at what we are told here in Colossians 3: we have been raised with Christ. We are raised up right now with Jesus, we don’t have to wait for this, because our salvation is right now, it’s today. With that in mind let me ask you, when you think about Jesus, as He is today, do you think that he can fall away from God? Do you think that He can loose what He has been given by our Father? Do you think that He has fears, doubts, or is concerned with failing? My bet is that you don’t think about any of these things, my guess is that you think about His glory, power, and victory. The Truth is that we have been raised up with Him, so we too enjoy all of these glorious and powerful attributes. There is nothing that Jesus is or has that we are not one with. 

I have given to them the glory and honor which You have given Me, that they may be one [even] as We are one: I in them and You in Me, in order that they may become one and perfectly united, that the world may know and [definitely] recognize that You sent Me and that You have loved them [even] as You have loved Me. John 17:22-23

And if we are [His] children, then we are [His] heirs also: heirs of God and fellow heirs with Christ [sharing His inheritance with Him]; only we must share His suffering if we are to share His glory. [But what of that?] For I consider that the sufferings of this present time (this present life) are not worth being compared with the glory that is about to be revealed to us and in us and for us and conferred on us! Romans 8:17-18

The Truth allows us to realize that Christ is in us right now and that we are one with all that He is and all that He has. The Truth allows us to realize that keeping laws and rules do not give us these things. We know that we are only one with the Glory of Christ through Grace. We have the Mind of Christ that knows beyond any shadow of a doubt that the Victory and Glory of Christ will never be taken away from us. How could it be, we have been raised up and made one with Christ? If His glory, power, and honor could be taken from us, then they could be taken from Him and that cannot happen. 

For the grace of God (His unmerited favor and blessing) has come forward (appeared) for the deliverance from sin and the eternal salvation for all mankind. It has trained us to reject and renounce all ungodliness (irreligion) and worldly (passionate) desires, to live discreet (temperate, self-controlled), upright, devout (spiritually whole) lives in this present world, Awaiting and looking for the [fulfillment, the realization of our] blessed hope, even the glorious appearing of our great God and Savior Christ Jesus (the Messiah, the Anointed One), Who gave Himself on our behalf that He might redeem us (purchase our freedom) from all iniquity and purify for Himself a people [to be peculiarly His own, people who are] eager and enthusiastic about [living a life that is good and filled with] beneficial deeds. Titus 2:11-14

As long as we focus on laws, we will be puffed up and we will fail. It is only when we are empowered by the Truth to realize that we have been raised up and that we are one with Jesus, that the deeds of our flesh will end and we will begin to live a life that is fully concerned with those around us.