I was one of those kind of believers who was always unsure were i stood in Gods sight , because i did not understand the full scope of the work which Christ did, in his fathers sight concerning the believer, until many years after being saved.
2 Peter 3:18 Says - but grow in the grace and knowledge of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ.
I did not even know that this scripture was in the bible when i first got saved, but thank God i found out about it, and began to grow in the grace and knowledge of the Lord Jesus Christ, and it made a wonderful difference in my life until this very day many years later, i no longer live in fear of not being excepted in Gods sight.
because thought the Holy Spirits teaching i finely understood, why Paul said in Galatians 2: 20 . I have been crucified with Christ , it is no longer I who live but Christ lives in me.
The I which Paul is talking about is that old nature which loves to sin because of being born into this earth as a resort of receiving that fallen nature which he inherited though Adams fallen nature when he disobeyed God in the garden of Eden .
This is the I which Paul is talking about in Galatians 2: 20 . that part of the believer was taken away though dying with Christ.
For when that part of Paul's being was taken into the grace when Jesus died, He lift it in the grave when he rose from the dead.
Jesus rose from the dead with a brand new reality of 2 Corinthians 5: 17 - Therefore if anyone is in Christ they are a new creation old things have passed away , behold all things are became new . this is just one of the many blessings which Jesus brought with him when he rose from the dead .
But Paul knew and understood this concept, and embraced it in his walk with God in this earth were there's sickness, stealing, killing and destroying , as mentioned by Jesus as he walked this Earth doing the will of his Father over 2,000 years ago .