God has condemned sin in the flesh and now works in us to do His will. It is not our power or doing. He is the one who sets us free. His power sustains that freedom. He quickens our mortal body to live according to His will.
…But the Spirit is life because of (His) righteousness. But if the Spirit of Him that raised up Jesus from the dead dwell in you, He that raised up Christ from the dead shall also quicken your mortal bodies by His Spirit that dwells in you. (Rom 8:10-11).
God said that He would quicken us. This is not about physical healing or the coming resurrection. It is about our body being freed from sin by the presence of Jesus Christ within us. And it says that God does it, not us. Unless God quickens us with His eternal Spirit there is no life.
…even so we also should walk in newness of life. For as we have been planted together in the likeness of His death, we shall be also in the likeness of His resurrection. (Rom 6:4-5).
This is unconditional. Our old self is crucified through Christ’s death, which is nothing of ourselves and we are raised up to new life through the resurrection of Christ, which again is nothing of ourselves. God raises us up in Christ’s resurrection, by new birth. This makes it sure.
His life and power continue to quicken us daily to do His will. It is not our “willpower”. He puts away our sin and He brings us into new life, fulfilling both parts of our salvation and meeting all the conditions: legally, on the cross, by His blood and in our nature and daily walk by His resurrected life.
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