This allows Christians to have a living and direct connection with Christ, who gives every good to those who ask in His name. How Christ was justified in His offering for the sin of all mankind, in His death on the cross. He endured the entire punishment, for the first time Christ was deprived of communion with God during His crucifixion, after which he brought the Kingdom of God to the world. Christians are accepted into the spiritual Kingdom of God through the Holy Spirit, and it is at that time that they are given gifts of the spirit to use in the service of the church body. To equip God's people to do His work and build the church. Being in this world but not of this world is the emphasis of Scripture, and it is through the experience of sanctification that Christians are separated from this world (Gause, 2009). It is through the Holy Spirit that Christians are separated from this world and that God's good works are seen through the church body. As Torrance explains, the gift of the Holy Spirit is formed by Jesus Christ, and through communion with Christ, He gives us His Spirit to share in His death and resurrection (Torrance and Walker,
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