In Christ!

What a miracle being; in Christ is. At one point you are dead in sin, realizing the call/draw of His Holy Spirit.
you hear: "Follow Me." You do.  You then are born again.  Your sin is covered by the blood of Jesus. The believer walks now in Spirit and in truth. Now I'm dead to this world but alive unto God.

When it comes to God, your ; "Do I have to?" turns into "I love to." Religion turns into a relationship!   That person now knows what it means to have old things passed away, all things are made new.  Paul wrote that, His Spirit and Word,  assures us we are the Children of God.  John said that those who received Him, to them, He gave power to become the children of God.!

 "But God who is rich in mercy, because of His great love, with which He loved us, even when we were dead in trespasses,  made us alive together with Christ (by grace you have been sasved), and raised us up together, in the heavenly places, in Christ Jesus."  Ephesians 2:4-6.