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Yes and no. After the new birth our human spirits are always in Christ.But I don't believe that a born-again Christian can walk in the flesh and in the Spirit at the same time, because they are at war. We cannot be in Christ and sin, but we can move without Him, not obeying Him and then we can sin.
1Co 6:17 But he that is joined unto the Lord is one spirit.
The new birth is the new creation of our human spirits being joined as one with Christ. It is in this sense that John means:
1Jn 3:9 Whosoever is born of God doth not commit sin; for his seed remaineth in him: and he cannot sin, because he is born of God.
Whereas when John says this:
1Jn 1:8 If we say that we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us.
he means with our soul and body. So in our spirits we are sinless because we are joined to Christ, but our bodies are unchanged, and our minds (part of our souls) have to be retaught, hence Paul's admonition:
Rom 12:2 And be not conformed to this world: but be ye transformed by the renewing of your mind, that ye may prove what is that good, and acceptable, and perfect, will of God.
Discipleship is learning to walk in the will of God by the change in our thinking. We can still sin, and do sin, in our choices and actions, but we are sealed by the Holy Ghost in our spirits which remain perfect and sinless.
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