If all Jesus did was die on the cross to get you into heaven, and then just wait for you to get there, that would not be much of a "salvation," would it? It'd be a salvation that made you fit for heaven, technically, but on earth you would be hopelessly inadequate. This is the reality: the life that He lived qualified Him for the death He died, and the death that He died qualifies YOU to receive the life that HE lived! Wow! The Christian life can only be lived by Christ, therefore, as we yield our lives to Him, He lives out the life, that only He can live, in us and through us! This is glorious!