What happens after a believer realizes they died with Christ?
After a believer realizes they died with Christ, God regenerates their spirit by an outside power, fellowship is restored, and the Holy Spirit comes to dwell within. The old sin nature becomes a new divine nature, now in consort with God, and this begins affecting the body through a Christian walk of growing in grace and knowledge.
Les explains that as soon as the believer does that—realizing they have died with Christ—God regenerates the dead spirit by an outside power. Fellowship is restored, and the Holy Spirit comes in to dwell in the person. The old sin nature then becomes a new divine nature, now in consort with the eternal God. That new life begins to have its effect on the body, showing up in the Christian walk as the believer grows in grace and knowledge. Les then points back to Romans 6, where Paul makes plain that we must identify with what Christ accomplished on our behalf on the cross, fulfilling God's demand that the soul that sinneth must surely die—He died my death.