If we are saved we immediately change so being filled with Christ makes us change our behavior. If we haven't changed then we are pretending. Plenty of Christians in hell with everyone else because they did not fully believe and this change immediately.
I was baptized in 1981 by immersion. I was 11 and I proceeded to get further and further away from Christ. I had no choice in January this year. I saw everything that was wrong and Christ removed several bad habits as well as I didn't have to intellectualize things any more.
I keep up maintenance by praying, reading and serving daily. It's not my actions that save me. It's my acceptance daily that Christ has saved me. Jesus is fully with me and I know this. Nothing intellectual about it. Being far from perfect I also know that I have to keep in constant contact in order to enjoy his grace.