Neither.

I mean that when the sinner comes to the cross to receive Jesus Christ as Lord and Savior two things happen.

First, we accepted Jesus Christ's death on the cross as substition for our sins so that all our sins are forgiven which God makes us clean before Him by forgiving us. This is for God. We would also have no guilt or shame since all is forgiven.

Secondly, Christ brings us to the cross with Him in His death so that we are punished with Him by having died with Him. My flesh has died on the cross with Christ which renders it utterly powerless. This is an accomplished fact. I do not keep dying every day as though my death on the cross was without affect.

When the flesh has died Satan is rendered powerless to operate through the flesh. The deeper you appreciate your death on the cross with Christ, the more illuminated will be resurrection life.