Jerry Bridges:God wants us to find our primary joy in our objectively declared justification, not in our subjectively perceived sanctification. Regardless of how much progress we make in our pursuit of holiness, it will never come close to the absolute perfect righteousness of Christ that is ours through our union with him in his life and death.--Jerry Bridges, 'The Discomfort of the Justified Life,' in Justified: Modern Reformation Essays on the Doctrine of Justification
So we should learn to live with the discomfort of the justified life. We should accept the fact that as still-growing Christians we will always be dissatisfied with our sanctification. But at the same time, we should remember that in Christ we are justified. We are righteous in him.
(HT: Dane Ortlund)
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Many in the church are not growing. What about those who feel they are righteous in Him and do not proceed with the process of holiness; remaining a friend of the world? Justification is upon the world, not the saved, Rom 5:18 for one. The lamb took away the sin (singular) of the world and that sin was the one from Adam, Rom 5:12, 1Cor 15:22. The Laodicean church isn't against Jesus, they think they have him and we are in that point of time. Jesus is soon to return. Dennis Hahn mhahn@tampabay.rr.com
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