John Piper has written a great book for this season of the year, 50 Reasons Why Jesus Came to Die. Here is reason #15: To make us Holy, Blameless, and Perfect (Heb. 10:14; Col. 1:22; 1 Cor. 5:7)
He the expounds on the truth that our process of sanctification is already complete. In the death of Christ he has made us perfect before God. It is because of this that we fight and work to rid ourselves of the sin that entangles us. There is this amazing tension throughout the Scriptures of the already/not yet. We have already been made perfect in Christ, but we have not yet attained that full perfection. So we continue to move forward and Piper makes this great statement about our progress in sanctification: "The good news is that being on the way is proof that we have arrived."
So let us continue on the journey knowing that Christ has completed our perfection in his death and resurrection, and let us look forward to the day when we fully realize this great hope.
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