The apostle Paul was emphatic…his (and our) Spiritual journey is a lifelong process towards perfection… a prize not yet won…The Already and The Not Yet. He wrote about this also in I Corinthians 13:10, “when this perfection comes…” Which is the ultimate heavenly goal as it is manifested in us. Sure, we can attempt to strive for worldly perfection, but we’ll find ourselves in an impossible & unattainable position of failure…for worldly standards cannot be met. (That’s because they’re always changing.) But we have a clear pathway to Christian perfection if we remember that we are a work in progress with a ever perfecting relationship with God. This done through the intimate fellowship of sharing in His sufferings and gaining divine insight into the true reality of His resurrection power.
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