INEVITABLE SANCTIFICATION
Inherent in the hope of the resurrection is the anticipation of becoming sinlessly perfect in the presence of God. Paul expresses his struggle as a Christian in dealing with sin in his flesh in Romans 7. In the end he cries out, "What a wretched man I am! Who will rescue me from this body of death? Thanks be to God— through Jesus Christ our Lord!" Rom 7:24,25 For of this life, even for the Christian, it is written, "the sinful nature desires what is contrary to the Spirit, and the Spirit what is contrary to the sinful nature. They are in conflict with each other, so that you do not do what you want." Gal 5:17 But in the resurrection of the righteous, the sinful nature will be done away with and we will be raised incorruptible unto glory, no longer needing to struggle against the sinful nature. Thus the Christian can look forward to death, saying, "Where, O death, is your victory? Where, O death, is your sting?" 1Cor 15:55 And of the New Jerusalem to come it is written, "Nothing impure will ever enter it, nor will anyone who does what is shameful or deceitful, but only those whose names are written in the Lamb’s book of life." Rev 21:27 "For he chose us in him before the creation of the world to be holy and blameless in his sight." Eph 1:4
Inherent in the hope of the resurrection is the anticipation of becoming sinlessly perfect in the presence of God. Paul expresses his struggle as a Christian in dealing with sin in his flesh in Romans 7. In the end he cries out, "What a wretched man I am! Who will rescue me from this body of death? Thanks be to God— through Jesus Christ our Lord!" Rom 7:24,25 For of this life, even for the Christian, it is written, "the sinful nature desires what is contrary to the Spirit, and the Spirit what is contrary to the sinful nature. They are in conflict with each other, so that you do not do what you want." Gal 5:17 But in the resurrection of the righteous, the sinful nature will be done away with and we will be raised incorruptible unto glory, no longer needing to struggle against the sinful nature. Thus the Christian can look forward to death, saying, "Where, O death, is your victory? Where, O death, is your sting?" 1Cor 15:55 And of the New Jerusalem to come it is written, "Nothing impure will ever enter it, nor will anyone who does what is shameful or deceitful, but only those whose names are written in the Lamb’s book of life." Rev 21:27 "For he chose us in him before the creation of the world to be holy and blameless in his sight." Eph 1:4
