The primary focus of sanctification is the ongoing, lifelong rescue of us from us. Although we have been forgiven, declared righteous, and adopted as God’s children, the muck and mess of sin still remain in us. The doctrine of sanctification requires you to admit that you are deeply in need of help. It requires you to admit that your need of help is so profound that only divine intervention will be able to provide the help that you need. And it requires you to accept that your problem with remaining sin is so multilayered, pervasive, and expansive that it will take the rest of your earthly
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