Thursday, September 5, 2013

"Through saving grace we are Christian through and through. And yet we are always in the process of becoming Christian, becoming what we are. Wesley has given us a model that allows for our intentionality that cooperates with God’s gracious initiative. Progressive sanctification, then, is crucial in the Christian life; the process is a crucial follow-up to important moments of commitment. The Wesleyan understanding of the means of grace aims at Christian maturing, which never ceases in the journey." I think this is a point that a lot of Christians miss out on. They claim the salvation power of Christ, but that is as far as they go. I think the great misconception is that accepting Christ as Lord and Savior is the end of the Spiritual Journey, moving simply from death in sin to life in Christ. Truly it is just a small part of the journey. The growth and maturity of faith and relationship with Jesus is something we should engage in for a lifetime, continually being willing to lay on the altar of Christ anything that might get in the way of our ability to serve him in the way he is calling us to serve. I think when we remove ourselves from the equation and let God fill in the blanks, that is when we truly start to see that we are still becoming what God wants us to be.

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