1 John 3:2 Beloved, now we are children of God, and it has not yet been manifested what we will be. We know that if He is manifested, we will be like Him because we will see Him even as He is.
Christ was made wisdom to us from God as three vital things in God’s salvation: righteousness (for our past), by which we have been justified by God that we might be reborn in our spirit to receive the divine life (Romans 5:18); sanctification (for our present), by which we are being sanctified in our soul, that is, transformed in our mind, emotion, and will, with the divine life (Romans 6:19, 22); and redemption (for our future), that is, the redemption of our body (Romans 8:23), by which we will be transfigured in our body with His divine life to have His glorious likeness (Philippians 3:21; 1 John 3:2). Righteousness, sanctification, and redemption are not only related to our past, present, and future; daily we need Christ as righteousness, sanctification, and redemption. (2014 Fall ITERO, msg. 2 outline)
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