Balance in Christian Life

Pastor Martin moves to the second peak of sanctification — progressive sanctification — and covers four headings: the fact established (continuous mortification, growth, renewal, transformation, and pruning), the necessity explained (inescapable reality of remaining sin, undeniable imperfection of existing graces, and the unchangeable revelation of God's purpose), the essence asserted (mortification and conformation — negative and positive held in tandem), and the goal described (total eradication of all sin and complete conformity to the image of Christ). He closes by urging believers to hold the perfection of justification and the irreversibility of adoption clearly while pressing on in sanctification.