The purpose of the Christian life is like the purpose of creation: that one should be like God and enjoy all the powers which He has placed within His much loved creature child. Romans 8:29 “For whom He foreknew, He also predestined to be conformed to the image of His Son, that He (Jesus) might be the firstborn among many brethren.”
Godliness, or Godlikeness has always been the standard toward which God wanted the human to live. That is, God fashioned the human in his own image, after his own likeness. To overcome the impairment of that image due to personal wrongdoing, this Image-bearing has been made possible through reclamation, redemption accomplished by Jesus Christ. The recovery or restoration takes place like a transformation, much of which takes place here and now as we are living life. It is a lifelong process. Changes will be made throughout our lives. That’s not even the entire story. What is truly neat about this transformation is that Christ himself lives within us by virtue of His Holy Spirit inside us.
Three big theological terms tell our story, Regeneration, Sanctification, and Glorification
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