"Being confident of this very thing, that HE which hath BEGUN a good work in you will PERFORM IT until the day of Jesus Christ." (Philippians 1:6).
It is the Holy Spirit who is in us who has begun the good work in us. And HE will continue to do so until Christ comes for us.
We now have peace with GOd through the finished work of Christ. (Rom. 5:1-11).
We now have the ministry of reconciliation, that God has given believers (2 Cor. 5:14-21). Ours is a life of a new creature, saved and commissioned to preach that commission to the lost. Not to be focused on ourselves, but Christ. And the Holy Spirit as He leads, directs, and perfects our life for the glory of God.
Well said! I shuddered when I read that as I thought about the doubt he could be putting in the hearts of any new Christians who think they all at once would be “holy” and “righteous” in their own eyes in order to be saved. How many would just walk away thinking they must have been “unworthy”?