If you have been chosen, saved, and justified by God, you are and will be sanctified by God. If you are not being sanctified, then you have never been justified. Sanctification is indeed a good and helpful testimony to the genuineness of salvation. Its presence testifies to genuine salvation. Its absence testifies to the lack of salvation. Sanctification and growing in the likeness of Christ is a testimony to the power of God working in the life of those God has saved.

The work of the cross is complete and a testimony to the power of God. The work of sanctification continues in the hearts and lives of every believer. Our confidence is not in our ability or the ability of someone to help us. Our confidence is in Jesus, who completed the work of redemption on the cross and will perfectly complete the work of our faith in us.

Babies are cute, and we find them adorable. Even though they are not potty trained, they often spit up, drool when teething, incessantly cry when hungry, have no patience, and have a very low tolerance to any discomfort we do not think ill of them because they are babies. However, if a teenager behaved like a baby, we would recognize it as a lack of proper development and needing treatment or discipline. If an adult acted like a baby, we would judge the person as mentally ill. It is ok to be immature in the faith. It is not ok to remain immature in the faith. It is ok to be a babe in Christ. It is not ok to remain a babe in Christ.