UNFINISHED BUSINESS
“Who will transform
the body of our humble state into conformity with the body of His glory, by the
exertion of the power that He has even to subject all things to Himself.” Phil. 3:21
That is to say, the work of Jesus Christ in a man will never
be ultimately perfected until he sees Christ face to face with no veil between,
with all the limitation of the present life forever over. The ultimate in my
Christian character lies beyond this life in the spacious and far-reaching
mystery of the life to come. Holiness today is not perfection of consummation,
but it is perfection of condition. It is the right attitude of a human life.
Holiness does not mean that there can be no advancement. Holiness is the
condition for advancement, that health of the spiritual life which makes growth
possible. And this is what the apostle is teaching in the Philippian letter; he
is healthy, but not full-grown; holy, but not glorified.
Our likeness to Him in change of body. We will experience
attributes of goodness to perfection. Some of the human powers will be
intensified. But attributes of greatness will never become ours (1 Cor. 15:35-49).
Part of His unfinished Business. See 1 Thess. which is a letter speaking on the unfinished portion of
His work with us. Cf. 1 Thess. 1:10; 1 Thess. 2:19-20; 1 Thess. 3:13; 1 Thess. 4:16-18; 1 Thess. 5:23-24.
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