But since Christianity is about the love of God within the soul, it has continued. Christianity is a personal possession of every true believer. My prayer is that God will continue to work in each of you. In all my prayers for all of you, I always pray with joy because of your partnership in the gospel from the first day until now, being confident of this, that he who began a good work in you will carry it on to completion until the day of Christ Jesus. God can testify how I long for all of you with the affection of Christ Jesus.
Salvation is a personal possession.
The New Testament writers never present salvation as something that individuals achieve through their own efforts, their own strivings, and their own endeavor. The writers of the New Testament talk about justification, sanctification, and glorification. In closing this message, let me briefly set forth, what I consider, the major distinctions in these three words. Justification is God clothing us with the righteousness of Jesus Messiah. Sanctification is continuous, whereas justification is God once and for all regarding us as sinless.