Our Wonderful Eternal State In Heaven

 We often use the terms; justification, sanctification, and glorification to explain a believer's initial salvation (justification), ongoing maturity as we walk with the Lord in our lives on earth (sanctification), and Our Wonderful Eternal State In Heaven, when we see Jesus and will be like Him (glorification).
 But these terms can also be explained using the three tenses of sanctification. 
1. We are positionally sanctified the moment that we place our faith in the Lord. This is our initial salvation, when we are set apart for the Lord.
2. For the rest of our lives, we are being progressively sanctified as we mature in the faith, grow in grace, and submit to the ongoing work of the Holy Spirit within our lives.
3. Our complete and final sanctification will only be attained when we take up our eternal position in heaven when, through death or the Rapture, we will reach full and perfect sanctification. This is when the God of peace Himself sanctifies us entirely.
 What a glorious promise! May we walk worthy of our calling and look to Jesus the Author and Finisher of our salvation. May we look forward to that day, at the coming of the Lord Jesus Christ, when our whole spirit and soul and body will be preserved complete and without blame, sanctified entirely by God Himself.
1 Thessalonians 5:23 May God himself, the God of peace, sanctify you through and through. May your whole spirit, soul and body be kept blameless at the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ.

Our United Prayer:
Heavenly Father, thank You that we are positionally sanctified in Christ and are being progressively sanctified, as we grow in grace in the power of the Spirit. We look forward to the day when the God of Peace will sanctify us entirely. May our spirits, souls, and bodies, be preserved complete and without blame at the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ. We ask this not for us only, but for all Your children. In Jesus' name w Pray, AMEN.