The Great Gap
The Christian life is a matter of becoming in intrinsic character what we already are in Christ…The purpose of these passages (e.g. Romans 6, Colossians 3:5-14, Ephesians 4:22-32) is to show us the
great gap between what we are counted or reckoned to be in Christ (justification) and what we are actually in ourselves in daily living (sanctification) in order to urge us to close the gap…Paul’s purpose is to urge us to become in everyday living what we already are counted to be in Christ.
- Jay Adams | The Biblical View of Self-Esteem, Self-Love, Self-Image, pg. 78
