as I already now experience in my heart the beginning of eternal joy, so after this life I will have perfect It's not the beauty of the ocean that will be gone, but the chaotic and disordered effects of sin that Things will finally be the way they're supposed to be: God in perfect fellowship and communion with His

Habakkuk 2:4-5 (NIV) “See, the enemy is puffed up; his desires are not upright— but the righteous gave to his prophet, pointing forward to the salvation in Christ that you've been included in: "the righteous

Why must he [our Savior] be truly human and truly righteous? A. So thank God for the grace given through Jesus: that although God would have been perfectly justified

Lord’s unfailing love surrounds the one who trusts in him. 11  Rejoice in the Lord and be glad, you righteous v11 - Rejoice in the LORD and be glad, you righteous; sing, all you who are upright in heart!

faith, trusting in God's promises despite not receiving their ultimate fulfillment, enduring trials, persecution 40  since God had planned something better for us so that only together with us would they be made perfect In this way, God's people of old, together with us would be made perfect (whole and complete).

And so God decreed  to give to Christ those chosen for salvation,  and to call and draw them effectively The word holy is often misunderstood to only mean pure / perfect / without sin. This means that in Christ you are now pure / perfect / without sin.

That perfect man who is our Savior is Jesus Christ. As you follow Christ step by step, you are becoming the perfect image bearer you were created to be.

Instead, Jesus calls you to seek first His kingdom and righteousness, and He makes an extraordinary promise

Rather, in his grace God grants me the righteousness of Christ to free me forever from judgment.

First, by his resurrection he has overcome death, so that he might make us share in the righteousness