"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." Philippians 1:6 (NIV)
The Apostle Paul wrote to the Christians in Philippi and he told them that God would complete the good work which He had begun in them. Paul was pleased with their work in spreading the gospel, but he was confident that better things were yet to come for them.
In essence Paul told them that God was not finished with them yet. The same thing can be said of us today. This is not an excuse to rationalize our sins. We are to continuously make efforts to be more Christ-like. We are a work in progress. We are saved and blessed for a purpose, there is work for us to do. God is still working on us and working through us to accomplish His plan. God will complete His work on us when Christ returns. Until then, as believers we are part of the body of Christ, and there is kingdom building work for us to do while He is working on us to make us more Christ-like.
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