Sanctification

After various discussions on 1 Peter 4:1-6 and how sanctification works, a friend shared this quote from Martin Luther which was too good not to pass on:

"This life, therefore, is not righteousness but growth in righteousness,

not health but healing,

not being but becoming,

not rest but exercise. 

We are not yet what we shall be, but we are growing toward it. 

The process is not finished, but is going on. 

This is not the end, but it is the road.

 All does not yet gleam in glory, but all is being purified."

in Defense and Explanation of all the Articles, Second Article