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Abundant Life in the Son: A Study of Salvation

These terms indicate that our salvation looks toward the future
for complete fulfillment. Our present salvation experience is only the
beginning of what will be brought to completion on the day of Christ
Jesus (Philippians 1:6).

The Nature of Glorification

The Perfecting of the Soul
Glorification speaks primarily of moral perfection. Of this John said,
“We shall be like him” (1 John 3:2). This does not mean that we will be
God as He is God, but we shall be like Him in moral perfection. As we
stand glorified in His presence, we shall not be able to sin. Glorification
removes forever the possibility of our falling into sin again. Glorified, we
shall be like Him (sinless) forever.

The following verses of Scripture explain something of the fullness of
perfection we shall have. I have included in parentheses the Greek words
used in the New Testament to indicate the degree of our perfection.
Read each of these Scripture verses carefully.

• Ephesians 1:4; 5:27; Colossians 1:22 (amomos)—indicates that we
will be without spot or moral blemish.
• Colossians 1:22 (hagios)—suggests that glorification consists
in our being made holy in Christ to such a degree that we will
perfectly satisfy the holiness of God.
• Philippians 1:10 (aproskopos)—implies the absence in us of any
cause of stumbling, so that we arrive at our destination morally
uninjured and unworthy of any blame.
• Philippians 1:10 (eilikrines, used with aproskopos)—gives the idea
of that which is pure, without spot, and therefore immaculate.
• 1 Corinthians 1:8 (anegkletos)—speaks of that which is free
from any incriminating charge. Because of this, on the day of
Christ Jesus we will stand in God’s presence free from all moral
objections.
• 1 Thessalonians 3:13; 5:23 (amemptos)—indicates that we will
stand in the presence of the Father faultless in every part of our
being—spirit, soul, and body.
• Ephesians 5:25–27 (spilos and rhutis)—teaches that the church
will be “without stain or wrinkle or any other blemish.”

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