Geri, .. I think believers when understanding the consequence of sin appreciate how the Spirit promises to keep us sanctified which includes in us as well, a reverential fear and trembling. Too, my take from Phil 3:8 ~ ~ " Not that I have already obtained it or have already become perfect, but I press on so that I may lay hold of that for which also I was laid hold of by Christ Jesus. Brethren, I do not regard myself as having laid hold of it yet; but one thing I do: forgetting what lies behind and reaching forward to what lies ahead, I press on toward the goal for the prize of the upward call of God in Christ Jesus. . . "
