Sonship

Sanctification is about enjoying a relationship, not a following program of sin management. God is our Father and we are His sons; He isn't a work supervisor constantly assessing our performance so that He can fire us. Our sonship isn't based on our obedience, but the status that the work of Christ's death and resurrection gained for us-that the Spirit testifies to in us-changes us more and more into the likeness of Christ, bearing His obedience, His suffering, and His glory.