GPP 89: Already With God

If you are truly saved, God thinks of you
As already dwelling with Him, even now,
Though years may pass ere your earth-life is
through,
And to live like Jesus, you don’t know how!
God sealed you as His, when you first believed;
In your mortal body His Spirit dwells,
Teaching you to walk as if undeceived,
Instilling traits* that aid sinful acts quell!
God knows no mortal can be sanctified**,
Until death frees his soul from evil flesh,
And Christ’s righteousness to it applied,
So an angel-like body God gives fresh***!
God considers all this already done,
When you accept Jesus Christ as His Son!

*traits = fruits of the Spirit, Galatians 5:22
**sanctified = living without committing sin
***See 1 Corinthians 15:52

Promise Made: 1 Corinthians 6:11 (Paul writes)—
“…But you [believers in Jesus] were washed, you were sanctified, you were justified [adopted into the family of God] in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ and by the Spirit of God.” (NIV) [Brackets added]

“For God so loved the world that he gave his only begotten Son that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have everlasting life.” (John 3:16)

“That if you confess with your mouth, ‘Jesus is Lord’, and believe in your heart that God raised him from the dead, you will be saved.” (Romans 10:9)