We Have Not Yet Arrived....

[GHansen]

"For this life is nothing more than a life of faith, of love, and of
sanctified affliction. But these three will never be perfect in us while we
live here on earth, and no one possesses them in perfection except Christ.
He is the sun and is set for our example, which we must imitate. For this
reason there will always be found among us some that are weak, others
that are strong, and again some that are stronger; these are able to suffer
less, those more; and so, they must all continue in the imitation of Christ.

For this life is a constant progress from faith to faith, from love to love,
from patience to patience, and from affliction to affliction. It is not
righteousness, but justification; not purity, but purification; we have not yet
arrived at our destination, but we are all on the road, and some are farther
advanced than others. God is satisfied to find us busy at work and full of
determination. When he is ready, he will come quickly, strengthen faith and
love, and in an instant take us from this life to heaven. But while we live on
earth we must bear with one another, as Christ also bore with us, seeing
that none of us is perfect."

Lenker, John Nicholas, translator. Sermons of Martin Luther, vol. 2 p. 178. By Martin Luther, n.d.