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Zion of old became a society of the pure in heart “in process of time” (Moses 7:21), and, with but few exceptions, members of the Church become Saints of the Most High in similar fashion. Except for a limited number of cases that are so miraculous they are written up in scripture, being born again is a process; we are born again gradually, from one level of spiritual grace to a higher. Almost always people are sanctified—made clean and holy and pure through the blood of Christ by the medium of the Holy Ghost—in gradual, line-upon-line fashion. Thus ultimate perfection and salvation are processes. One of the great challenges we face in our quest for spiritual maturity is to balance a type of divine discontent, a constant yearning for improvement and growth, with what Nephi called a “perfect brightness of hope” (2 Nephi 31:20), the assurance born of the Spirit that although we are not perfect—we have much sanctification and perfection ahead of us—we have a hope in Christ, a quiet confidence that in and through him we shall in time overcome all things and go on to eternal life.Share
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