Sactification increases our need for the Gospel

Sanctification is beholding Jesus. The more we behold him, the more our own efforts and pride become abhorrent to us. We die to ourselves. The more we behold him, the more we understand our dependence on him alone. The more we behold him, the more we see true beauty, and the more we become like him. This is not a righteousness of our own or ever-increasing “good works”, but an ever-deepening understanding of our need for the Gospel and dependency on the Author of life. As we are sanctified, there is no boasting, except in the worth and work of Jesus. Sanctification is not about becoming a better person or doing good works; it is about becoming more dependent on Jesus and our need to be held by him, becoming more bound to and dependent on the Vine. And should it surprise us that a trinitarian God should have us come to behold him more as we come together as the body of Christ and speak the Gospel to one another?