Skill to be Honed

...it is not enough simply to teach people that they are connected; we must teach them how that connection will affect their lives. It is fright fully easy to verbally affirm all the right things about sanctification but in a moment of moral dilemma to act as though we are obeying to merit life (and become legalists) or as though no obedience is required (and become antinomians). In other words, keeping the indicative and imperative together is not just a verbal affirmation; it is also a skill that needs to be learned and honed.

 

Michael Christ, Preaching and Definitive Sanctification in Unio Cum Christo October 2021, pg. 132