the invisible and eternal

Paul tells the Corinthians "while we look not at the things which are seen, but at the things which are not seen; for the things which are seen are temporal; but the things which are not seen are eternal." Paul is reminding Christians that God works in the invisible and eternal realms of life. This is generally applied to our lives when we are having a tough go of it. That is primarily the context of this passage.

My question is why we don't apply this in other aspects of our Christian walk, particularly the aspect of "Holy living" as perpetuated by the notion of "the process of sanctification" (the topic of my previous post). The notion of cleaning up our selves to become more like Christ just seems to contradict Scripture in many ways. I have not been able to understand why theologians never mention the idea that sanctification means "set apart" but rather always focus on the process of becoming more Christ like. My question is in what way are we not Christ like from God's perspective and therefore need to become more so?

The reason it appears to us we are not Christ like is because our feelings and behavior, the visible parts of our life, seem far from being like Christ. This is true, but not the point. I believe that Christian theologians have to add to what God has done to and for us because our human condition forces us to accommodate the visible and temporal, but God doesn't. the Westminster Confession, one of the great reformed statements in history defines sanctification well in the beginning as an act of God's grace (although I still don't know why it does not say "God set us apart by His Grace for His purposes", that would be enough). But it has to add something about being renewed in Christ likeness as if there's more to be done that what God has done to sanctify us.

I could go on and on in my frustration about this but I will simply say,

if we as humans would anchor ourself in God's perspective, one that is invisible and eternal, we would not be tempted to define sanctification as a process because it would be natural (in our spirit) to see us as God does, a completed work in Christ. we don't need to be more righteous in His eyes, we already have the righteousness of Christ. It doesn't feel or look that way to us and others around us, but that's because the eyes are carnal, temporal and visible. we can only see sanctification as a completed work thru the eyes of faith, believing what God says about us, we are seated at His right hand in Christ Jesus right now, we are not working our way there!!
If anything is a "process" for us, its believing the sanctification we have, not trying to get more of it.

just something to ponder ......