A lot of folks want healing who don't want to deal with the sin.

Dr Tony Evans says that's why so many people turn to feel good solutions that

so the question is do you want healing or do you just want feel better for

the moment. This is the alternative with Dr Tony Evans, author, speaker, senior pastor of Oak Cliff Bible Fellowship in Dallas, Texas,

and president of the Urban Alternative.

It's a popular expression, and it's true.

God accepts us the way we are, but loves us too much to leave us that way.

Today, Dr Evans explains how that process of change is part of the purpose of the cross.

Let's join him.

The cross has a threefold relationship to us.

It has a past relationship called justification where God declares the sinner righteous.

It has a future relationship called glorification where we will be eternally transformed to live in the

presence of God forever. But my concern as I walk through this series is the present purpose of the cross in the life of the believer,

and that's called sanctification.

That is where God transforms the life of the

sinner who has become a saint and is now part of the family of God. What I am discovering is that many Christians and I may not

be going too far out to say most Christians have lost sight of the cross.

They've not lost sight of it in terms of justification.

They know that they got saved when they placed faith in Jesus Christ

and Christ came into their lives they were

forgiven and they were imparted eternal life. They haven't lost sight of it for the

future because they anticipate the glories of

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