Pressing On

The two points of Heidelberg Catechism 114-115 are expressed clearly in Philippians 3:12-14:

1. Not that I am already perfect,
2. but I press on toward the goal for the prize of the upward call in Christ Jesus.
   The key to the Christian life is to recognize that these two things must go together. Sometimes I think we are so concerned to reject perfectionism
   that we neglect the call to press on.
   We make excuses for sin: Oh well, no one is perfect!
   But this is where our two catechism answers tonight remind us that reformed theology is insistent upon the necessity of our growth in grace.