Do you know what it's like to live between D-day and V-day? The idea comes from Anthony Hoekema. He writes:

Jesus Christ has come, and therefore the decisive victory over sin, the devil and the flesh has been won. However, the victory is not yet complete. We live, as Cullmann puts it, between D-day and V-day: though the enemy has been decisively defeated, there remain pockets of resistance; there are still guerrilla troops to be defeated; there are still battles to be fought. In one sense, we already possess salvation; in another sense, we still look forward to our salvation. We already have the new life; we do not yet have perfection.

I believe that this is an accurate description of where most of us live--between D-day and V-day. We know that Jesus Christ has the power to transform our…