The Anglican bishop J.C. Ryle (1816-1900) wisely said, 

“Let us not expect too much from our own hearts here below. At our best we shall find in ourselves daily cause for humiliation, and discover that we are needy debtors to mercy and grace every hour. The more light we have, the more we shall see our own imperfection. Sinners we were when we began, sinners we shall find ourselves as we go on: renewed, pardoned, justified – yet sinners to the very last.”

–Holiness

Chp 2: Sanctification

(GSiV: Sanctification; Grace;

Ân điển, chứ không phải những quy tắc / Grace not rules;

Earning vs effort: grace, justification, and sanctification;

Gospel Grace Versus Dead Religion–part 6)