When you pass through the waters, I will be with you; And through the rivers, they shall not overflow you. When you walk through the fire, you shall not be burned, Nor shall the flame scorch you.
As Adam Clarke wrote, “So he that says the blood of Christ either cannot or will not cleanse us from all sin in this life, gives also the lie to his Maker, who has declared the contrary…”
The Christian life was not intended to be a desert of struggle and despair until death. Just as Bunyan's characters Christian and Hopeful arrived in the Delectable Mountains, you can--and must!--enter into the promised land with Jesus in this life!