How does God see the soul that is truly converted, fully surrendered, and allowing the Holy Spirit to manifest in the life all of the fruits of the Spirit without one missing while walking in the path of true obedience?
"Jesus continues: As you confess Me before men, so I will confess you before God and the holy angels. You are to be My witnesses upon earth, channels through which My grace can flow for the healing of the world. So I will be your representative in heaven. The Father beholds not your faulty character, but He sees you as clothed in My perfection. I am the medium through which Heaven's blessings shall come to you. And everyone who confesses Me by sharing My sacrifice for the lost shall be confessed as a sharer in the glory and joy of the redeemed." {The Desire of Ages, page 357, paragraph 1}
Even though converted, the character still needs to be changed from "glory to glory" (2 Corinthians 3:18)--from one degree of maturity and growth to the next. The Father sees us clothed in Christ's righteousness as long as we are abiding in Christ. Let us remember, though, that if we neglect Jesus or choose another master (sin, self, and the devil) that instead of our characters in their growth being clothed in Christ's righteousness, we are indeed in deep need of repentance, that we may have Christ abiding in the heart again! What a blessing that Christ does not leave us in an unconverted state without earnest appeal, for He says, "Behold, I stand at the door, and knock: if any man hear my voice, and open the door, I will come in to him, and will sup with him, and he with Me" (Revelation 3:20). As we hear the Holy Spirit speaking to us to again surrender fully to Christ, we find that there is an immediate change when we do fully yield, for Jesus always brings His loveliness of character into our hearts and minds: love, joy, peace, longsuffering, gentleness, goodness, faith, meekness and temperance will all be manifest in the character because Christ abides there with His OWN DIVINE NATURE by the Word (2 Peter 1:4)! What a blessing to have this constant union and communion with Christ by grace through faith!