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  1. We believe that sanctification is that work of the Holy Spirit by which the child of God is separated from sin unto God and is enabled to love God with all the heart and to walk in all His holy commandments blameless. Sanctification is initiated at the moment of justification and regeneration.

    • Our Identity in Christ
    • Sanctification Is A Position, Not Just A Process.
    • Sanctification Is A Work of The Spirit.
    • Sanctification, Like Salvation, Is by Grace Through Faith.
    • Biblical Theology Can Help Us Clarify Confusion About Biblical Teaching.
    • Sanctification Is Grounded in The Eternal Holiness of God.
    • Sanctification Is Daily.
    • Sanctification Is Not Trying Harder to Be Holy.
    • Sanctification Is Not Optional.
    • Sanctification Will Not Be Complete Until We Get to Heaven.

    A significant part of our identity in Christ is that we’re washed, renewed, and regenerated by the Holy Spirit (Titus 3:5). Though work remains to be done in terms of our spiritual growth, the sanctifying work of the Holy Spirit involves placing us in a spiritual position of having been cleansed from sin. As believers, we’re set apart for God’s hol...

    It is commonly known that sanctification is a process. This is indeed the case, but in addition, as is less widely acknowledged, sanctification is, first, a position into which believers are placed at conversion. Thus, Paul addresses his first letter to the Corinthians “To the church of God that is in Corinth, to those sanctified in Christ Jesus, c...

    The Spirit is the agent of sanctification in both positional and progressive sanctification. Regenerating us and indwelling us, he positions us and causes spiritual growth in us. The Spirit’s work is exhibited as the fruit of the Spirit: “The fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, and self-c...

    We often lapse into works righteousness and see spiritual disciplines as the rule for growth. In sanctification, however, we depend on God to do the work. The focus should not be on the disciplines themselves. As I mentioned in the previous point, sanctification is not in the first place something we do; it is God’s gracious work in us by his Spiri...

    There are several approaches to sanctification. Some see Christians as attaining perfection already in this life (“entire sanctification”). Others see sanctification solely as a process of growth in godliness. Yet others promote a higher spiritual experience sometime after salvation, a view often referred to as a “second blessing.” Inductively appr...

    Holiness is first and foremost an attribute of God. God alone is truly holy; there is none like him. The Old Testament depicts God in glowing terms as holy and glorious, whether in self-descriptions, pronouncements made about God by various Old Testament characters, or narrative portions describing the words and works of God. The song of Moses exul...

    In sanctification, there is going to be a rhythm of repentance from sin, confession, forgiveness, and walking in the Spirit by faith. On the night before he was crucified, Jesus taught his disciples this important truth at the foot washing during the Last Supper when he told Peter, “The one who has bathed does not need to wash, except for his feet,...

    God is at work within us through his Spirit. All we need to do is remain connected; that is, abide in Jesus, knowing that apart from him we can do nothing. In John 15:4–5, Jesus seeks to impart this truth to his followers when he says, “Abide in me, and I in you. As the branch cannot bear fruit by itself, unless it abides in the vine, neither can y...

    Every Christian is expected to grow into full maturity (albeit not perfection in this life). The standard, according to Jesus, is for us to “Be perfect as your heavenly Father is perfect” (Matt. 5:48), a goal toward which we are called to make increasing progress by the sanctifying work of the Holy Spirit. Peter writes, “As he who called you is hol...

    At the final state we will have achieved holiness, but until then it’s going to be an ongoing process. It’s a goal but not a reality yet. Growth, yes; perfection, no. Paul told the Thessalonian believers, “Now may the God of peace himself sanctify you completely and may your whole spirit and soul and body be kept blameless at the coming of our Lord...

  2. May 19, 2023 · Sanctification is the process in which the believer is set apart from sin to Christlikeness. If justification is about legally declaring believers righteous through Christ’s righteousness, sanctification is about making them righteous in their actual lives.

  3. Sanctification is a Christian teaching about how God transforms a person, making them fit for a holy purpose. Sanctification includes a change of heart, a desire to love God and other people. It includes a change of mind, seeing the world from an honest perspective.

  4. SANCTIFICATION (קָדﯴשׁ, H7705, ἁγιασμός, G40, santification, moral purity, sanctity; cf. Lat. sanctus facere, “to make holy”). One of the most important concepts in Biblical and historical theology, this term and its cognates appear more than a thousand times in the Scriptures.

  5. Sanctification is the act of God by which he, through his Spirit and his Word, is conforming you little by little—or in big steps—into the image of his Son. So we are really becoming in our behavior righteous, really overcoming imperfections in our sanctification. Now here’s the key question: How do these two relate to each other?

  6. Oct 16, 2018 · John 17:1719. “Sanctify them in the truth; your word is truth. As you sent me into the world, so I have sent them into the world. And for their sake I consecrate myself, that they also may be sanctified in truth.”

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