Without a doubt, justification is a beautiful doctrine, but it is not the sum of the Christian life. All biblical doctrines are necessary for understanding our life in Christ. All the Scriptures are vital for the Christian. All of Jesus and his work is necessary, not just a part of him. Thus, the Christian faith, with all its rich theological reflection and truth, is best understood in light of our union with Christ.
This essential truth of the Christian faith provides a framework for all of the Christian life. Sanctification, in tandem with other crucial facets of faith, is simply one aspect of our union with Christ.
We are in Christ by faith, and he is in us by the power of the Spirit. Scripture gives us numerous snapshots of what this looks like:.
When we understand the profound nature of our union with Jesus, then we begin to see the immense riches available to us for our growth in godliness. Sanctification therefore is multifaceted and meets every one of us exactly where we are on our journey of becoming more like our Savior.
Though they may be similar, no two roads of sanctification are alike. We are unique human beings who have been affected by the fall in unique ways. Though we all suffer from the same disease, our symptoms are often different. We all have need of the Great Physician, but his remedies are as unique as the ones whom he created. Though sanctification is deeply personal, we must remember that the Alpha and Omega of sanctification is Christ himself.
In his recent book, How Does Sanctification Work? How these factors play out in each of our lives may look drastically different. The Spirit is at work, applying the objective work of Christ, yet that work touches us all differently. While journeying towards the same goal, each believer will have a distinct path which they will tread. Though sanctification is personal, it is also deeply corporate.
Christians are called into a body, a group of other believers, in order to experience the work of the Spirit in our lives together. Christ died for a people.
Apart from the body of Christ, sanctification is impossible. This is the way God designed the Christian life. There is no such thing as a growing Christian apart from an active life in the body of Christ. On the contrary, Christ-like character is the measuring stick of growth in sanctification.
Let us drink deeply, then, from the Scriptures, for by them God will transform us more and more into the likeness of Christ. See also Ps. This is great. Our works of rightousness are like filthy rags before God. We were not saved by our works but by Grace through faith in Jesus Christ.
He began the good work of sanctification in us and He will bring it to completion in the day of Christ. Here are five things we need to know and teach about sanctification: 1. Every Christian agrees with the biblical stance on positional sanctification. Most Christians agree that once a person is saved, they will always be saved.
Although some Christians do push back against this journey-model of holiness—arguing sanctification is more about a position of holiness rather than a process—many do agree that we cannot stop our Christian walk from the moment we say the sinners prayer. Sanctification matters because we need to strive to live more like Christ every day. In addition to empowering us by his Spirit, God has given us other tools to grow in our sanctification:.
As believers, our hope is fixed on the day when Jesus returns. But in the meantime, we are called to pursue our sanctification in anticipation of that day. The reason why the world does not know us is that it did not know him. Beloved, we are God's children now, and what we will be has not yet appeared; but we know that when he appears we shall be like him because we shall see him as he is.
Because of what God has done for us in Jesus, we have already been set apart for his special purposes. By the power of God's Spirit, we pursue growing in godliness so that we more clearly reflect Jesus Christ in our lives. We do so in anticipation of the day when Christ will return and complete the process of sanctification by making us perfect reflections of Christ.
Sanctification is a theological term for basically Christian living, it's called progressive sanctification. But if you step back and look at how the Bible uses the term, it's a little different actually.
The New Testament, when it talks about sanctification, it just means being set apart. And that happens when a person becomes a Christian, God sets that person apart. The older translations call that being a saint. Now, throughout the Christian life, you think of it as that past event, the Christian life, and the future.
That past tense, I am saved, I am sanctified. Right now I am being saved, I am being sanctified.
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