 The Christian life requires hard work. Our sanctification is a process wherein we are coworkers with God. We have the promise of God's assistance in our labor, but His divine help does not annul our responsibility to work (Phil. 2:12-13). Author: R.C. Sproul
Source: Essential Truths of the Christian Faith |
| Sanctification makes us pure in heart. Author: William J. Seymour |
| Any man that is saved and sanctified can feel the fire burning in his heart, when he calls on the name of Jesus. Author: William J. Seymour |
| Sanctification makes us holy and destroys the breed of sin, the love of sin and carnality. It makes us pure and whiter than snow. Bless His holy name! Author: William J. Seymour |
| Faith acts upon Christ for justification, as he is a Jesus, or by receiving him as a Jesus; faith acts upon Christ for sanctification, as he is a Lord, or by receiving him as Lord. Author: Ralph Erskine
Source: The Giving Love of Christ and the Receiving Property of Faith |
| Some Christians overlook the blessing of sanctification, and yet to a thoroughly renewed heart this is one of the sweetest gifts of the covenant. If we could be saved from wrath, and yet remain unregenerate, impenitent sinners, we should not be saved as we desire, for we mainly and chiefly pant to be saved from sin and led in the way of holiness. Author: Charles Spurgeon
Source: Treasury of David, Psalm 23. |
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| The man who sanctifies his wife understands that this is his divinely ordained responsibility... Is my wife more like Christ because she is married to me? Or is she like Christ in spite of me? Has she shrunk from His likeness because of me? Do I sanctify her or hold her back? Is she a better woman because she is married to me? Author: R. Kent Hughes
Source: Disciplines of a Godly Man, p. 37-38. |
| Tell me not of your justification, unless you have also some marks of sanctification. Boast not of Christ's work for you, unless you can show us the Spirit's work in you. Author: J.C. Ryle |
| Progressive sanctification is subjective or experiential and is the work of the Holy Spirit within us imparting to us the life and power of Christ, enabling us to respond in obedience to Him. Author: Jerry Bridges
Source: Transforming Grace, p. 105. |
| Sanctification and justification are both gifts from God and expressions of His grace. Though they are each distinct aspects of salvation, they can never be separated. God never grants justification without also giving sanctification at the same time. Author: Jerry Bridges
Source: Transforming Grace, p. 106. |
| Earnest souls who are attempting sanctification by struggle, instead of sanctification by faith, might be spared much humiliation by learning the botany of the Sermon on the Mount. Author: Henry Drummond
Source: Natural Law, Growth, p. 127. |
| Character is a unity, and all the virtues must advance together to make the perfect man. This method of sanctification, nevertheless, is in the true direction. It is only in the details of execution that it fails. Author: Henry Drummond
Source: The Changed Life, p. 14. |
