Justification and Sanctification cannot be separated they go hand in hand but for the sake of clarity of discussion the following aspects may be distinguished.


Justification
Sanctification
1. God's saving activity to deliver men
from the guilt and penalty of sin by the
death of Christ in the cross.
1. God's saving activity to deliver men from the power
(dominion) of sin by the indwelling Christ in our hearts.
2. What Christ did for us 2000 years ago. 2. What Christ is doing in us now.
3. God reconciling us to Himself legally. (forensic) 3. God reconciling us to Himself experientially
4. Justification causes Sanctification 4. Sanctification is the result of Justification.
5. Justification - Christ coming into our lives. 5. Sanctification - Christ dwelling in our lives
6. Christ's righteousness bestowed 6. Christ's righteousness possessed.
7. Christ's righteousness - imputed
reckoned
accounted
credited
7. Christ's righteousness imparted
8. God's power of forgiveness
- we are treated as if we have never sinned
8. Growth in holiness 3T 325
(a state of holiness) OHC 214
9. Our title to heaven
e.g.The thief on the cross
The publican Luke 18
Isaiah
9. Our fitness for heaven.
e.g. Enoch - walked with God for 300 years
Mary - sat at the feet of Christ
Paul - Christ lives in me. Gal. 2:20
Moses - with the children of Israel
Daniel - They could find no fault in him.


Many commit the error of trying to define minutely the fine points of distinction between justification and sanctification. Into the definitions of these two terms they often bring their own ideas and speculations. Why try to be more minute than is Inspiration on the vital question of righteousness by faith? The Faith I Live By p. 116 par. 3


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