“Sin is the transgression of the law, the death of Christ is the satisfaction of the law, justification is the verdict of… — Ernest Kevan Copy Share Image
We could not take one step in the pursuit of holiness if God in His grace had not first delivered us from… — Jerry Bridges Copy Share Image
“What is sanctification? Sanctification is the work of God's free grace, whereby we are renewed in the whole man after the image… — Westminster Assembly Copy Share Image
There is justice in hell, but sin is the most unjust thing. It would rob God of his glory, Christ of his… — Thomas Watson Copy Share Image
“Normal Christian life is a process of restoration and renewal. Our joy is not static. It fluctuates with real life. It is… — John Piper Copy Share Image
Let us remember that the Heart of Jesus has called us not only for our own sanctification, but also for that of… — Pio of Pietrelcina Copy Share Image
Regeneration is the fountain; sanctification is the river (in deeper or shallower degree). 'Entire sanctification' is the river in fullest flow. — J. Sidlow Baxter Copy Share Image
The relation of redemption and sanctification would be the ongoing relationship between the driver and God who is directing her. Now, if… — Dallas Willard Copy Share Image
Saw so much of the wickedness of my heart that I longed to get away from myself...I felt almost pressed to death… — David Brainerd Copy Share Image
“Long looking with admiration produces change. From your heroes you pick up mannerisms and phrases and tones of voice and facial expressions… — John Piper Copy Share Image
Am I prepared to let God grip me by His power and do a work in me that is worthy of Himself?… — Oswald Chambers Copy Share Image
“You live recklessly when you do not take God's law seriously or respond to the gospel properly. Reckless living can look like… — Joe Thorn Copy Share Image
“Is it by the instrumentality of faith we receive Christ as our justification, without the merit of any of our works? Well.… — Robert Lewis Dabney Copy Share Image
It is not merely the likeness which is precious... but the association and the sense of nearness involved in the thing... the… — Elizabeth Barrett Browning Copy Share Image
“That our sanctification did not depend upon changing our works, but in doing that for GOD’s sake, which we commonly do for… — Brother Lawrence Copy Share Image
“One way to handle the discrepancy between our beliefs and our sinful inclinations is to repent, pray for grace and forgiveness, and… — William Kilpatrick Copy Share Image
Sanctification means more than being freed from sin. It means the deliberate commitment of myself to the God of my salvation, and… — Oswald Chambers Copy Share Image
“Having, then, these promises, beloved, may we cleanse ourselves from every pollution of flesh and spirit, perfecting sanctification in the fear of… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Sanctification is the work of the Holy Spirit in us whereby our inner being is progressively changed, freeing us more and more… — Jerry Bridges Copy Share Image
“You cannot contain evil by shaming it, or making people feel guilty, but only by revealing it toward it is, and then… — Richard Rohr Copy Share Image
“The process of sanctification is an addiction to holiness, a compulsive fixation on Christ and an impulsive pattern of compassion, virtue and… — William M. Struthers Copy Share Image
True worship comes from people who are deeply emotional and who love deep and sound doctrine. Strong affections for God rooted in… — John Piper Copy Share Image
None can know their election but by their conformity to the image of Christ; for all that are chosen are chosen to… — Matthew Henry Copy Share Image
Sanctification is not to be understood here as a separation from ordinary use or consecration to some special use, although this meaning… — William Ames Copy Share Image
If you do not put a difference between justification wrought by the Man Christ without, and sanctification wrought by the Spirit of… — John Bunyan Copy Share Image
“The whole of the Christian life, from election to justification to sanctification to final glorification, is made possible by and is an… — Kevin DeYoung Copy Share Image
This is the sanctification of your studies: when they are devoted to God, and when He is the end, the object, and… — Richard Baxter Copy Share Image
“What Paul understands by holiness or sanctification (is) the learning in the present of the habits which anticipate the ultimate future.” — N.T. Wright Copy Share Image
He will take good care to provide what is necessary for our sanctification, provided we are careful to accept everything according to… — Margaret Mary Alacoque Copy Share Image
“We cry down the law in respect of justification, but we set it up as a rule of sanctification. The law sends… — Samuel Bolton Copy Share Image
“The heart must be renewed by divine grace, or it will be in vain to seek for purity of life. He who… — Ellen G. White Copy Share Image
There is no justification without sanctification, no forgiveness without renewal of life, no real faith from which the fruits of new obedience… — Martin Luther Copy Share Image
I am convinced that we Christ-followers need an understanding of playfulness if we are going to take sanctification by the Holy Spirit… — Calvin Seerveld Copy Share Image
Sanctification is the outcome and inseparable consequence of regeneration. He who is born again and made a new creature receives a new… — J. C. Ryle Copy Share Image
“Jesus Followers are called to be reflectors of His character, servants of his grace, ambassadors of His message and magnifiers of His… — Gary Patton Copy Share Image
Let us awake to a sense of the perilous state of many professing Christians. 'Without holiness no man shall see the Lord';… — J. C. Ryle Copy Share Image
“But isn’t the whole idea of sanctification the fact that we’re not really there yet? That we’re still growing and becoming? Still… — Matt Chandler Copy Share Image
“Monastic spirituality concentrated on private disciplines, as if detaching oneself from "the world" (i.e. society) might make one holier. Anabaptist piety was… — Michael S. Horton Copy Share Image
My hope lives not because I am not a sinner, but because I am a sinner for whom Christ died; my trust… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
After he has been following Christ for a long time, the disciple of Jesus will be asked, "Lacked ye anything?" and he… — Dietrich Bonhoeffer Copy Share Image
