Sanctification is not the humanly operated successor to…

“Genuine sanctification has a ‘continued orientation toward justification.”

— G C Berkouwer

“Expressed in theological terms, “In justification our own works have no place at all, and simple faith in Christ is the one thing needful.…

— Michael L. Brown

If a preacher is cultured, gentle, earnest, intellectual, and broadly tolerant, the sheep of God run after him. He, of course, speaks beautifully about…

— C. I. Scofield

“Justification is the new creation of the new man, and sanctification his preservation until the day of Jesus Christ.”

— Dietrich Bonhoeffer

A rigorous doctrine of imputation is not only limiting but ends up doing a disservice to the nature of grace and justification. It makes…

— Thomas Howard, 3rd Duke of Norfolk

“In justification, God imputes or counts over to the sinner the righteousness of Christ. In sanctification, God imparts the righteousness of the new life.…

— G.H. Gerberding

“Initially, the God of the Old Testament might seem overwhelming and domineering to you, or tyrannical, or perhaps even evil, which is good. It…

— Criss Jami

Saving faith is an immediate relation to Christ, accepting, receiving, resting upon Him alone, for justification, sanctification, and eternal life by virtue of God's…

— Charles Spurgeon

Solid scriptural theology should be valued in the church. Books in which Scripture is reverently regarded as the only rule of faith and practice--…

— J. C. Ryle

I fear it is sometimes forgotten that God has married together justification and sanctification. They are distinct and different things, beyond question, but one…

— J. C. Ryle

“Antinomianism and legalism conspire in forcing us to make a false choice: Is salvation a matter of God's forgiveness or is it moral transformation?…

— Michael S. Horton

“We all are like filthy rags in the site of God; not one clean enough, good enough, righteous enough, to stand before a holy…

— Robin Bertram

“The 144,000 have the patience of the saints; they keep the commandments of God, and they also have the faith of Jesus. For them…

— M.L. Andreasen

I think it's for me with regards to this issue I believe in justification at the point of salvation; I believe in sanctification at…

— Alan Chambers

“God never grants justification without also giving sanctification at the same time ... Sanctification in us begins as an instantaneous act of the Holy…

— Jerry Bridges