“To believers, the bible is a holy book, to unbelievers, it is a story book.” — Michael Bassey Johnson Copy Share Image
There is nothing destroyed by sanctification but that which would destroy us. — William Jenkyn Copy Share Image
“If we begin to study the Scriptures, our souls shall be sanctified.” — Lailah Gifty Akita Copy Share Image
“So close to the powers of evil she must have lived that she still breathed more freely in their air.” — Edith Wharton Copy Share Image
Sanctification is like a clumsy, slow walk rather than a light switch that we turn from off to on. — Edward T Welch Copy Share Image
Not to be occupied with your sin, but to be occupied with God brings deliverance from self. — Andy Murray Copy Share Image
God has brought me to Kentucky...the precise place he has chosen for my sanctification. — Thomas Merton Copy Share Image
“Justification is the new creation of the new man, and sanctification his preservation until the day of Jesus Christ.” — Dietrich Bonhoeffer Copy Share Image
The unsound convert takes Christ by halves. He is all for the salvation of Christ, but is not for sanctification. He is… — Joseph Alleine Copy Share Image
I believe in a cause that for a man to preach salvation, he must first be saved, for him to preach deliverance,… — Samule Kermis Copy Share Image
“God never grants justification without also giving sanctification at the same time ... Sanctification in us begins as an instantaneous act of… — Jerry Bridges Copy Share Image
I know sanctification comes not with any particular calling, but with genuine acts of service, often for which there is no specific… — Neal A. Maxwell Copy Share Image
“Let the Kingdom be always before you, and believe with certainty and consistency the things that are yet unseen. Let nothing that… — John Bunyan Copy Share Image
“God’s will for you is to make you more like Jesus. Christlikeness is your target, your goal, your vision, and the reason… — Jon Morrison Copy Share Image
“We all are like filthy rags in the site of God; not one clean enough, good enough, righteous enough, to stand before… — Robin Bertram Copy Share Image
“The author challenges how much sanctity has to do with sameness, as he says saints are as different from each other as… — G.K. Chesterton Copy Share Image
“I was intrigued. I asked her what was so scary about unmerited free grace? She replied something like this: “If I was… — Timothy Keller Copy Share Image
If heaven were by merit, it would never be heaven to me, for if I were in it I should say, "I… — Charles Spurgeon Copy Share Image
As with every aspect of our sanctification, the renewal of the mind may be painful and difficult. It requires hard work and… — Nancy Pearcey Copy Share Image
Loving a holy God is beyond our moral power. The only kind of God we can love by our sinful nature is… — R. C. Sproul Copy Share Image
The growth of trees and plants takes place so slowly that it is not easily seen. Daily we notice little change. But,… — John Owen Copy Share Image
Happy are they, who in the matter of marriage observe three rules. The first is to marry only in the Lord, and… — J. C. Ryle Copy Share Image
Never was sin seen to be more abominably sinful and full of provocation than when the burden of it was upon the… — John Owen Copy Share Image
“The sanctification ... demanded is always an implicate of the sanctification that originates in God's mercy. Hence the sanctification of believers is… — G C Berkouwer Copy Share Image
“Holiness must have a philosophical and theological foundation, namely, Divine truth; otherwise it is sentimentality and emotionalism. Many would say later on,… — Fulton J. Sheen Copy Share Image
“In justification, God imputes or counts over to the sinner the righteousness of Christ. In sanctification, God imparts the righteousness of the… — G.H. Gerberding Copy Share Image
Solid scriptural theology should be valued in the church. Books in which Scripture is reverently regarded as the only rule of faith… — J. C. Ryle Copy Share Image
This, then, is the foundation of sanctification in Reformed theology. It is rooted, not in humanity and their achievement of holiness or… — Sinclair B. Ferguson Copy Share Image
“The 144,000 have the patience of the saints; they keep the commandments of God, and they also have the faith of Jesus.… — M.L. Andreasen Copy Share Image
A man's country is not a certain area of land, of mountains, rivers, and woods, but it is a principle: and patriotism… — George William Curtis Copy Share Image
God uses chronic pain and weakness, along with other afflictions, as his chisel for sculpting our lives. Felt weakness deepens dependence on… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Our work is not to save souls, but to disciple them. Salvation and sanctification are the work of God's sovereign grace, and… — Oswald Chambers Copy Share Image
“God is confident enough in me to be all things confident for me.” — Craig D. Lounsbrough Copy Share Image
Sanctification will be drudgery unless we believe that holiness is possible and that it is pleasing to God. — Kevin DeYoung Copy Share Image
“Sanctification is rebirth of spirit of soul by the power of the Holy Spirit,” — Lailah Gifty Akita Copy Share Image
None can know their election but by their conformity to Christ; for all who are chosen are chosen to sanctification. — Matthew Henry Copy Share Image
“Our sanctification is more like a Weight Watchers program than listening to a book on tape.” — James K.A. Smith Copy Share Image
“What many call 'plundering the Egyptians' is nothing more than dumpster diving in Egypt.” — Joe Rigney Copy Share Image
“Genuine sanctification has a ‘continued orientation toward justification.” — G C Berkouwer Copy Share Image
“We are saved by the sanctification of the Spirit and by faith in the truth of Christ Jesus, Son of God.” — Lailah Gifty Akita Copy Share Image
