“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
“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
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
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
“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
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
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
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
“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
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
“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
“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
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
“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
“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
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
“The real difference in the believer who follows Christ and has mortified his will and died after the old man in Christ,… — Dietrich Bonhoeffer Copy Share Image
...but let it suffice us to know that it became God, who is the supreme Ruler, Governor and Judge of all that… — John Owen Copy Share Image
Though we are commanded to 'wash ourselves', to 'cleanse ourselves from sins', to 'purge ourselves from all our iniquities', yet to imagine… — John Owen Copy Share Image
Some Christians want enough of Christ to be identified with him but not enough to be seriously inconvenienced; they genuinely cling to… — D. A. Carson Copy Share Image
The man who sanctifies his wife understands that this is his divinely ordained responsibility... Is my wife more like Christ because she… — R. Kent Hughes Copy Share Image
Men, your primary responsibility in your home, after your wife, is you to disciple your own children. And if you don't do… — Paul Washer Copy Share Image
Life and death! They seem like complete opposites-at great enmity with each other. But for Paul-and for all who share his faith-there… — John Piper Copy Share Image
We must hide our unholiness in the wounds of Christ as Moses hid himself in the cleft of the rock while the… — Aiden Wilson Tozer Copy Share Image
“Systems built on hierarchy, separation, and power are finally cracking. But the collapse isn’t the end. It’s the pivot. The evolutionary pressure… — Paule Patterson Copy Share Image
We would labor earnestly to raise a believer in salvation by free will into a believer in salvation by grace, for we… — Charles Spurgeon Copy Share Image
...God has made provision for our holiness. Through Christ He has delivered us from sin's reign so that we now can resist… — Jerry Bridges Copy Share Image
When I know that Christ is the one real sacrifice for my sins, that His work on my behalf has been accepted… — Sinclair B. Ferguson Copy Share Image
Now, the first preachers of the Christ evangel preached Christ. They did not, in the first place, preach salvation or sanctification or… — Theodore Austin-Sparks Copy Share Image
“Even though this seems rather plain, we Christians can easily become confused about what sanctification is. Instead of emphasizing its connection to… — Kevin DeYoung Copy Share Image
“Expressed in theological terms, “In justification our own works have no place at all, and simple faith in Christ is the one… — Michael L. Brown Copy Share Image
Christ wishes the Christian Community to be a body that is perfect because we work together towards a single end, and the… — Katharine Drexel Copy Share Image
When I think about sanctification, a couple things immediately pop into my head. One is how slow it actually is. I think… — Matt Chandler Copy Share Image
Sanctification means the impartation of the Holy qualities of Jesus Christ. It is His patience, His love, His holiness, His faith, His… — Oswald Chambers Copy Share Image
“[Salvation] is a life-changing experience when it happens, and if our life isn’t changed by it, then it either didn’t happen at… — Van Harden Copy Share Image
The steamship whose machinery is broken may be brought into port and made fast to the dock. She is safe, but not… — Agatha Christie Copy Share Image
The vigour, and power, and comfort of our spiritual life depends on the mortification of the deeds of the flesh...The choicest believers,… — John Owen Copy Share Image
[N]obody can produce new evidence of your depravity that will make God change his mind. For God justified you with (so to… — J. I. Packer Copy Share Image
For what you call the Law is but a club of the rich over the lowest of men, sanctifying the conquest of… — Gerrard Winstanley Copy Share Image
![“[Salvation] is a life-changing experience when it happens, and if our life isn’t changed by it, then it either didn’t happen at all or we are so caught up in this world, spending so much time, effort, and emotion on the red circle, that we are ignoring the permanent, eternal, gigantic, blue part…” quote by Van Harden](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/e8a/van-harden-24351_eternal-life_salvation-is-a-life-changing-experience_1988918.jpg)
![“[N]obody can produce new evidence of your depravity that will make God change his mind. For God justified you with (so to speak) his eyes open. He knew the worst about you at the time when he accepted you for Jesus' sake; and the verdict which he passed then was, and is, final.” quote by J. I. Packer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/8c6/j-i-packer-1856_accepted_n-obody-can-produce-new-evidence-of-your_2633989.jpg)
