Humiliation is the beginning of sanctification; and as without this, without holiness, no man shall see God, though he pore whole nights… — John Donne Copy Share Image
The heart of sanctification is the life which feeds on justification. — Tullian Tchividjian Copy Share Image
I know of no other way to triumph over sin long-term than to gain a distaste for it because of a superior… — John Piper Copy Share Image
I believe the sovereign God of the universe justifies us freely, and then we are called to run with him in sanctification. — Matt Chandler Copy Share Image
“As it is with spiritual discoveries and affections given at first conversion, so it is in all subsequent illuminations and affections of… — Jonathan Edwards 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
In justification the word to be addressed to man is believe - only believe; in sanctification the word must be 'watch, pray,… — J. C. Ryle Copy Share Image
Do I as a Christian understand myself? Do I know my own real identity? My own real destiny? I am a child… — J. I. Packer 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
“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
“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
Herein would I live; herein would I die; hereon would I dwell in my thoughts and affections; to the withering and consumption… — John Owen Copy Share Image
Prayer is the practice of drawing on the grace of God. Don't say, "I will endure this until I can get away… — Oswald Chambers Copy Share Image
Election is always to sanctification. Where there is no visible fruit of sanctification, we may be sure there is no election. — J. C. Ryle 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
“God's fundamental goal for believers is not to protect us from harm or suffering, to make us comfortable, or to benefit from… — Layton Talbert Copy Share Image
Sanctification has a double aspect. Its positive side is vivification, the growing and maturing of the new man; its negative side is… — J. I. Packer Copy Share Image
Purge me from every sinful blot; My idols all be cast aside: Cleanse me from every evil thought, From all the filth… — John Wesley Copy Share Image
Christian community is like the Christian's sanctification. It is a gift of God which we cannot claim. Only God knows the real… — Dietrich Bonhoeffer Copy Share Image
“View sexual purity as a walk, not a destination. You won’t find sexual purity on any map. So don’t expect to arrive… — Alan Sharpe Copy Share Image
“If the first Adam was formed from dust, and the second conceived of Spirit and born of woman, then the coming of… — Paule Patterson 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
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
Great winds and storms help fruit-bearing trees. So also do corruptions and temptations help the fruitfulness of grace and holiness. The storm… — John Owen Copy Share Image