Present and future Quote by Dietrich Bonhoeffer

Justification and sanctification are both God's work, and while they can and must be distinguished, the Bible won't let us separate them. Both are…

— Tullian Tchividjian

“Never think of justification as something that happens solely at the beginning of the Christian life, as though, once you are justified, you then…

— Desmond Ford

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

— Dietrich Bonhoeffer

“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

“Romans explains how God can justify the ungodly. "Justification" is a declaration by God that we are righteous only in Christ. We need justification…

— Desmond Ford

“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

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

We explain justification simply as the acceptance with which God receives us into his favor as righteous men. And we say that it consists…

— John Calvin

“Justification is an eschatological fact that has occurred in history. It means acquittal from the guilt of sin by a favorable decision of the…

— George Eldon Ladd

I'm afraid that in the United States of America today the prevailing doctrine of justification is not justification by faith alone. It is not…

— R. C. Sproul

“Justification Justification means that God not only has forgiven me of my sins but also has granted me the righteousness of Christ. Because of…

— Robert S. McGee

There is no justification without sanctification, no forgiveness without renewal of life, no real faith from which the fruits of new obedience do not…

— Martin Luther