Religion Quote by Michael L. Brown

“The true nature of good works cannot be understood apart from Christ who is our ‘sanctification’ (1 Corinthians 1:30).”

— G C Berkouwer

“We have not to produce out of our higher nature a lowliness and a patience and a purity of our own, but simply to…

— I.Lilias Trotter

“Is it by the instrumentality of faith we receive Christ as our justification, without the merit of any of our works? Well. But this…

— Robert Lewis Dabney

“Even though this seems rather plain, we Christians can easily become confused about what sanctification is. Instead of emphasizing its connection to the Lord…

— Kevin DeYoung

“Sanctification only begins our being made like our Lord Jesus Christ. It is never complete in this life. There is no perfect Christian, even…

— Desmond Ford

“Sanctification is not the humanly operated successor to the divinely worked justification.”

— G C Berkouwer

“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

“The most important aspect of Christianity is not the work we do, but the relationship we maintain”

— Oswald Chambers

“Our faith in Christ does not free us from works but from false opinions concerning works, that is, from the foolish presumption that justification…

— Martin Luther

“In Christ every believer has a once-for-all positional holiness, and from this new identity every Christian is commanded to grow in the ongoing-for-your-whole-life process…

— Kevin DeYoung

The evidence of justification by faith is the ongoing work of sanctification through the Holy Spirit.

— Paul Washer

“We are justified through faith in Christ, not through doctrinal precision.”

— Michael S. Horton