Church Quote by Nancy Pearcey

The inner change, justification, is effected at the moment of salvation. The outer change in the believer's daily walk, sanctification, continues throughout life. But…

— Neil T Anderson

“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

“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

“What is sanctification? Sanctification is the work of God's free grace, whereby we are renewed in the whole man after the image of God,…

— Westminster Assembly

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

— Paul Washer

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

“To be sanctified, in other words, means that we are both already (definitively) sanctified in Christ and continually being (progressively) sanctified in Christ. Third,…

— Marcus Peter Johnson

Sanctification is the work of the Holy Spirit in us whereby our inner being is progressively changed, freeing us more and more from sinful…

— Jerry Bridges

Sanctification is the real change in man from the sordidness of sin to the purity of God's image.

— William Ames

If you're serious about sanctification, you can expect to experience heart-wrenching moments that try your faith, your endurance, and your patience.

— Sheri L. Dew

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

“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