It's about a relationship with our Creator, a God who allows us to struggle because he cares more
about our sanctification, our being made into our real selves.
One thought that I have had is
about sanctification.
Not exact matches
This is what growing in grace and
sanctification is all
about.
The force of this concern that people not become complacent
about their present condition is strikingly, if puzzlingly, expressed in his idea that even those who have attained entire
sanctification should keep growing.
We are talking
about a quantum - jump in the
sanctification of the minds of mainline Protestants, involving repentance after 200 years of drifting from the Reformation response to the Bible.
Or to put it another way again, discussion
about God's predestination should not fall under the category of justification, but under the categories of
sanctification and glorification.
Marriage is
about sacrifice rather than having all your needs met because the blessing lies in that
sanctification.
There are many other indicators in this context, as well as the chapter, that the writer of Hebrews is not talking
about loss of the deliverance from hell to heaven, but loss of the blessings of
sanctification and rewards, and the loss of «saving of the life» in vs 39.
Paul never wrote
about justification,
sanctification, or any of other «big words of the Bible.»
The Bible teaches that predestination is
about our glorification and
sanctification; not
about justification.
It's obviously
about both (as the Church has argued for two thousand years, incidentally, teaching that the three ends of marriage are procreation, marital friendship, and mutual
sanctification).
the
sanctification of Israel and the strict laws, was all
about the old testament vehicle that pointed to the Christ, and the work of the Holy Spirit.
Being a Reformed (Calvinist) theologian of considerable earnestness, McGrath's essay understandably dwells at length on the formula «justification by faith alone,» and related questions
about, for instance, the connection between justification and
sanctification.
In this way, they will truly learn
about the truth of Scripture, the significance of death and resurrection, the importance of
sanctification and holiness, and the indwelling of the Holy Spirit.
There is nothing in Romans 8:28 - 30
about a human's responsibility to believe in Jesus or to walk by faith for
sanctification.
But I experienced entire
sanctification on the 15th day of March, 1893,
about eleven o'clock in the morning.
he then goes on to teach
about sin, justification,
sanctification, Israel, service.
There are careful debates within confessional Christianity
about the relationship of self - conception with
sanctification, of sexual orientation with obedience to Christ.
It is the Bible translators who wrote
about justification and
sanctification.
But let's be clear
about something: Paul never wrote
about justification,
sanctification, or any of other «big words of the Bible.»
Those within the Church had received from him commandments
about how they «ought to live and please God»; God's will for them required their
sanctification (I Thess.