Such people have turned
sanctification into a bad word not only for the population in general but also for many Christians.
Not exact matches
--------------- Beginning in 325AD, the amalgamation of church and government — aka, Roman Catholicism — had begun a dangerous journey away from the Apostle's teaching and
into apostasy when it left the Bible behind, and began to claim justification as a result of
sanctification.
For the human person, the union of his body and soul has been a source of bewilderment and
sanctification since the Fall, which introduced a clashing discord
into the harmony of the human person.
It blurs the
sanctification process (our part of that process at least) with salvation or at worst brings them
into union.
What we know as the traditional image of the Incarnation is precisely the means by which Christendom laid the ground for an inevitable willing of the death of God, for this traditional image made possible the
sanctification of «time» and «nature,» a
sanctification finally leading to the transformation of eternity
into time.
Jensen identifies five themes inherent to the sacrament of initiation: the cleansing from sin and sickness; incorporation
into the community;
sanctification and illumination; death and resurrection; and new creation.
Other stories there were, to be sure, but these were absorbed
into and brought
into the service of the dominant biblical story (witness Aquinas» «
sanctification» of Aristotle).
TL; DR: 1) A born again believer doesn't sin 100 % willfully because their Spirit is of God who hates sin 2) The indwelling of the Holy Spirit causes
sanctification 3) The indwelling of the Holy Spirit can not be replaced by a try - hard theology; it has to be the real thing 4) Whoever has the Holy Spirit can not be snatched out of our Father's hand 5) We sometimes get
into argument over misunderstanding, let us pray before replying and seek the Lord before judging; let us be righteous in our judgement
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.
[4] Besides the devastating error this injected
into the theology of justification and
sanctification, it also had the effect of breaking the classical Catholic synthesis offides et ratio.
Sanctification, then, is God's work, through the Holy Spirit, to chisel us
into the image He sees in us.
There is a double aspect: one is saved by being brought
into a state of grace (or forgiveness or justification or even
sanctification) instead of bondage to sin in this life, and by being brought
into heaven instead of hell in the next life.
Looking back, I can see that taking care of her — being dropped
into the situation where I had to take care of her — was an instrument of divine grace for my
sanctification.
We are sinners born
into sin, but as part of
sanctification we try to live our lives in a manner pleasing to him.
Similarly, I think I have come to a new understanding of the place of
sanctification in the Christian life, perhaps mainly because the doctrine of
sanctification has fallen
into disuse in so many churches in our culture.
[6] Bryan Wilson has correctly noted that the doctrine of
sanctification provides the basis for sectarianism and for the enthusiastic propagation of this religious group that throws itself
into spiritual conquest and tries to liberate sinful hearts from the clutch of Satan and guide the sinful to the path of holiness.
Francesco Vezzoli's Sacrilegio transforms the Gagosian Gallery's 21st exhibition space
into a black walled religious experience which explores the
sanctification of secular images and cultural.