Charismatic

[Jared Hanley]

Originally Posted by trialedbyfire

I'm not arguing that sanctification occurs, and that it is the Lord who sanctifies. I'm asking how you can be "saved" without first being "sanctified".

There is positional sanctification and progressive sanctification.

When we are justified in the sight of God by faith in Christ, we have positional sanctification. When God the Father looks at us, He no longer sees our sin but He sees Christ.

However, we still have indwelling sin.

I don't believe in Christian perfection. But, I do believe in a second work of grace. This is where the redemption that was begun in us applied more fully, yet still not to the point of totally eradicating sin in our lives. It's the now and the not yet of the kingdom. There are some benefits of the kingdom that we enjoy now. There are other benefits that we will enjoy later.

I see the second work of grace as a quantum leap in our sanctification. It enables us to live a more consecrated life.

Healing is the same way. Healing is in the atonement the same way that salvation is in the atonement. But, just as God is sovereign in salvation, He is also sovereign in healing. We don't receive all of the benefits of healing or salvation in this life. But we do receive a down payment. Our down payment is the Holy Spirit. The redemption that Christ secured for us can be released more and more by the Spirit as He wills, enabling us to overcome sin and disease.