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Originally Posted by Esaias
Sanctification means 'the act of being made a saint'. A saint is a 'holy one'. Thus, sanctification is the act of being made holy. Sanctified means 'holy', 'holy-fied' if you will.
Trying to divide 'sanctification' from 'holiness' is an error based on using equivalent English terms without regard to their grammatical equivalency. Or in other words, it is the fallacy of equivocation, in a sense.
Just like the 'remission vs forgiveness of sins' error.
Also, I see you are espousing the 'progressive sanctification view' and the 'positional holiness view'.
Question - can a person die and still be saved without being entirely sanctified? If not, how sanctified does a person need to be to make it?
NOTE TO EVERYBODY: BY THE WAY - I AM NOT CLAIMING TO BE ENTIRELY SANCTIFIED, PERFECT, ABOVE MISTAKE, OR FREE FROM ERROR. In fact, I am not making any claims whatsoever about my - OR YOUR - state of sanctification or holiness.
SO PLEASE PEOPLE - let's not get into 'Oh, so you think you're perfect, eh?' types of comments.
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Holy simple means to be seperated. That is done by God alone. He set you apart. He called you. One is made seperate by the Spirit.
sanctification is a broad term with many meaning but i will use it in the way I understand it best.
one definition
the state of being sanctified b : the state of growing
in divine grace as a result of Christian commitment after baptism or conversion
use of the believer being progressively transformed by the Lord into His likeness (similarity of nature).
This is a good picture. i have been made Holy because of the work of the Cross and The Spirit Given as a deposit.
I am made Holy acceptable through the Blood of Christ, The bible declares i am made rightous through Him.
Because of that I start a christian growth, because of what God has done for me and His power through me, begins a process of growing from milk to meat.
while i understand that the church has divided the word sanctification it was because we realize after our new birth we are declared rightous, and now we grow in that Holiness through the Spirit
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