KJV Dictionary SANCTIFICA'TION definition: The act of making holy, the act of consecrating or of setting apart for a sacred purpose.
(MY NOTE: To sanctify, something is to set it apart for sacred purpose/work. It's Christ that sanctifes us void of any action on our part beyond faith)
Eternal Salvation
The moment we believe/trust place our faith in Christ's Sin atoning death, burial & resurrection. Christ saves/justifies = Judicially declares us righteous (via imputing His righteousness onto us) we are now via faith, Holy as well (not because of works we've done).
At the same moment Christ saves/justifies/declares us righteous/making us holy, He sanctifies =sets us apart, for a work/mission Eph 2:10)
All the above: salvation/justification/righteousness/holiness/sanctification are all a one time event. Happening simultaneously when Christ baptizes/seals us with His forever indwelling Holy Spirit.
Through Christs baptism with His indwelling Holy Spirit. At this same moment HE sanctifies us (sets us apart, for a work/mission Eph 2:10).
At the moment we truly make the decision to trust Christ we are justified = Judicially declared righteous by a soverien Creator God = Saved (DONE DEAL). Our salvation is forever secure via receiving the eternal seal of God's indwelling Holy Spirit. We are also SANCTIFIED = set apart for a for an ongoing purpose/work/mission that continues until the day we meet the Lord.
Sanctification & Holiness:
Holiness is a Christ invoked positional action & isn't earned or worked for. Christ removed our sins & Christ imputes (Rom 4:8 11, 22, 23, 24, Ja 2:23) His righteousness onto us. We are now righteous & holy, not because of any great work we've done. Because of our Faith place in the great work He did.
Sanctification is also a Christ invoked positional action & isn't earned or worked for. Having said that, the purpose/work/mission we are set apart for continues until the day we meet the Lord.
Examples:
Jn 10:36 Say ye of him, whom the Father hath sanctified, and sent into the world, Thou blasphemest; because I said, I am the Son of God?
(NOTE: The Father, sanctified/set the Son apart, for a purpose/work/mission)
Acts 26:18 To open their eyes, and to turn them from darkness to light, and from the power of Satan unto God, that they may receive forgiveness of sins, and inheritance among them which are sanctified by faith that is in me.
(MY NOTE: We are sanctified by faith that proceeds from Christ)
Rom 15:16 That I should be the minister of Jesus Christ to the Gentiles, ministering the gospel of God, that the offering up of the Gentiles might be acceptable, being sanctified by the Holy Ghost.
(MY NOTE: The Holy Spirit sanctified/set Paul apart, for a purpose/work/mission)
1 Cor 1:2 Unto the church of God which is at Corinth, to them that are sanctified in Christ Jesus, called to be saints, with all that in every place call upon the name of Jesus Christ our Lord, both theirs and ours:
(MY NOTE: Jesus Christ via His indwelling Holy Spirit sanctified/set the Church apart, for an evangelical purpose/work/mission)
Heb 10:10 By the which will we are sanctified through the offering of the body of Jesus Christ once for all.
(MY NOTE: Thru faith in Christ's sin Payment & resurrection believers are sanctified/set apart, for a purpose/work/mission)
(MY NOTE: To sanctify, something is to set it apart for sacred purpose/work. It's Christ that sanctifes us void of any action on our part beyond faith)
Eternal Salvation
The moment we believe/trust place our faith in Christ's Sin atoning death, burial & resurrection. Christ saves/justifies = Judicially declares us righteous (via imputing His righteousness onto us) we are now via faith, Holy as well (not because of works we've done).
At the same moment Christ saves/justifies/declares us righteous/making us holy, He sanctifies =sets us apart, for a work/mission Eph 2:10)
All the above: salvation/justification/righteousness/holiness/sanctification are all a one time event. Happening simultaneously when Christ baptizes/seals us with His forever indwelling Holy Spirit.
Through Christs baptism with His indwelling Holy Spirit. At this same moment HE sanctifies us (sets us apart, for a work/mission Eph 2:10).
At the moment we truly make the decision to trust Christ we are justified = Judicially declared righteous by a soverien Creator God = Saved (DONE DEAL). Our salvation is forever secure via receiving the eternal seal of God's indwelling Holy Spirit. We are also SANCTIFIED = set apart for a for an ongoing purpose/work/mission that continues until the day we meet the Lord.
Sanctification & Holiness:
Holiness is a Christ invoked positional action & isn't earned or worked for. Christ removed our sins & Christ imputes (Rom 4:8 11, 22, 23, 24, Ja 2:23) His righteousness onto us. We are now righteous & holy, not because of any great work we've done. Because of our Faith place in the great work He did.
Sanctification is also a Christ invoked positional action & isn't earned or worked for. Having said that, the purpose/work/mission we are set apart for continues until the day we meet the Lord.
Examples:
Jn 10:36 Say ye of him, whom the Father hath sanctified, and sent into the world, Thou blasphemest; because I said, I am the Son of God?
(NOTE: The Father, sanctified/set the Son apart, for a purpose/work/mission)
Acts 26:18 To open their eyes, and to turn them from darkness to light, and from the power of Satan unto God, that they may receive forgiveness of sins, and inheritance among them which are sanctified by faith that is in me.
(MY NOTE: We are sanctified by faith that proceeds from Christ)
Rom 15:16 That I should be the minister of Jesus Christ to the Gentiles, ministering the gospel of God, that the offering up of the Gentiles might be acceptable, being sanctified by the Holy Ghost.
(MY NOTE: The Holy Spirit sanctified/set Paul apart, for a purpose/work/mission)
1 Cor 1:2 Unto the church of God which is at Corinth, to them that are sanctified in Christ Jesus, called to be saints, with all that in every place call upon the name of Jesus Christ our Lord, both theirs and ours:
(MY NOTE: Jesus Christ via His indwelling Holy Spirit sanctified/set the Church apart, for an evangelical purpose/work/mission)
Heb 10:10 By the which will we are sanctified through the offering of the body of Jesus Christ once for all.
(MY NOTE: Thru faith in Christ's sin Payment & resurrection believers are sanctified/set apart, for a purpose/work/mission)
