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This is a key difference between Protestantism, Roman Catholic and Eastern Orthodox who often collapse justification into sanctification.
"Justification and sanctification are something that we must distinguish when we talk about salvation because the Bible portrays them differently. Both justification and sanctification are concerned with righteousness. However, justification is God, as judge, declaring us to be legally reckoned “righteous.” We have a right relationship with God. God justifies the ungodly (Rom. 4:5). The sinner does not have a righteousness by which they can pass through the judgment. But God gives them a verdict of vindication. It is a righteousness declared upon us because Jesus Christ the Righteous One stands in our placed. 2 Cor. 5:21 “For our sake he made him to be sin who knew no sin, so that in him we might become the righteousness of God.”"
Sanctification: Different From Justification
"Justification and sanctification are something that we must distinguish when we talk about salvation because the Bible portrays them differently. Both justification and sanctification are concerned with righteousness. However, justification is God, as judge, declaring us to be legally reckoned “righteous.” We have a right relationship with God. God justifies the ungodly (Rom. 4:5). The sinner does not have a righteousness by which they can pass through the judgment. But God gives them a verdict of vindication. It is a righteousness declared upon us because Jesus Christ the Righteous One stands in our placed. 2 Cor. 5:21 “For our sake he made him to be sin who knew no sin, so that in him we might become the righteousness of God.”"
Sanctification: Different From Justification
