John Samson at his new Effectual Grace blog posts an excellent article on justification and sanctification, where he explains that justification necessitates sanctification. From the article:
Having made the distinction between justification and sanctification, let me affirm straight away that these two cannot be separated. That is because the truly justified person will be involved in this process of sanctification. If someone claims to be justified, but there is no desire to be sanctified, the claim to justification is proven to be fraudulent. The justified man possesses the Holy Spirit and He sets about the task of sanctification the moment He comes in to the human heart. He desires holiness, and He stirs up that desire in the heart of the true Christian. The Christian still sins, but there is now a struggle against sin, whereas before there was no struggle at all. The fact that you wish to be free from sin is an indication that the Holy Spirit is at work in the heart. When a person is happy to stay in a lifestyle that knowingly displeases the Master, it raises huge red warning flags to indicate that we need to analyze any claim to true justification.
Please follow the link to read the rest of the article: Justification and Sanctification.
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Denise
September 12, 2011
These links appear to be broken.
Justin Edwards
September 13, 2011
Great – thanks, Denise…all fixed! Some of the links did not transfer well when I moved from blogspot to wordpress. I’ve updated all posts from present back to January, but still need to do most of the 2010 posts. If you find any more, please let me know…thanks again!