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Sanctification Quotes

Sanctification means that the Christians have been judged already, and that they are being preserved until the coming of Christ and are ever advancing towards it. Dietrich Bonhoeffer
Matthew Simpson quote: "Sanctification is not regeneration."
Sanctification is not regeneration. Matthew Simpson
Sanctification is not to be understood here as a separation from ordinary use or consecration to some special use, although this meaning is often present in Scripture, sometimes referring to outward and sometimes to inward or effectual separation. William Ames
William Ames quote: "Sanctification is the real change in man from the sordidness..."
Sanctification is the real change in man from the sordidness of sin to the purity of God's image. William Ames
Justification is the means whereby we appropriate the saving act of God in the past, and sanctification the promise of God's activity in the present and future...Justification is primarily concerned with the relation between man and the law of God, sanctification with the Christian's separation from the world until the second coming of Christ...Justification is the new creation of the new man, and sanctification is his preservation until the day of Jesus Christ. Dietrich Bonhoeffer
Christian community is like the Christian's sanctification. It is a gift of God which we cannot claim. Only God knows the real state of our fellowship, of our sanctification. What may appear weak and trifling to us may be great and glorious to God. Just as the Christian should not be constantly feeling his spiritual pulse, so, too, the Christian community has not been given to us by God for us to be constantly taking its temperature. The more thankfully we daily receive what is given to us,... Dietrich Bonhoeffer
The community of the saints is not an "ideal" community consisting of perfect and sinless men and women, where there is no need of further repentance. No, it is a community which proves that it is worthy of the gospel of forgiveness by constantly and sincerely proclaiming God's forgiveness...Sanctification means driving out the world from the Church as well as separating the Church from the world. But the purpose of such discipline is not to establish a community of the perfect, but a... Dietrich Bonhoeffer
The married man and the mother of a Christian family, if they are faithful to their obligations, will fulfill a mission that is as great as it is consoling: that of bringing into the world and forming young souls capable of happiness and love, souls capable of sanctification and transformation in Christ. Thomas Merton
John Donne quote: "Humiliation is the beginning of sanctification."
Humiliation is the beginning of sanctification. John Donne
Saving faith is an immediate relation to Christ, accepting, receiving, resting upon Him alone, for justification, sanctification, and eternal life by virtue of God's grace. Charles Spurgeon
William Ames quote: "The starting point of sanctification is the filthiness,..."
The starting point of sanctification is the filthiness, corruption, or stain of sin. William Ames

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