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Originally Posted by Aquila
There are many verses such as this one:
2 Tim 2:21
21 If a man therefore purge himself from these, he shall be a vessel unto honour, sanctified, and meet for the master's use, and prepared unto every good work. (KJV) ... and this one...
Eph 5:25-27
25 Husbands, love your wives, even as Christ also loved the church, and gave himself for it;
26 That he might sanctify and cleanse it with the washing of water by the word,
27 That he might present it to himself a glorious church, not having spot, or wrinkle, or any such thing; but that it should be holy and without blemish. (KJV) Sanctification is a process. Initial sanctification takes place when one is born again. However, we are to continue and grow in sanctification throughout our lives. The process ends at death. For those living at the time of Christ's coming it will end with the rapture. The final result for all believers is glorification. |
In 2Timothy there is no process spoken of there rather there is finished work notice that the word sanctified is in the past tense also it says if something done then that man would be sanctified that shows a finished work not an on going process other wise it would have said as a man purges himself he becomes more sanctified.
In Ephesians again there is no process rather we see Jesus washing us so that we can be not become but be holy.
Neither passage shows a process but both show a finished work that is avail able for Christians.
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