Quotes On Justification And Sanctification

#1. Preaching is necessary not because it's a magic but because God has ordained it for the justification and sanctification of sinners.

Michael S. Horton

#2. If you do not put a difference between justification wrought by the Man Christ without, and sanctification wrought by the Spirit of Christ within, you are not able to divide the word aright; but contrariwise, you corrupt the word of God.

John Bunyan

#3. In justification the word to be addressed to man is believe - only believe; in sanctification the word must be 'watch, pray, and fight.'

J.C. Ryle

#4. Justification is the act of God about us and is not easily discerned by others. Sanctification is the work of God within us and cannot be hid

J.C. Ryle

#5. By justification we are saved from the guilt of sin ... by sanctification we are saved from the power and root of sin

John Wesley

#6. He chose you. Why? That his glory and grace might be praised and magnified. Your salvation is to glorify God. Your regeneration is to glorify God. Your justification is to glorify God. Your sanctification is to glorify God. And one day your glorification will be the absorbance into the Glory of God.

Timothy Keller

#7. There is no justification without sanctification, no forgiveness without renewal of life, no real faith from which the fruits of new obedience do not grow.

Martin Luther

#8. 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

#9. I am the dust and the ashes of the temple of the Holy Ghost, and what marble is so precious? But I am more than dust and ashes: I am my best part, I am my soul.

John Donne

#10. God never grants justification without also giving sanctification at the same time ... Sanctification in us begins as an instantaneous act of the Holy Spirit and is carried forward by His continued action in our lives.

Jerry Bridges

#11. The evidence of justification by faith is the ongoing work of sanctification through the Holy Spirit.

Paul Washer

#12. Most people live their life as if their justification depends on their sanctification: if I do and become all that I must do and become, God will love me and accept me.

Tullian Tchividjian

#13. I would describe myself like a landscape I've studied at length, in detail; like a word I'm coming to understand; like a pitcher I pour from at mealtime; like my mother's face; like a ship that carried me when the waters raged.

Rainer Maria Rilke

#14. Well, cheer up. At least you've got more mobility than a fucking tadpole on dry land.

Scott Lynch

#15. I love fashion. For me, it's always interesting because I like to be able to mix up different styles and different brands, kind of like how my music taste or personality is. There's lots of influences.

Tinashe

#16. In many churches, the message of justification- how to get right with God- is preached over and over again. But much less is said about sanctification- how to live after you're converted.

Nancy Pearcey

#17. The steamship whose machinery is broken may be brought into port and made fast to the dock. She is safe, but not sound. Repairs may last a long time. Christ designs to make us both safe and sound. Justification gives the first - safety; sanctification gives us the second - soundness.

Agatha Christie

#18. All prayers that beseech the mercy of God are finally and fully answered in that suffering Servant Whom God sent, Jesus Christ. We, even our desires, are saved because HE was bruised.

Jen Pollock Michel

#19. I started to die 36 hours before I was born, so dying was a way of life for me.

Hubert Selby Jr.

#20. Whether this was explicitly taught or implicitly caught, I grew up with the impression that when it comes to the Christian life, justification was step one and sanctification was step two and that once we get to step two there's no reason to revisit step one.

Tullian Tchividjian

#21. The heart of sanctification is the life which feeds on justification.

Tullian Tchividjian

#22. The man who is really forgiven, is anxious not to offend again; the possession of justification leads to an anxious desire for sanctification.

Charles Haddon Spurgeon

#23. If you cannot solve it, it is not a problem - it is reality.

Barbara Coloroso

#24. We all are like filthy rags in the site of God; not one clean enough, good enough, righteous enough, to stand before a holy God.

Robin Bertram

#25. I think Eminem should use Auto-Tune.

T-Pain

#26. We cry down the law in respect of justification, but we set it up as a rule of sanctification. The law sends us to the Gospel that we may be justified; and the Gospel sends us to the law again to inquire what is our duty as those who are justified.

Samuel Bolton

#27. Sin is the transgression of the law, the death of Christ is the satisfaction of the law, justification is the verdict of the law, and sanctification is the believer's fulfillment of the law.

Ernest F. Kevan

#28. The Holy Spirit has not only imputed Christ's righteousness to us in justification but he is also imparting Christ's righteousness to us in sanctification.

Michael G. Brown

#29. Remember that you will create peace only when you are peaceful.

Deepak Chopra

#30. That, too, is an itch - the desire to see him, to kiss him again, to let him put his fingers in my hair - is a monstrous, constant, crawling feeling in my blood and bones.
It's worse than a disease. It's a poison.
And I like it.

Lauren Oliver

#31. The whole of the Christian life, from election to justification to sanctification to final glorification, is made possible by and is an expression of our union with Christ.

Kevin DeYoung

#32. I wanted to do something nice so I bought my mother-in-law a chair. Now they won't let me plug it in.

Henny Youngman