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What does it mean to be justified, sanctified and what is its

relationship to the law?

There are three stages for a Christian. Justification, sanctification and

glorification. These are theological terms describing the believers

position, activity and changes we go through as believers in Jesus

Christ. We are justified by believing in Christ (in the gospel) but we are

still being sanctified we reach the third and last stage- which is

glorification, where we become transformed to be permanently sinless

and immortal. These are promises that accompany the new covenantthat begin and end our walk on earth. Rom 8:30 “Moreover whom He

predestined, these He also called; whom He called, these He also

justified; and whom He justified, these He also glorified.”

Justification begins our sanctification. We are both Justified (a one time

event) and sanctification begins with our justification, it is a process

that conforms us to Christ’s likeness (moral likeness). Justification is a

legal declaration of a sinner being righteous, it does not make us

righteous. Someone who is a Christian for 10 years is no more justified

than when the first became a believer. It is through the process of our

dying to self and being obedient to the word and the Spirit (Jn.17:19;

Rom. 15:16) we are daily changed, in God’s eyes we are completed and

accepted because of our faith in Jesus’ work on the cross.

Justification is a pronouncement to clear the guilty. When one is

justified, he is declared right before the Lord; he is pardoned and

cleared of any violation. “there is therefore now no condemnation to

them that are in Christ Jesus” (Rom.8)

Rom 3:24-25 “being justified freely by His grace through the

redemption that is in Christ Jesus, whom God set forth as a propitiation

by His blood, through faith, to demonstrate His righteousness, because

in His forbearance God had passed over the sins that were previously

committed.”

Rom 5:1: “Therefore, having been justified by faith, we have peace with

God through our Lord Jesus Christ”

Rom 5:9: “Much more then, having now been justified by His blood, weshall be saved from wrath through Him.”

Our justification is by faith in the work of the Son of God on the cross,


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his shed blood and death for forgiveness of our sins.

Sanctification-is a continual process that conforms us into the image

of the Son of God (1 Cor. 6:11 it first begins, with our justification

Romans 8:29). Col. 3:10: “put on the new man who is renewed in

knowledge according to the image of Him who created him.”

1 Cor. 1:2: “To the church of God which is at Corinth, to those who are

sanctified in Christ Jesus, called to be saints, with all who in every

place call on the name of Jesus Christ our Lord, both theirs and ours”

Heb. 10:10: “we have been sanctified through the offering of the body

of Jesus Christ once for all.”

II Thess. 2:13: “because God from the beginning chose you for

salvation through sanctification by the Spirit and belief in the truth.”1

Peter 1:2 “elect according to the foreknowledge of God the Father, insanctification of the Spirit, for obedience and sprinkling of the blood of

Jesus Christ”

Glorification- The completion of our Christian life on earth, at the end

of the sanctification process and occurs when we get to Heaven, either

by means of death, rapture, or resurrection. We are in an eternal state,

permanently righteous in our nature. 1 Cor. 15:49: “And as we have

borne the image of the man of dust, we shall also bear the image of the

heavenly Man.”

Phil. 3:21 “who will transform our lowly body that it may be conformed

to His glorious body”

Phil. 1:6 “being confident of this very thing, that He who has begun a

good work in you will complete it until the day of Jesus Christ.”

The completion is to be glorified, which is the end result of our

salvation- it is future glory of the believer.

We still have to be united with our body to be glorified.

Rom 8:17-19 and if children, then heirs-- heirs of God and joint heirs

with Christ, if indeed we suffer with Him, that we may also be glorified

together. For I consider that the sufferings of this present time are not

worthy to be compared with the glory which shall be revealed in us. For

the earnest expectation of the creation eagerly waits for the revealing

of the sons of God.”

A person is saved and justified, forgiven, sanctified and purified and

regenerated, sealed with and indwelt by the Holy Spirit the moment hebelieves on Christ. Jesus Himself said, “He that believeth on Me HAS

everlasting life” (John 6:47). When a person confesses that Jesus is

Lord (YHWH) and believes in his heart that God hath raised Him from

the dead, that person is SAVED (Romans 10:9).

Justification is connected to God’s grace that comes through the

gospel by an unconditional covenant. In contrast, the law is connected

to man's works, which is a conditional covenant. The law said what I

must do to be righteous. The problem is that no one can keep the law

perfectly (which is the law's requirement); therefore whether one does

not try to keep it or does try to keep it, they are both guilty because

they both fall short. Rom. 3:19-20: “Now we know that whatever the


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law says, it says to those who are under the law, that every mouth may

be stopped, and all the world may become guilty before God. Therefore

by the deeds of the law no flesh will be justified in His sight, for by the

law is the knowledge of sin.”

If we still need anything from the law to complete salvation, then Christ

is not the Savior: His work is not sufficient. Paul writes in Galatians2:21b: “for if righteousness comes through the law, then Christ died in

vain.” Gal. 3:19-25 states that the law points out our guilt and was a

teacher to bring us to the Savior: once faith came we are no longer

under the law; faith replaces it. All the commandments are kept by the

power of the Spirit, and it is by our faith that the law is established.

As far as the relationship to the law, there is none. Justification is by

faith alone. Gal 2:16"knowing that a man is not justified by the works of

the law but by faith in Jesus Christ, even we have believed in Christ

Jesus, that we might be justified by faith in Christ and not by the works

of the law; for by the works of the law no flesh shall be justified.”

Paul makes it clear how he received cleansing… Acts 26:18: “that they

may receive forgiveness of sins, and inheritance among them which are

sanctified by faith that is in me.” He makes it clear it is not from

keeping any law or commands but through faith in Jesus Christ. And

faith is not a one time event but a continual action of believing.

The law had a purpose:

Gal 3:24 “Therefore the law was our tutor to bring us to Christ, that we

might be justified by faith.”

Acts 13:38-39: "Therefore let it be known to you, brethren, that

through this Man is preached to you the forgiveness of sins; "and by

Him everyone who believes is justified from all things from which you

could not be justified by the law of Moses.”

Acts 13:39 "and by Him everyone who believes is justified from all

things from which you could not be justified by the law of Moses.” Rom.

3:28 “Therefore we conclude that a man is justified by faith apart from

the deeds of the law.”

Cults will either combine sanctification with justification or say that we

have neither now, that both are future tense, like glorification. The Bible

does not teach us to work for our salvation but do works because you

have received salvation. Confusing sanctification with justification

affects how one lives one's Christian life. When sanctification and

justification are confused, it keeps someone from building on the surefoundation correctly. Christ is the sure foundation and there is no other,

we must build on His finished work, or else our works are not found in

Christ. If one combines the sanctification process of being conformed

to Christ with the once-for-all declaration of justification, it means that

one always has to show works to prove that God approves of him.

Eventually the standard gets tougher, and one is forced to do more.

There is no rest in Christ when these are combined.

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