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where in scripture do you see ... .
Are you suggesting that works of the law is how one is justified and sanctified?
Are you suggesting that those with death bed salvation, believing on Jesus, are not justified and sanctified because they lack that something extra that you propose they need to have?
if one is justified and sanctified permanently as you are trying to imply...then what is the purpose of the the epistles ...what happens if you sin???....are you still justified before God when you commit a sin ????are you set apart for holy use when you commit a sin???.
As I said before, whilst Christians are not perfect in physical behavior, this is not sin that can be charged against us, Rom 8:33.
A Christian fights the good fight of faith, which is about obedience to the commandment to believe on Jesus, which we are to keep without spot or blemish, 1Tim 6:12-14.
As long as we continue to believe on Jesus then we're justified and sanctified.
1 Peter 1:2
Elect according to the foreknowledge of God the Father, through sanctification of the Spirit, unto obedience and sprinkling of the blood of Jesus Christ: Grace unto you, and peace, be multiplied.
1 Thessalonians 4:3-5King James Version (KJV)
[SUP]3 [/SUP]For this is the will of God, even your sanctification, that ye should abstain from fornication:
[SUP]4 [/SUP]That every one of you should know how to possess his vessel in sanctification and honour;
[SUP]5 [/SUP]Not in the lust of concupiscence, even as the Gentiles which know not God:.
Elect according to the foreknowledge of God the Father, through sanctification of the Spirit, unto obedience and sprinkling of the blood of Jesus Christ: Grace unto you, and peace, be multiplied.
1 Thessalonians 4:3-5King James Version (KJV)
[SUP]3 [/SUP]For this is the will of God, even your sanctification, that ye should abstain from fornication:
[SUP]4 [/SUP]That every one of you should know how to possess his vessel in sanctification and honour;
[SUP]5 [/SUP]Not in the lust of concupiscence, even as the Gentiles which know not God:.
Again I refer you to 1Tim 6:12-14 which tells us to fight the good fight of faith, keeping the commandment to believe on Jesus, without spot or blemish.
Legalists (Gentiles) however, are disobedient as they follow the lusts of the flesh through spiritual fornication with Hagar (symbolic for righteousness by works of the law, Gal 4:24).
one continues to be sanctified by obedience to the word...
Acts 20:32
And now, brethren, I commend you to God, and to the word of his grace, which is able to build you up, and to give you an inheritance among all them which are sanctified..
Acts 20:32
And now, brethren, I commend you to God, and to the word of his grace, which is able to build you up, and to give you an inheritance among all them which are sanctified..
Sanctification is not a gradual process.