The work of the Holy Spirit - pagina 480

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:

III.

Sanctification

and

Justification. " Yield your

members

righteousness

Rom.

tion."

servants to

unto sanctificavi. 19.

Sanctification must remain sanctification. It may not arbibe robbed of its significance, nor be exchanged for some-

trarily

thing else. It must always signify the making holy of what is unholy or less holy. Care must be taken not to confound sanctification with justification a common mistake, frequently made by thoughtless Scripture readers. Hence the importance of a thorough understanding of this difference. Being left unnoticed, it may lead to confused preaching, which causes one-sidedness; and active and thoughtful men ;

invariably systematize their one-sidedness.

What, then, gians

is

the difference?

According to our ancient theolo-

fourfold

it is

man; sanctification in man. removes the ^?////y sanctification the .?/«;>/. imputes to us an extraneous righteousness; 3. Justification sanctification works a righteousness inheretit as our own. 1.

Justification •^oxY^for

2.

Justification

is at once completed ; sanctification increases hence remains imperfect. In the main the answer is correct, but insufficient to meet present error. It is shallow, external, and incomplete makes too much 4.

Justification

gradually

;

;

of righteous-w<2/^7«^

and holy-making, while

it

does not consider

righteous«^Jx and hoWness, a correct idea of which is absolutely

necessary for the clear understanding of justification and sanctification.

Let us examine these fundamental ideas, first, in God Himself. It becomes evident at once that the words, " Our God is righteous," impress us otherwise than, " Holy, holy, holy is the Lordl"

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