Sanctification is sometimes understood as the progress that the Christian goes through after conversation until death in which the Christian grows in Christlikenss. We like to fit sanctification into our nice ordo salutis (some latin phrase for “the order of salvation”) between justification and glorification.
But another way of understanding sanctification is the working out of holiness within our lives. Sanctification refers to your holy nature before God throughout the redemptive drama and throughout the believer’s life. Hence sanctification can be divided into five categories: (1) Determined Sanctification; (2) Provisional Sanctification; (3) Positional Sanctification; (4) Progressive Sanctification; (5) Eschatological Sanctification.
Determined Sanctification
Your sanctification and your holiness were determined by God before the foundation of the world.… Continue reading