Why is it important?
Have you ever heard the terms justification and sanctification? While teaching through the book of Romans, we hit Justification in Chapters 3-5 and then we make our transition from Justification to Sanctification in Chapters 6-8.
It's important that we know the difference between the two and what the two actually mean. Understanding the difference and knowing how Justification works and how sanctification works, have a direct impact on your view of biblical salvation.
Justification, in it's simplest sense, means to be declared righteous before God. Let me stop here quick and just say that "Justification" is not "Just as if I didn't sin." That is a gross false representation of what true justification is. Justification says, "you did sin, you are a sinner, but I'm going to forgive you and declare you righteous anyway."
Romans 3:21-26
"But now the righteousness of God has been manifested apart from the law, although the Law and the Prophets bear witness to it— the righteousness of God through faith in Jesus Christ for all who believe. For there is no distinction: for fall have sinned and fall short of the glory of God, and are justified by his grace as a gift, through the redemption that is in Christ Jesus, whom God put forward as a propitiation by his blood, to be received by faith. This was to show God’s righteousness, because in his divine forbearance he had passed over former sins. It was to show his righteousness at the present time, so that he might be just and the justifier of the one who has faith in Jesus."
We are justified, declared righteous, at the moment of our salvation. Justification does not make us righteous, but rather pronounces us righteous.
So then What is Sanctification?
It's important that we know the difference between the two and what the two actually mean. Understanding the difference and knowing how Justification works and how sanctification works, have a direct impact on your view of biblical salvation.
Justification, in it's simplest sense, means to be declared righteous before God. Let me stop here quick and just say that "Justification" is not "Just as if I didn't sin." That is a gross false representation of what true justification is. Justification says, "you did sin, you are a sinner, but I'm going to forgive you and declare you righteous anyway."
Romans 3:21-26
"But now the righteousness of God has been manifested apart from the law, although the Law and the Prophets bear witness to it— the righteousness of God through faith in Jesus Christ for all who believe. For there is no distinction: for fall have sinned and fall short of the glory of God, and are justified by his grace as a gift, through the redemption that is in Christ Jesus, whom God put forward as a propitiation by his blood, to be received by faith. This was to show God’s righteousness, because in his divine forbearance he had passed over former sins. It was to show his righteousness at the present time, so that he might be just and the justifier of the one who has faith in Jesus."
We are justified, declared righteous, at the moment of our salvation. Justification does not make us righteous, but rather pronounces us righteous.
So then What is Sanctification?