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Differences Between Justification and Sanctification
The following table specifies several differences between justification and
sanctification:
Justification Sanctification
Legal standing Internal condition
Once for all time Continuous throughout life
Entirely God’s work We cooperate
Perfect in this life Not perfect in this life
The same in all Christians Greater in some than in others
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What is Justification by Faith?
Sanctification and Good Works
Sanctification and good works are most intimately related.
1. The nature of good works
a. Good works in the specifically theological sense. When we speak of good works in connection with
sanctification, we do not refer to works that are perfect, that answer perfectly to the requirements of the divine
moral law, and that are of such inherent worth as to entitle one to the reward of eternal life under the conditions
17 Wayne A. Grudem, Systematic Theology: An Introduction to Biblical Doctrine (Leicester, England; Grand
Rapids, MI: Inter-Varsity Press; Zondervan Pub. House, 2004), 746.
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