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both instant and progressive. It is instant in

that it began the day that I trusted Christ as my

Savior in my heart, and then it's worked out

practically throughout my entire life. It's just

like justification. I’m justified by faith alone

without works, and then James, chapter 2, says

I’m justified by faith and works. Those are not

a contradiction.

Now, notice 1 Peter, chapter 1, verses 14,

15, and 16: “As obedient children, not

fashioning yourselves according to the former

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lusts in your ignorance: But as he which hath

called you is holy” — so in the Old and New

Testament, we see clearly that God is holy —

“But as he which hath called you is holy so be

ye holy in all manner of conversation;

16 Because it is written” — this is Leviticus 11 —

“Be ye holy; for I am holy.” Now, let me ask you

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