What Does the Bible Mean by ‘Sanctification’?
Sanctification is being set apart as holy — the Greek hagiazo. Already done in Christ, and an ongoing growth in holiness that God works and we pursue.
Sanctification is being set apart as holy — the Greek hagiazo. Already done in Christ, and an ongoing growth in holiness that God works and we pursue.
To be justified is to be declared righteous — the Greek dikaioo. God’s verdict of acquittal, by grace through a living, obedient faith. Paul and James together.
The Holy Spirit is not a force but God — a divine Person who speaks, teaches, and can be grieved, given to indwell and seal believers.
The church is not a building but a people. The Greek ekklesia, “the called-out” — Christ’s body, bought with His blood, both universal and local.
To be born again is a birth from above. The Greek anothen: of water and the Spirit, God’s work making a person a new creation.
Grace is God’s undeserved favor — the Greek charis, freely given and never earned. It saves those who trust Him and trains them to live godly.
Faith is more than belief. The Greek pistis binds three strands — trust, conviction of the unseen, and faithfulness — a settled confidence in God that obeys.
There’s no single number — it depends on whether you count theologies, practices, or denominations. A clear map of how major Christian traditions understand baptism.
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