Christian Theology - Media Sabda Org

or pardon of all past sin, through faith in his blood, accompanied,
ordinarily, with the testimony of his Spirit in our hearts, that our sins are
forgiven us: 5. Sanctification or holiness, which is progressive, as a
growing up into Jesus Christ, our living Head, in all things; and may be
instantaneous, as God can, and often does, empty the soul of all sin in a
moment, in the twinkling of an eye; and then, having sowed in the seeds
of righteousness, they have a free and unmolested vegetation. 6.
Perseverance in the state of sanctification; believing, hoping, watching,
working, in order to stand in this state of salvation, receiving hourly a
deeper impression of the seal of God: 7. Glorification is the result; for he
who lives faithful unto death, shall obtain the crown of life. Without
conviction of sin, no contrition; without contrition, no faith that justifies;
without faith, no justification, no sanctification; without sanctification,
no glorification.
There is every reason to believe, and genuine experience in divine
things confirms it, that in the act of justification, when the Spirit of God,
the Spirit of holiness, is given to bear witness with our spirits that we are
the children of God; all the outlines of the divine image are drawn upon
the soul: and it is the work of the Holy Spirit, in our sanctification, to
touch off, and fill up, all those outlines, till every feature of the divine
likeness is filled up and perfected.