"Sanctification is the evidence of justification." Can someone please explain this expression to me in simple terms?

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http://www.wcg.org/wn/96Dec17/works.htm explains and compares Sanctification and Justification, so may help Aug 19 02, 8:47 AM

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http://www.skylinc.net/~tbc/art_dg8.htm - 'Sanctification is the work of God's free grace whereby we are renewed in the whole man after the image of God, and are enabled more and more to die unto sin and live unto righteousness.' (Westminster Shorter Catechism) 'Sanctification is that continuous operation of the Holy Spirit by which the holy disposition imparted in regeneration is maintained and strengthened.' A.H.Strong. In justification the believer is declared by God to be {righteous;} in sanctification the believer is actually made to be holy by God. We may say then that while justification has to do with our standing in the sight of God, sanctification has to do with our actual state. Sanctification - Justification - Regeneration These three vital elements of the great work of salvation are vitally related. We may view justification as the foundation of the Christian life, and sanctification as the superstructure. You cannot think of one without the other. Sanctification is the evidence of justification. To claim to justified without giving evidence of sanctification is a delusion. We may say that regeneration is foundational to both the other two, in that there could be no justification without regeneration for faith (through which we are justified) is the action of the new heart given in regeneration. Likewise there could be no sanctification without regeneration because sanctification is but the strengthening and increasing of that holy principle imparted to the soul at regeneration. You cannot be sanctified (holy) in the Biblical sense therefore without being born again. You may well be moral or religious without regeneration but not holy. Aug 19 02, 8:56 AM

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