10 Differences between justification and sanctification

1. Justification is binary, Sanctification is progressive
2. Justification is legal, Sanctification is moral
3. Justification is free, Sanctification is costly
4. Justification is instantaneous, Sanctification is life-long
5. Justification is perfect, Sanctification is always imperfect in this life
6. Justification is by faith, Sanctification is by faithfulness
7. Justification is not of works, Sanctification is of works
8. Justification concerns Christ’s righteousness, Sanctification concerns my righteousness
9. Justification involves my position in Christ, Sanctification involves my practice
10. Justification considers what God has done, Sanctification considers what I am doing

Midweek Meeting December 2 2015

We carried on with our brief series yesterday on the Three Rs - Revelation, Redemption and Regeneration - looking at redemption, along with reconciliation, substitution, propitiation and justification. I was keen to cover all five subjects in one go and felt I could as the twelve people there would all have come across these terms before but may be a slower approach would have helped. The prayer time was okay - covering everything from Dobbie the cat to the war in Syria! There were a few missing, which was a pity. I'd been under the weather all day but I was keen to be there and glad I went.