Tullian Tchividjian

Whether this was explicitly taught or implicitly caught, I grew up with the impression that when it comes to the Christian life, justification was step one and sanctification was step two and that once we get to step two there's no reason to revisit step one.

American Clergyman

Jerry Bridges

Sanctification is the work of the Holy Spirit in us whereby our inner being is progressively changed, freeing us more and more from sinful traits and developing within us over time the virtues of Christlike character.

American Author

J. C. Ryle

Sanctification is the outcome and inseparable consequence of regeneration. He who is born again and made a new creature receives a new nature and a new principle and always lives a new life.

English Clergyman

Charles Spurgeon

Saving faith is an immediate relation to Christ, accepting, receiving, resting upon Him alone, for justification, sanctification, and eternal life by virtue of God's grace.

British Clergyman

Owen King

One corollary of the wretchedness of the second trilogy of 'Star Wars' films has been the final, demented sanctification of the first trilogy of films.

Fred Hammond

The Bible is a novel that's crazy... it has murder, it has victory it has mayhem, it has disaster, it has war, sanctification.

American Musician

William Ames

Sanctification is the real change in man from the sordidness of sin to the purity of God's image.

English Philosopher

Adoniram Judson

Believe in the doctrine of perfect sanctification attainable in this life.

John Donne

Humiliation is the beginning of sanctification.

British Poet

Matthew Simpson

Used when something is declared holy in a religious ritual.

Religious Ceremony

Used more in cultures with strong religious practices and language.

Cultural Context

Often refers to making a physical space or item holy.

Physical Objects

Refers to one's internal process of becoming spiritually or morally better.

Personal Growth

Implies an ongoing journey rather than a one-time event.

Continuous Process

Can also refer to moral improvement unrelated to religion.