Agent of Sanctification
Divine Initiative
Sanctification · 6 verses
Sanctification proceeds from divine initiative rather than human resolution, originating in God's electing love and effectuated by His irresistible grace. While believers actively engage in mortifying sin and cultivating godliness, even this activity flows from grace previously imparted, ensuring that sanctification from its inception to consummation remains fundamentally the work of God in His people.
Scripture References
“Being confident of this very thing, that he which hath begun a good work in you will perform it until the day of Jesus Christ:”
“But of him are ye in Christ Jesus, who of God is made unto us wisdom, and righteousness, and sanctification, and redemption:”
“Now unto him that is able to keep you from falling, and to present you faultless before the presence of his glory with exceeding joy, To the only wise God our Saviour, be glory and majesty, dominion and power, both now and ever. Amen.”
“For we are his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus unto good works, which God hath before ordained that we should walk in them.”
“Looking unto Jesus the author and finisher of our faith; who for the joy that was set before him endured the cross, despising the shame, and is set down at the right hand of the throne of God.”
“Moreover whom he did predestinate, them he also called: and whom he called, them he also justified: and whom he justified, them he also glorified.”