Christians, what is the difference between justification ....?

Question

and sanctificaton? Are these things that take place one time or are they ongoing in your daily walk with the Lord?

Answer 1

Justification deals with the sins that we have actually committed. Sanctification deals with the sin nature that we were born with. Justification deals with what we have done. Sanctification deals with what we are.

Answer 2

My daily "walk" with the Lord Jesus Christ begins by reading the accounts of his life.

There is no such thing as justification and sanctification except as stated in the Epistles. I don't recall that the writers distinguish between one time or ongoing, but clearly it is both. You start and you keep going.

As interesting as this question appears, the answer really lies with the prophets as documented by the Christian bible. Perhaps in reading the words of God you may find answers to this and other questions.

Answer 3

Justification is a term that is to be understood in legal setting. We are justified meaning that the Judge has made a decision to make us innocenet.

Santification is a process of holiness. We are continually being sanctified and becoming more life Christ.

The Bible will use both justificatoin and sanctification as a "one time" transaction but also as an ongoing proccess.

Answer 4

We are justified by faith, which is ongoing. Romans 5:1 Therefore being justified by faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ:
Hebrews 10:38 Now the just shall live by faith: but if any man draw back, my soul shall have no pleasure in him.


Sanctification is being cleansed by the word of God and transformed.
Ephesians 5:26 That he might sanctify and cleanse it with the washing of water by the word, John 17:17 Sanctify them through thy truth: thy word is truth. Romans 12:2 And be not conformed to this world: but be ye transformed by the renewing of your mind, that ye may prove what is that good, and acceptable, and perfect, will of God.

Jesus finished our justification and sanctification at the cross. The revelation of what he did is shown to the world everyday in how we live life and walk in the way everlasting, as we grow in grace and in the knowledge of him.

Answer 5

Justification happens at salvation and it is where all your sins are forgiven just as if you had never sinned.
Sanctification is an on going process. It means that you are set apart and purified to do the work of Christ. Each Christian is at different levels of their walk and therefore the process of sanctification seems to take longer.

Answer 6

Justification is what Christ did at the cross for us. He justified us through his sled blood on the cross. We are saved by his grace alone and it’s him having mercy on us because we are humble enough to admit our sins.

Hebrews 9:22
22[In fact] under the Law almost everything is purified by means of blood, and without the shedding of blood there is neither release from sin and its guilt nor the remission of the due and merited punishment for sins.

Ephesians 2:7-9
7in order that in the coming ages he might show the incomparable riches of his grace, expressed in his kindness to us in Christ Jesus. 8For it is by grace you have been saved, through faith—and this not from yourselves, it is the gift of God— 9not by works, so that no one can boast.

Romans 3:26
26It was to demonstrate and prove at the present time ([a]in the now season) that He Himself is righteous and that He justifies and accepts as righteous him who has [true] faith in Jesus.

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Sanctification is the work that God does to purify us and make us holy just like he is. It deals with the refinement process that a believer under goes. Sometimes it could be in the way deliverance especially if a believer is oppressed. It’s all about change and it’s only God who can change us as we are willing to be changed by him alone.

Leviticus 21:8
8You shall consecrate him therefore, for he offers the bread of your God; he shall be holy to you, for I the Lord Who sanctifies you am holy.

Isaiah 64:8
Yet, O LORD, you are our Father. We are the clay, you are the potter; we are all the work of your hand.

Malachi 3:2
But who can endure the day of his coming? Who can stand when he appears? For he will be like a refiner's fire or a launderer's soap.

James 1:17
Every good and perfect gift is from above, coming down from the Father of the heavenly lights, who does not change like shifting shadows.

Answer 7

Justification means you have been justified by Christ and you've already been judged by Him because He has changed you. You are no longer under His judgment because He is now your Savior, so therefore, you have been set free from the penalty of sin. Sancification means you have been spiritualy cleansed by the shedding of His blood on the cross and are free from sin spiritually, meaning your sins - past, present and future are forgiven. You have been made a 'new creature' in Christ.

2 Corinthians 5:17, 18 - Therefore if any man be in Christ, he is a new creature: old things are passed away; behold, all things are become new. 18 - And all things are of God, who hath reconciled us to himself by Jesus Christ, and hath given to us the ministry of reconciliation;

Answer 8

As a Christian I'm sorry to say that I really don't know