am working on a paper for a friend who is facing a deadline---any links would be appreciated. Am looking for pro and con on this, too. Both my pastor and my spiritual advisor believe that progressive sanctification is a useless doctrine.
2007-07-19 02:34:28 · 1 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
Progressive sanctification is the process whereby the ongoing work of the Holy Spirit makes a person less like their old self and more like Jesus.
2 Corinthians 3:18 And we all, with unveiled face, beholding the glory of the Lord, are being transformed into the same image from one degree of glory to another. For this comes from the Lord who is the Spirit.
Romans 8:28 And we know that for those who love God all things work together for good, for those who are called according to his purpose. 29 For those whom he foreknew he also predestined to be conformed to the image of his Son, in order that he might be the firstborn among many brothers.
Romans 12:2 Do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewal of your mind, that by testing you may discern what is the will of God, what is good and acceptable and perfect.
Ephesians 4:20 But that is not the way you learned Christ!-- 21 assuming that you have heard about him and were taught in him, as the truth is in Jesus, 22 to put off your old self, which belongs to your former manner of life and is corrupt through deceitful desires, 23 and to be renewed in the spirit of your minds, 24 and to put on the new self, created after the likeness of God in true righteousness and holiness.
2007-07-19 02:40:46 · answer #1 · answered by Martin S 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋