American Evangelical Christianity often focuses on two major realities of the Bible’s teaching: Justification and Sanctification. As Protestants, we understand justification relatively well (at least intellectually). Sanctification, on the other hand, is largely misunderstood or ill-defined.
What is Sanctification? What is it actually describing? When someone says to you “I have really been growing in my sanctification recently” what does that mean? Most significantly, how does the Bible define sanctification? Here, a definition will be set forth. Then, each component of the definition will be explored in greater detail through various passages of Scripture.
