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Pilgrim said:
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Joe k said:


Pilgrim. I just did not know that literally sanctify can mean a progression in holiness. The quotes I provided seem to speak of the opposite.
Let's not fall into the trap of the "psycho-statistical-mean hermeneutic". <img src="/forum/images/graemlins/laugh.gif" alt="" /> It is a fatal mistake to assign a static meaning to individual words. We need to be careful to take words in CONTEXT from which the actual meaning is derived. "Sanctify" (Grk: agios) can mean several things. And one of those meanings from the actual usage of the word in context is to "become more holy; conformed to the image of Christ, to be in more harmony with the law of God, et al. This is shown to be true in the several articles I linked to.

To deny a progressive sanctification is to also deny that believers by the power and guidance of the Holy Spirit undergo a real and radical change consequent to regeneration. And that is not a good thing. <img src="/forum/images/graemlins/wink.gif" alt="" />

In His grace,


I like Murrays article the best. And how does PS relate to the quotes I provided? Were these men misunderstanding? I do not deny the power of the Spirit to make one hate what they once loved and love what they once hated, but the progression in holiness is carried too far by some and become navel gazing and introspection

There never was a sinner half as big as Christ is as a Savior.