<blockquote><font size=1>In reply to:</font><hr>[color:"blue"] I don't have a view on the process of sanctification except that it's already completed.</font><hr></blockquote><p> If you are finding this (completed santifcation and a place of satisfaction in Christ where we're not experiencing inner struggle) in this world at this present time then you have revealed something very important to all of us here--that you are not a Christian! This is Scripturally speaking, as all genuine Christians have a struggle against sin. If there is no struggle then you must be deceived by your depravity (Jer 17:9).<br><br>If you are NOT experiencing any inner struggle this means you are "perfectly sanctified" and without sin "now" presently, which is NOT the truth. This is against Scripture:<br><br><blockquote>1 John 1:8-10 If we say that we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us. If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins, and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness. If we say that we have not sinned, we make him a liar, and his word is not in us.</blockquote> Additionally, if it were not possible for a Christian to sin, then why would Christ and Paul, and John, et. al. give admonitions against it? Why would we need commands to walk in the spirit, et. al.<br><br>And please DO NOT take Scriptures out of CONTEXT in your replies. This is adamic proof-texting. It is not Christian, moral, or ethical to cause confusion and contradict God's Holy Word by such literary techniques. Satan mastered that technique with Eve in the Garden and has used it ever since upon mankind--look at all the "cults" that have originated from such.

Reformed and Always Reforming,