Some prominent bloggers have been
debating the relationship between justification and sanctification. I
have suggested that part of the confusion comes when we separate what
God has joined.
Salvation is experienced sequentially in three dimensions but must always
be understood (with deep gratitude) as one completed act of God for
undeserving, helpless, powerless, ungodly sinners who are God’s enemies
(Romans 5).
The apostle Paul explained it as five
completed divine actions for sinners (who could not have participated in
any of them in any way).
God:
- Foreknew: (us) (Προεγνω)
- Predestined: (us) (Προωρισεν)
- Called: (us) (Εκαλεσεν)
- Justified: (us) (Εδικαιωσεν)
- Glorified: (us) (εδοξασεν)
Some of the tension seems to come from
the fact that this one-time-gift received from God by grace (Romans
8:29-30) permanently unites us to God in Christ but is experienced
sequentially. Read the rest at Think Point
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