at the very moment there was you were

declared the righteousness of God in the

forensic act of justification and the

very moment that the redemptive blood of

Christ was applied to your life in that

split-second you were sanctified

immediately it is not a second work of

grace it is not something that happens

five years on down the way no it happens

immediately you are sanctified and

positionally you have been taken out of

the world and you have been set into

Christ and you have been set into the

kingdom of God that is positional

sanctification and that is true not just

of some believers it is true of each and

every believer if you have not been

positionally sanctified you are outside

of the kingdom of heaven when you repent

it and put your trust in Jesus your

position you are seen as holy not

because you are behaving in a holy

manner all the time but because Jesus is

and you get credited with his holiness

you become the righteousness of God

because of Jesus Christ you are called

as a saint you don't need to go through

some process through a church you become

a saint positionally when you get saved

but then you begin the process of

actually becoming what you already are

the second aspect of sanctification is

what we call progressive sanctification

and that is in the present it is our

life long pursuit of holiness by which

we are becoming increasingly more and

more holy or holier experientially in

the reality of my daily walk

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