Sanctification

We believe that sanctification is the divine setting apart of the believer unto God accomplished in a three-fold manner:

1) an eternal act of God, based upon redemption by Christ, establishing the believer in a position of holiness at the moment he trusts Christ as Savior;

2) a continuing process in the believer as the Holy Spirit applies the Word of God to the life;

3) the final accomplishment of this process at the Lord's return.

(Heb. 3:1; 10:10-14; John 17:17; II Cor. 3:18; I Cor. 1:30; Eph. 5:25-26; I Thess. 4:3-4; 5:23-24, 27; I John 3:2)