common mistake of many teachers in the Western church is declaring the work of holiness to be the same as the work of justification. In other words, we don’t need to do anything; Jesus did it all. So the argument is, even though we continue to live no differently from the world, controlled by our various lusts, we are holy because Jesus is our holiness. What makes this even trickier is there are indeed scriptures that seem to support their claims in the New Testament. However, their error stems from confusing our positional holiness with our behavioral holiness. Allow me to explain.
