Five Views on Sanctification Quotes

“In Scripture, from beginning to end, sanctification is the work of God for human beings rather than their work for Him.”
― Melvin E. Dieter, Five Views on Sanctification

“Though all Christians are regenerated by the Spirit, baptized by the Spirit, indwelt by the Spirit, and sealed by the Spirit, not all Christians are filled with the Spirit.”
― Melvin E. Dieter, Five Views on Sanctification

“Suffering may be God’s great shortcut to spiritual growth.”
― Melvin E. Dieter, Five Views on Sanctification

“Someone who has in mind the idea of the Holy Spirit as the dominant characteristic of his or her life might hesitate to claim to be such a person. It might be more fitting to join Paul in claiming to be “the chief of sinners.”
― Melvin E. Dieter, Five Views on Sanctification

“The secret to a victorious life, then, is not vainly struggling and resolving in my own strength but “Christ in you, the hope of glory” (Col. 1:27). Any hope we have of demonstrating His glorious character through our lives is based on His living personally within us and providing us with all the resources of the God of the universe. But”
― Melvin E. Dieter, Five Views on Sanctification

“Before I expected failure, and was astonished at deliverance; now I expect deliverance, and am astonished at failure.”4 Though”
― Melvin E. Dieter, Five Views on Sanctification

“The normal Christian overcomes in the battle with temptation, consistently obeys the laws of God, and grows in self-control, contentment, humility, and courage.”
― Melvin E. Dieter, Five Views on Sanctification

“Average is not necessarily normal. For example, the average temperature of patients in a hospital may be 100 degrees, but such a temperature is not normal. The average score for a group of friends on the golf course may be 85 for the day, but par may be only 72. So it is with the Christian life. The average experience of church members is far different from New Testament norms for the Christian life. The”
― Melvin E. Dieter, Five Views on Sanctification

“God’s purpose for us, in other words, is not just future happiness or a guaranteed entrance into heaven but perfect likeness to Christ and therefore to Himself.”
― Melvin E. Dieter, Five Views on Sanctification

“The final goal of sanctification can be nothing other than the glory of God.”
― Melvin E. Dieter, Five Views on Sanctification

“Sanctification, therefore, must be understood as being both definitive and progressive. In its definitive sense, it means that work of the Spirit whereby He causes us to die to sin, to be raised with Christ, and to be made new creatures. In its progressive sense, it must be understood as that work of the Spirit whereby He continually renews and transforms us into the likeness of Christ, enabling us to keep on growing in grace and to keep on perfecting our holiness.”
― Melvin E. Dieter, Five Views on Sanctification

“Christians are not simply to sit back and wait for the time when they will be totally like Christ; they must be constantly and energetically active in the struggle to overcome evil with good.”
― Melvin E. Dieter, Five Views on Sanctification

“Summing up, we may say that sanctification is a supernatural work of God in which the believer is active. The more active we are in sanctification, the more sure we may be that the energizing power that enables us to be active is God’s power. DEFINITIVE”
― Melvin E. Dieter, Five Views on Sanctification