Sanctification

We believe that sanctification is the divine setting apart of the believer unto God accomplished in a threefold manner; first, an eternal act of God, based upon redemption in Christ, establishing the believer's spirit, or "new man" in a position of holiness at the moment he trusts the Saviour; second, a continuing process in the soul of the saint as the Holy Spirit applies the Word of God to the inner man; third, the final accomplishment of this process at the Lord's return when the body, or the old man, will them be changed and transformed in to a perfect sinless body in the image of Christ. I Corinthians 1:30; 6:11; 15:51-54; Hebrews 10:10-14; I John 3:2,9; Ephesians 4:24; 5:25,26; John 17:17; I Thessalonians 4:3,4,13-17; 5:23,24; Philippians 3:21; II Corinthians 3:18; 4:16.