Growing in Grace
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In this episode, Brian and Pastor Jay discuss sanctification and saving faith from Westminster Confession of Faith chapters 13 and 14. They explain the difference between justification as God’s once-for-all declaration and sanctification as the Spirit’s ongoing work, then consider sinless perfection, perseverance, legalism, antinomianism, and practical ways believers grow in grace.
Scripture mentioned:
Romans 1:18 (ESV) - Wrath appears in Romans 1 as part of the setup for justification
https://www.blueletterbible.org/esv/rom/1/18/s_1047018
Romans 3:21-26 (ESV) - The wrath of God falls on Christ, and sinners are justified by grace
https://www.blueletterbible.org/esv/rom/3/21-26/s_1049021
Romans 4:1-8 (ESV) - Abraham believes God, and righteousness is counted to him by faith
https://www.blueletterbible.org/esv/rom/4/1-8/s_1050001
Romans 8:1-4 (ESV) - No condemnation in Christ, and the Spirit’s work in believers
https://www.blueletterbible.org/esv/rom/8/1-4/s_1054001
2 Corinthians 5:21 (ESV) - Christ made sin for us so that we become the righteousness of God in him
https://www.blueletterbible.org/esv/2co/5/21/s_1083021
Philippians 2:12-13 (ESV) - God works in believers as they work out their salvation
https://www.blueletterbible.org/esv/phl/2/12-13/s_1105012
Genesis 15:6 (ESV) - Abraham believes God, and it is counted to him as righteousness
https://www.blueletterbible.org/esv/gen/15/6/s_15006
Leviticus 19:2 (ESV) - God’s people are called to holy, set-apart living
https://www.blueletterbible.org/esv/lev/19/2/s_109002
Romans 3:23 (ESV) - All have sinned and fall short of God’s glory
https://www.blueletterbible.org/esv/rom/3/23/s_1049023
Romans 7:15-25 (ESV) - Paul’s struggle with doing what he does not want to do
https://www.blueletterbible.org/esv/rom/7/15-25/s_1053015
Matthew 5:48 (ESV) - Jesus commands perfection as the Father is perfect
https://www.blueletterbible.org/esv/mat/5/48/s_934048
1 John 1:8-9 (ESV) - Believers confess sin and receive forgiveness
https://www.blueletterbible.org/esv/1jo/1/8-9/s_1160008
1 John 3:9 (ESV) - The one born of God does not make a practice of sinning
https://www.blueletterbible.org/esv/1jo/3/9/s_1162009
Romans 6:14 (ESV) - Not under law but under grace, discussed in relation to antinomianism
https://www.blueletterbible.org/esv/rom/6/14/s_1052014
Matthew 5:21-22 (ESV) - Jesus intensifies the command against murder to include sinful anger
https://www.blueletterbible.org/esv/mat/5/21-22/s_934021
Other sources:
Westminster Confession of Faith, Chapter 13: Of Sanctification
https://thewestminsterstandard.org/the-westminster-confession/#Chapter%20XIII
Westminster Confession of Faith, Chapter 14: Of Saving Faith
https://thewestminsterstandard.org/the-westminster-confession/#Chapter%20XIV
Westminster Shorter Catechism, Question 33: What is justification?
Westminster Shorter Catechism, Question 35: What is sanctification?
John Wesley, A Plain Account of Christian Perfection
https://www.ccel.org/ccel/wesley/perfection.html
John Owen, The Mortification of Sin
https://www.monergism.com/thethreshold/sdg/owen/Mortification%20of%20Sin%20-%20John%20Owen.pdf
Terence Irwin, The Development of Ethics, Volume 1
https://global.oup.com/academic/product/the-development-of-ethics-volume-1-9780199693856
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