Sanctification is that renewal of our fallen nature by the Holy Ghost, received through faith in Jesus Christ, whose blood of atonement cleanseth from all sin; whereby we are not only delivered from the guilt of sin, but are washed from its pollution, saved from its power, and are enabled, through grace, to love God with all our hearts and to walk in his holy commandments blameless.
Two un-numbered Articles are appended to the Methodist Articles which do not have any equivalent in the Episcopal Articles. This one is “from the Methodist Protestant Discipline” and “is placed here by the Uniting Conference (1939). It was not one of the Articles of Religion voted upon by the three churches.”
This Article points out sanctification as a means of Christian growth that follows justification by faith, which results in regeneration or new-birth and should be signified by water baptism. The Article on justification (as for baptism) could be clearer in this regard so that we may understand that justification relates to our standing before God as no longer condemned while sanctification is the beginning of the Christian life. This Article on Sanctification points to the possibility that we may walk in his holy commandments blameless but does not say that we necessarily will do so. It is still a choice.
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