Justification is the part of salvation where God pardons the sin of those who believe in Christ. People are not on their own able even to fully repent of their sin or prepare themselves to repent because of their sinfulness. Therefore, justification is held to arise solely from God's free and gracious act.[63]
Sanctification is the part of salvation in which God makes the believer holy, by enabling them to exercise greater love for God and for other people.[64] The good works accomplished by believers as they are sanctified are considered to be the necessary outworking of the believer's salvation, though they do not cause the believer to be saved.[61] Sanctification, like justification, is by faith, because doing good works is simply living as the son of God one has become.[65
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