";s:4:"text";s:3132:"SANCTIFICATION: THE BIBLICAL BASICS Richard L. Mayhue, Th.D. Peterson admits that sanctification can be conceived of as a process, but he argues that the New Testament emphasis (building on Old Testament examples) is on sanctification as a position, a status bestowed on us at conversion. Senior Vice President and Dean Professor of Pastoral Ministry and Theology This introduction to the much neglected and frequently misunderstood theme of biblical sanctification serves as the foundation upon which the subsequent four essays rest and out of which they arise. The sin nature is gone and we are righteous in all ways. He warns against focusing more on the process than the position because such an approach can actually work against the progress that a believer wants to experience. Example sentences with "practical research", translation memory. Glorification is what happens when we die (or are taken in the rapture). The Bible even says that we should progress from desiring milk to eating meat. It is the act of being conformed to the image of Christ. 6 things every Christian needs to know about sanctification. He believed that true Christian maturity was primarily evidenced by "'a faith that works by divine love in the crucible of everyday life."