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Part 7 - Sanctification - Growth In Likeness to Christ
Review Questions
1. Describe at least three ways which sanctification differs from justification.
2. What are the three stages of sanctification?
3. Will sanctification ever be completed in this life? Explain.
4. Differentiate between God's role and man's role in sanctification. Whose role is primary, and why is this so?
5. Is it wrong to say that we are to strive for holiness and greater obedience in our lives? Why or why not?
6. Name at least five motives for obedience to God given in Scripture.

Personal Reflection
1. Can you remember in your own experience the definite beginning to sanctification that occurred when you became a Christian? Did you sense a clear break from the ruling power and love of sin in your life? Do you really believe that you are even now dead to the ruling power and love of sin in your life? How can this truth of the Christian life be of help to you in specific areas of your life where you sill need to grow in sanctification?
2. As you look back over the last few years of your Christian life, can you see a pattern of definite growth in sanctification? What are some things that you used to delight in that no longer interest you? What are some things that you used to have no interest in that now hold great interest for you?
3. How does it affect your life to realize that the Holy Spirit is continually at work in you to increase your sanctification? Have you maintained a balance between your passive role and your active role in sanctification, or have you tended to emphasize one aspect over the other, and why? If there is imbalance in your life, what might you do to correct it?
4. Have you thought previously that sanctification affects your intellect and the way you think? What areas of your intellect still need growth in sanctification? with regard to your emotions, in what areas do you know that God still needs to work to bring about greater sanctification? Are there areas or aspects of santification that need to be improved with respect to your phyiscal body and its obedience to God's purposes?
5. Are these areas where you have struggles for years to grow in sanctification, but with no progress at all in your life? Has this chapter helped you regain hope for progress in those areas? (For Christians who have a serious discouragement over lack of progress in sanctification, it is very important to talk personally to a pastor or other mature Christian about this situation, rather than letting it go on for a long period of time.)

Special Terms;
Perfectionism
Sanctification
sinless perfection