What is sanctification?
A santificação é o processo contínuo pelo qual Deus torna os crentes mais santos e mais parecidos com Jesus. Começa na salvação e continua por toda a vida cristã pela obra do Espírito.
Resposta rápida traduzida com auxílio de IA e em revisão. A explicação completa é exibida em inglês.
To sanctify means to set apart as holy. When a person trusts Christ, they are set apart for God; from then on, God works to transform their character to match their new identity.
This growth is the Holy Spirit’s work, but believers participate by obedience, prayer, and feeding on God’s word. Paul prays, ‘May God himself… sanctify you through and through’ (1 Thessalonians 5:23), and says we are ‘transformed into his image’ (2 Corinthians 3:18).
Sanctification is gradual and lifelong, often through both joys and trials. It will be completed when we see Christ, but for now it is the steady, Spirit-empowered journey of becoming who we already are in him.