The Doctrine of Sanctification
The words holy and sanctified appear hundreds of times in Scripture and the concept of sanctification is obviously important to the Christian experience. Pink calls it, “the great promise of the covenant made to Christ for His people.” But for many of us, questions remain. What is sanctification? Are we sanctified at the same time we are justified? Is there a difference between sanctification and holiness? Join A. W. Pink as he addresses these questions with biblical insight gleaned from more than 25 years of study on the subject of sanctification.
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- Challenging and inspirational
- Rich in devotional and practical truth
Praise for the Print Edition
The widespread circulation of his writings after his death made him one of the most influential evangelical authors in the second half of the twentieth century.
—Iain H. Murrary
Product Details
- Title: The Doctrine of Sanctification
- Author: A. W. Pink
- Publisher: Logos Research Systems, Inc.
- Publication Date: 2005
- Pages: 191
About A. W. Pink
A. W. Pink (1886-1952) a native of Nottingham, England, whose life as a pastor and writer was spent in a variety of locations in the British Isles, the United States, and Australia. As a young man he turned away from the Christian faith of his parents and became an adherent of the theosophical cult; but then he experienced an evangelical conversion and crossed the Atlantic in 1910, at the age of 24, to become a student at the Moody Bible Institute in Chicago. After only six weeks, however, he left to take up a pastoral ministry. It was during the years that followed that he found his way to a strictly Calvinistic position in theology. He was soon wielding a quite prolific pen. As one whose life was devoted to the study and exposition of the Scriptures, he became the author of numerous books which the Banner of Truth Trust has been assiduously reprinting in recent times. No doubt his chief monument is the paper Studies in the Scriptures which he produced monthly and regularly for a period of thirty years from the beginning of 1922 until his death in 1952.
Top Highlights
“‘Sanctification is God-likeness, or being renewed after His image.’ ‘Holiness is conformity to the law of God, in heart and life. Sanctification is a freedom from the tyranny of sin, into the liberty of righteousness.’ ‘Sanctification is that work of the Spirit whereby we are fitted to be worshippers of God.’ ‘Holiness is a process of cleansing from the pollution of sin.’ ‘It is a moral renovation of our natures whereby they are made more and more like Christ.’ ‘Sanctification is the total eradication of the carnal nature, so that sinless perfection is attained in this life.’” (Page 14)
“Third, scriptural sanctification is not the eradication of the carnal nature.” (Page 62)
“To be sanctified is just as requisite as to be justified. He that thinks to come to enjoyment of God without holiness, makes Him an unholy God, and puts the highest indignity imaginable upon Him. There is no other alternative: we must either leave our sins, or our God.” (Page 30)
“Salvation is deliverance from sin, an emancipation from the bondage of Satan, a being brought into right relations with God; and sanctification is that which makes this actual in the believer’s experience—not perfectly so in this life, but truly so, nevertheless.” (Page 68)
“First, scriptural sanctification is not a blessing which may be and often is separated from justification by a long interval of time.” (Page 61)
- Title: The Doctrine of Sanctification
- Author: Arthur Walkington Pink
- Publisher: Faithlife
- Print Publication Date: 2005
- Logos Release Date: 2005
- Era: era:modern
- Language: English
- Resources: 1
- Format: Digital › Logos Research Edition
- Subject: Sanctification
- Resource ID: LLS:AWP-DOCSANCT
- Resource Type: Monograph
- Metadata Last Updated: 2022-02-23T22:43:52Z
A. W. Pink (1886–1952) pastored churches in the United States and Australia for most of his working life. At the age of 24, Pink experienced an evangelical conversion and crossed the Atlantic from Great Britain to study at Moody Bible Institute in Chicago. But after only six weeks, he left to take up a pastoral ministry during which he found his way to a strictly Calvinistic position in theology.
In 1922, Pink produced a monthly magazine entitled Studies in the Scriptures which circulated among English-speaking Christians worldwide. Pink devoted his life to the study and exposition of the Scriptures and became the author, also under the name Arthur Walkington Pink, of numerous books which the Banner of Truth Trust began publishing after Pink’s death.
Articles, books, tracts, and pamphlets, including the notable Exposition of Hebrews and The Nature of God, can be found in the A. W. Pink Collection (40 vols.). Also available from Logos are The Godhood of God, Why Four Gospels?, The Divine Inspiration of the Bible, and The Law and the Saint.