Justification and Sanctification are not the same thing. By faith we are justified before the Throne of God. By faith in Jesus we WILL enter into Heaven, not by any works. Sanctification is the process of 'faithing' in God indwelling us to 'raise us up in the way that we should go'. Jesus told Nicodemus he must be born from above. As a newborn God's Holy Spirit earnest of our inheritance works in you to build wood, hay, or stubble? Or is He working to build Gold, silver, and precious stones, so the Justified believer/faither has something surviving at the Bema seat IN HEAVEN?
Does that help you any at all, or are you still clueless?
Thank you for your explanation. We think about things a little differently in the Catholic Church, but I see that what you explained about sanctification is similar to what we call growing in holiness.
I had always heard phrases like becoming saved, which seemed to mean being in a state wherein one would go to Heaven if one died that night. I guess that is analogous to what you are calling justification?
Thanks again for explaining the difference. I am still not sure how that relates to what I was saying, tho. I’ll have to go back and see if I used either of those words...