I do not expect you to understand this but...
1 Corinthians 1:2, "To the church of God in Corinth, to those sanctified in Christ Jesus and called to be holy
Here Paul is describing there is a relationship between positional sanctification and progressive sanctification,
The Greek root of the word sanctified and holy is the same word.. We are seen by God as holy and called to be holy
Through Christ we are positionally Holy, seen as being Holy in Christ..We are called to live out in our lives (progressively, what we already are positionally)
I am seen as holy by God, but it is not MY holiness that God sees, it is Christ.. The work of God in me leads me to grow in personal holiness as I live out the Christian life..
I do understand what you are trying to say, but I can't agree with you because that's not what the Greek text says. The idea of "positional" and "progressive" sanctification is a doctrinal rationalization, no odubt, but not in the spirit of the Greek in which it was written.
Paul says says no such thing.
*hegiasmenoisperfect, passive, participle of hagiazo, in other words, having been done (finished), passively (without active participation).
Reading it in Greek, it is clear to me that there is no "progressive" anything in what he is saying. What he is saying is simply that those who have been made holy (i.e. sanctified) are called holy, not that they are called to be holy.
After all, what else can holy be but holy?
Here Paul is describing there is a relationship between positional sanctification and progressive sanctification,
The Greek root of the word sanctified and holy is the same word.. We are seen by God as holy and called to be holy
Through Christ we are positionally Holy, seen as being Holy in Christ. We are called to live out in our lives (progressively, what we already are positionally)
I am seen as holy by God, but it is not MY holiness that God sees, it is Christ.. The work of God in me leads me to grow in personal holiness as I live out the Christian life..
AMEN, RnMom! Great Scriptural teaching on this thread.
We are saved by Christ's righteousness freely imputed to us by our merciful God who loved us before we loved Him.
That's a great explanation, RnMom. Thanks much.