does not embrace all the work of sanctification taught in the Scriptures. The emphasis here is on positional sanctification, not progressive sanctification: the former being the setting aside of the believer in Christ for salvation, while the latter is growth in grace and improvement in practical holiness (1 Thes. 5:23; Jude 24). Paul now mentions ‘truth’. What is truth? Pilate asked the Saviour this question before his crucifixion (John 18:38); Jesus gave him no reply but he
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