Editing Sanctification in Christianity (section)

===Lutheranism===
At the time of the justification of an individual, the [[Lutheranism|Lutheran Churches]] teach that the process of sanctification commences, which is defined as "the Holy Spirit’s work which follows justification through faith and consists of renewing the believer and bringing forth in him works of renewal."<ref name="Harstad1997"/> In Lutheranism, sanctification has two components, including: "1.) The inner renewal of the Holy Spirit in the Christian, and 2.) the living out of that inner renewal in the Christian’s new life of good works."<ref name="Harstad1997"/> The Lutheran Confessions hold that it is "necessary to exhort people to Christian discipline and good works, and to remind them how necessary it is that they exercise themselves in good words as an evidence of their faith and their gratitude toward God".<ref name="Harstad1997"/> For Christians, "good works are necessary fruits of faith in the life of a Christian and that they proceed from a renewed heart that is thankful to God for His mercy and love".<ref name="Harstad1997">{{cite web |last1=Harstad |first1=Adolph L. |title=Justification Through Faith Produces Sanctification |url=https://els.org/resources/document-archive/convention-essays/essay1997-harstad/ |publisher=[[Evangelical Lutheran Synod]] |date=10 May 2016}}</ref> These [[good works]] done by Christians are rewarded by God.<ref name="Preus2025"/> Those individuals who commit [[mortal sin]] "render themselves subject to divine wrath and eternal death unless, turned again, they are reconciled to God through faith."<ref name="Pieper1950">{{cite book |last1=Pieper |first1=Franz |title=Christian Dogmatics |date=1950 |publisher=Concordia Publishing House |isbn=978-0-570-06712-2 |page=568 |language=en}}</ref><ref name="Chemnitz2007">{{cite book |author1=[[Martin Chemnitz]] |title=Ministry, Word, and Sacraments: An Enchiridion; The Lord's Supper; The Lord's Prayer |date=2007 |publisher=Concordia Publishing House |isbn=978-0-7586-1544-2 |language=en}}</ref> The [[Formula of Concord]] summarizes salvation in Lutheran Christianity:<ref name="Harstad1997"/>
{{quotation|First the Holy Spirit kindles faith in us in conversion through the hearing of the Gospel. Faith apprehends the grace of God in Christ whereby the person is justified. After the person is justified, the Holy Spirit next renews and sanctifies him, and from this renewal and sanctification the fruits of good works will follow.” (FC, Solid Declaration, Article III, Righteousness, 40,41 [Tappert])<ref name="Harstad1997"/>}}
The Lutheran Confessions state:<ref name="Harstad1997"/>
{{quotation|“After a person has been justified by faith, a true living faith becomes ‘active through love’ (Gal. 5:6). Thus good works always follow justifying faith and are certainly to be found with it, since such faith is never alone but is always accompanied by love and hope.” (FC, Epitome, Article III. Righteousness. Tappert p. 474)<ref name="Harstad1997"/>}}
{{quotation|We also reject and condemn the teaching that faith and the indwelling of the Holy Spirit are not lost through malicious sin, but that the holy ones and the elect retain the Holy Spirit even though they fall into adultery and other sins and persist in them. (FC, Article IV, Good Works)<ref name="Harstad1997"/>}}

[[Martin Luther]] taught in his [[Large Catechism]] that Sanctification is only caused by the Holy Spirit through the powerful [[Bible|Word of God]]. The Holy Spirit uses churches to gather believers together for the teaching and [[preaching]] of the Word of God.<ref>Lutheran Dogmaticians consider this the broad sense of sanctification. See [http://www.bookofconcord.org/largecatechism/4_creed.html Luther's Large Catechism], the Apostles' Creed, paragraph 53 and following</ref>

{{Blockquote|Sanctification is the Holy Spirit's work of making us holy. When the Holy Spirit creates [[Faith in Christianity|faith]] in us, he renews in us the image of God so that through his power we produce [[good works]]. These good works are not meritorious but show the faith in our hearts (Ephesians 2:8-10, James 2:18). Sanctification flows from [[Justification (theology)|justification]].  It is an on-going process which will not be complete or reach perfection in this life.<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20080102112002/https://www.wels.net/cgi-bin/site.pl?1518&cuTopic_topicID=45&cuItem_itemID=12095 WELS Topical Q&A: Sanctification and Justification], by Wisconsin Evangelical Lutheran Synod</ref>}}

The Lutheran Churches teach that God rewards good works done by Christians; the [[Apology of the Augsburg Confession]] teaches: "We also affirm what we have often said, that although justification and eternal life go along with faith, nevertheless, good works merit other bodily and spiritual rewards and degrees of reward. According to 1 Corinthians 3:8, ‘Each will receive his wages according to his labor.’"<ref name="Preus2025">{{cite web |last1=Preus |first1=James |title=Rewards for Good Works |url=https://christforus.org/NewSite/index.php/2025/01/02/rewards-for-good-works/ |publisher=Christ for Us |access-date=14 May 2025 |date=2 January 2025}}</ref>

Luther viewed the [[Ten Commandments]] as a means by which the Holy Spirit sanctifies. <blockquote>"Thus we have the Ten Commandments, a commend of divine doctrine, as to what we are to do in order that our whole life may be pleasing to God, and the true fountain and channel from and in which everything must arise and flow that is to be a good work, so that outside of the Ten Commandments no work or thing can be good or pleasing to God, however great or precious it be in the eyes of the world...whoever does attain to them is a heavenly, angelic man, far above all holiness of the world. Only occupy yourself with them, and try your best, apply all power and ability, and you will find so much to do that you will neither seek nor esteem any other work or holiness."<ref>From [http://www.bookofconcord.org/largecatechism/3_tencommandments.html Luther's Large Catechism] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080517083644/http://bookofconcord.org/largecatechism/3_tencommandments.html |date=2008-05-17 }}, the Ten Commandments, paragraph 311 and following. For further reading of Lutherans on Sanctification, see [http://www.ctsfw.edu/ctq/text/aprjul85scaer.pdf Sanctification in Lutheran Theology] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080406170436/http://www.ctsfw.edu/ctq/text/aprjul85scaer.pdf |date=2008-04-06 }} by David P. Scaer, [http://www.wlsessays.net/authors/B/BrugLutheran/BrugLutheran.PDF The Lutheran Doctrine Of Sanctification And Its Rivals] by John F. Brug, [http://www.wlsessays.net/authors/L/LangeSanctification/LangeSanctification.PDF Sanctification In The Lutheran Confessions] by Lyle W. Lange, and [http://www.wlsessays.net/authors/K/KundeCreed/KundeCreed.PDF Apostles' Creed, Third Article - Of Sanctification: The Holy Ghost Works Through The Word] by A. J. Kunde</ref></blockquote>

[[Pietism|Pietistic Lutheranism]] heavily emphasizes the "biblical divine commands of believers to live a holy life and to strive for holy living, or sanctification."<ref name="Granquist2015">{{cite book|last=Granquist|first=Mark A.|title=Scandinavian Pietists: Spiritual Writings from 19th-Century Norway, Denmark, Sweden, and Finland|year=2015|publisher=Paulist Press|language=en|isbn=9781587684982|page=13}}</ref>