1. It is separation from sin... [God] puts a line of demarcation between the sanctified soul and all that is unholy... He has nowhere promised that He will kill Satan, but He has promised to put a broad, deep Jordan between the Christian and sin...
2. Sanctification means also dedication to God... A sanctified Christian is wholly yielded to God to please Him in every particular; his first thought always is, "Thy will be done"; his one desire that he may please God and do His holy will... God expects something more of us than simply to be separated from sin. This is only negative goodness. He expects that we shall be wholly dedicated to Him, having it the supreme wish of our heart to love and honor and please Him.
-- A.B. Simpson, The Four-fold Gospel
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