(1st) DEFINITIVE SANCTIFICATION – is the initial, instantaneousness work of the Holy Spirit in the new birth, whereby the Spirit using the Word… definitively and irreversibly separates the sinner unto God – Colossians 1:12-13
(2nd) PROGRESSIVE SANCTIFICATION – is the on-going process of separation… The Holy Spirit separates the saint from sin and the world—for God… The Spirit also constantly energizes the saints to ‘work out (their) own salvation…’ – Phil 1:1,6; 2:12-15.
(3rd) PERFECT SANCTIFICATION – is the final stage of our salvation when God perfectly changes us into the image of Christ… and we become totally free from sin and its effects. Perfect sanctification doesn’t happen in this life… (1 Cor 15:51-57; 1 Thess 3:12-13; 1 Jn 3:2).
Bryan Wheeler Pastor Bryan Wheeler was converted to Christ in 1973. For most of the 20 years that he served in the U.S. Air Force he was actively involved in church-based preaching and teaching ministries in the U.S. and overseas. Pastor Wheeler was ordained into the gospel ministry in 1987 and was called into full time ministry in 1989. He is the pastor at Emmanuel Baptist Church in Verona, VA. He and his wife Maureen were married in 1968 and the Lord has given them 6 children and 4 grandchildren.
