Section 10
resurrection the transfiguration, the glorifica tion, of our bodies.
SANCTIFICATION
We have seen that sanctification is a part of resurrection. The more we are sanctified, the more we are resurrected. When we speak of sanc tification, we do not mean sinless perfection, nor even the mere change of position. Some have pointed out from Matthew 23 that the gold is sanctified by being placed in the temple and that an offering is sanctified by being laid upon the altar. Therefore, these ones teach that sanctifi cation has nothing to do with sin, but that it is related to the change of position. For example, when the gold was in the market, it was common, secular; but when it was put into the temple, it was sanctified. Sanctification, however, means much more than this. It includes not only a change of position, but also a change in disposi tion. The sanctification spoken of in Romans is dispositional sanctification. We need to be sanc tified in both our position and our disposition.
Making tea is a good illustration of disposi tional sanctification. When a tea bag is placed in a cup of water, the tea "tea-ifies" the water. This causes the water to change in color, appearance,