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not so much that I become a great law keeper (even though this will certainly result) but so that I become a great Christ lover. That is, a lover of Christ irrespective of the consequences, a lover of Christ because of who He is objectively. Pefect law keeping, then, does not become my goal in sanctification (because it is only a consequence), but growing in love Christ does.
Would you call this sanctification by faith?
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It sounds something like sanctification by works through law. Not that I don't unuderstand that you're talking about love for Christ
before law-keeping; I think I understand that. Its just that this forces the issue of law-keeping being a separate part of sanctification
after law-keeping, which is Federal Vision theology. There is also a shadow of five-year-old Theonomy in there. In trying to explain things, I am trying to avoid, even evade, these ideologies.
I'm not saying you're a FV-ist. I'm just very reluctant to satisfy your question when it seems to have to result in that direction.
[Edited on 7-24-2005 by JohnV]