I was replying to you KMK
Do you agree with the confession? Do you agree with the fact that 'the saints grow in grace' and 'press after an heavenly life' and 'obey'?
I prefer the language of Westminster Larger Catechism 73: «Faith justifies a sinner in the sight of God not because of those other grace which do always accompany it, or of good works that are the fruits of it, nor as if the grace of faith, or any act thereof, were imputed to him for his justification; but only as it is an instrument by which he receiveth and applieth Christ and his righteousness.» Conclusion: at regeneration all the graces of justification, adaption, sanctification, etc... that we will ever need in the Christian life are giving to us at the same time (though not in the same logical order) and you cannot separate one from the other. In other words there is no justification without sanctification. Sanctification starts as soon as ur united to Christ.