When N. T. believers are said to be “_sanctified_,” we must remember the O. T. use of the word. “Sanctify” may have either the meaning “to make holy outwardly,” or “to make holy inwardly.” The people of Israel and the vessels of the tabernacle were made holy in the former sense; their sanctification was a setting apart to the sacred use. _Num. 8:17_—“_all the firstborn among the children of Israel are mine.... I sanctified them for myself_”; _Deut. 33:3_—“_Yea, he loveth the people; all his saints are in thy hand_”; _2 Chron. 29:19_—“_all the vessels ... have we prepared and sanctified._” The vessels mentioned were first immersed, and then sprinkled from day to day according to need. So the Christian by his regeneration is set apart for God’s service, and in this sense is a “_saint_” and “_sanctified_.” More than this, he has in him the beginnings of purity,—he is “_clean as a whole_,” though he yet needs “_to wash his feet_” (_John 13:10_)—that is, to be cleansed from the recurring defilements of his daily life. Shedd, Dogm. Theol., 2:551—“The error of the Perfectionist is that of confounding _imputed_ sanctification with _inherent_ sanctification. It is the latter which is mentioned in _1 Cor. 1:30_—‘_Christ Jesus, who was made unto us ... sanctification._’ ” Water from the Jordan is turbid, but it settles in the bottle and seems pure—until it is shaken. Some Christians seem very free from sin, until you shake them,—then they get “riled.” Clarke, Christian Theology, 871—“Is there not a higher Christian life? Yes, and a higher life beyond it, and a higher still beyond. The Christian life is ever higher and higher. It must pass through all stages between its beginning and its perfection.” C. D. Case: “The great objection to [this theory of] complete sanctification is that, if possessed at all, it is not a development of our own character.” (_c_) That the theory is disapproved by the testimony of Christian experience.—In exact proportion to the soul’s advance in holiness does it shrink from claiming that holiness has been already attained, and humble itself before God for its remaining apathy, ingratitude, and unbelief. _Phil. 3:12‐14_—“_Not that I have already obtained, or am already made perfect: but I press on, if so be that I may lay hold on that for which also I was laid hold on by Christ Jesus._” Some of the greatest advocates of perfectionism have been furthest from claiming any such perfection; although many of their less instructed followers claimed it for them, and even professed to have attained it themselves.