So then, each of us will give an account of himself to God. This is certainly the first step. And there is nothing that we can do to earn God's forgiveness. Jesus paid the price for our sins. But salvation also involves a process that is called sanctification.
Sanctification is the process of getting out of sin and being made holy.
It does not happen all at once. But we ought always to thank God for you, brothers loved by the Lord, because from the beginning God chose you to be saved through the sanctifying work of the Spirit and through belief in the truth . My prayer is not that you take them out of the world but that you protect them from the evil one. Before Christ returns, the Church must be completely sanctified. Avoid every kind of evil.