Therefore forgiveness, like the other aspects of salvation, is something which is both a past event and a present process. And we know that this process will not ultimately reach its fulfillment until we finally find mercy from the Lord on the Last Day, when our sins will be firmly, finally, and forever declared forgiven. Therefore, forgiveness is therefore something which has past, present, and future dimensions. C. Sanctification Evangelicals often place a great deal of emphasis on sanctification as a present process which Christians undergo. Both groups are correct in this.
Sanctification is both a process and an event in our lives.
But you were washed, but you were sanctified , but you were justified in the name of the Lord Jesus and by the Spirit of our God. By that will we have been sanctified through the offering of the body of Jesus Christ once for all. These verses indicate the occurrence of sanctification as a past event in the life of the believer. For this is . . . There is therefore abundant reason to say that sanctification is an ongoing process as well as a past event in the life of the believer.