Sanctification begins the moment the Holy Spirit regenerates the elect sinners heart, and continues until death in this life.
We teach that sanctification provides the necessary fruit in order to judge one's own election, to test oneself against Scripture.
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The reformers *restored* the ordinances given in Scripture: baptism and the Lord's supper, and stripped the church of false "sacraments" that were lying to people, telling them they would be saved by those ceremonies.
Yes. That's my point. While we are right about salvation functionally and understand the golden chain of salvation properly, as a rule reformed Christians don't live out sanctification as richly as the Orthodox and Catholics do because we have desacramentalized our houses of worship, liturgy, and traditions.