The process of sanctification has been called “Dependent Responsibility.” We can do nothing to be either saved or sanctified, but we must cooperate with the work God is doing in each case. By faith we confess our holy position in Christ even as we trust Him to purify us by the Word and the Spirit. Our “works” involve obedience to the purifying work He is doing. We still do good works, but to glorify God rather than to appease Him:  we “exercise ourselves unto godliness.”