 Firstly, there is a very strong emphasis in Adventist teaching on sanctification as a necessary and inevitable consequence of salvation in Christ.Such an emphasis on obedience is not considered to detract from the reformation principle of "sola fide" ("faith alone"), but rather to provide an important balance to the doctrine of justification by faith, and to guard against antinomianism.While asserting that Christians are saved entirely by the grace of God, Adventists also stress obedience to the law of God as the proper response to salvation.