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Jesus as Sanctifier. sanc·ti·fy transitive verb : to make (something) holy : to give official acceptance or approval to (something). sanc·ti·fy Full Definitions of SANCTIFY 1 To set apart to a sacred purpose or to religious use : consecrate 2 To free from sin : purify
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sanc·ti·fy transitive verb : to make (something) holy : to give official acceptance or approval to (something)
sanc·ti·fy Full Definitions of SANCTIFY 1 To set apart to a sacred purpose or to religious use : consecrate 2 To free from sin : purify 3 a: to impart or impute sacredness, or respect to b: to give moral or social sanction to 4 To make productive of holiness or piety - observe the day of the sabbath, to sanctify it ( Deuteronomy 5:12)
Jesus as Sanctifier 1. Sanctification is a Crisis 2. Sanctification is a Process 3. Sanctification is a Holy Spirit thing
Acts 26 : 12 - 18 12“While thus occupied, as I journeyed to Damascus with authority and commission from the chief priests, 13at midday, O king, along the road I saw a light from heaven, brighter than the sun, shining around me and those who journeyed with me. 14And when we all had fallen to the ground, I heard a voice speaking to me and saying in the Hebrew language, ‘Saul, Saul, why are you persecuting Me? It is hard for you to kick
Acts 26 : 12 - 18 against the goads.’ 15So I said, ‘Who are You, Lord?’ And He said, ‘I am Jesus, whom you are persecuting. 16But rise and stand on your feet; for I have appeared to you for this purpose, to make you a minister and a witness both of the things which you have seen and of the things which I will yet reveal to you. 17I will deliver you from the Jewish people, as well as from the Gentiles, to whom I now send you, 18to open their eyes,
Acts 26 : 12 - 18 in order to turn them from darkness to light, andfrom the power of Satan to God, that they may receive forgiveness of sins and an inheritance among those who are sanctified by faith in Me.’
II Timothy 2 : 19 - 21 19Nevertheless the solid foundation of God stands, having this seal: “The Lord knows those who are His,” and, “Let everyone who names the name of Christ depart from iniquity.”20But in a great house there are not only vessels of gold and silver, but also of wood and clay, some for honor and some for dishonor. 21Therefore if anyone cleanses
II Timothy 2 : 19 - 21 himself from the latter, he will be a vessel for honor, sanctified and useful for the Master, prepared for every good work.
Apostle Paul The Bible teaches three tenses of salvation: I have been saved: Justification I am being saved: Sanctification I will be saved: Glorification
Salvation – Tenses Defined Justification – Just as if I had never sinned Sanctification – Cleansed from all my sin Glorification – Granted favor to be heir to the throne now that my sins are gone
I Corinthians 6 : 11 - 12 11And such were some of you. 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.12All things are lawful for me, but all things are not helpful. All things are lawful for me, but I will not be brought under the power of any.
Romans 15 : 16 - 19 16that I might be a minister of Jesus Christ to the Gentiles, ministering the gospel of God, that the offering of the Gentiles might be acceptable, sanctified by the Holy Spirit. 17Therefore I have reason to glory in Christ Jesus in the things which pertain to God. 18For I will not dare to speak of any of those things which Christ has not accomplished through me, in word and
Romans 15 : 16 - 19 deed, to make the Gentiles obedient—19in mighty signs and wonders, by the power of the Spirit of God, so that from Jerusalem and round about to Illyricum I have fully preached the gospel of Christ.
Jesus as Sanctifier 1. Sanctification is a Crisis 2. Sanctification is a Process 3. Sanctification is a Holy Spirit thing
The Challenge 1. Are there aspects of your life God doesn’t have control of? 2. Are you willing to let the Holy Spirit work on these things? 3. Will it take a crisis in your faith before you let God work on them?