Deliverance from Bondage

Through the Super Natural Work of God

As we walk daily with Christ a word that you will hear is:

Sanctification is the ongoing supernatural work of God to rescue justified sinners from the disease of sin and to conform them to the image of his Son:

holy

Christlike

empowered to do good works.

The triune God not only declares his children righteous but also progressively makes them righteous, setting them apart for himself and freeing them from the entanglements of sin. This process, referred to as “sanctification,” does not happen in a moment but is the ongoing work of God throughout the life of a believer.

It basically means cleaning up or making pure.

Romans 8 is a Chapter that addresses breaking bondage of sin. Paul

.ROMANS 8:12-13

“12 So then, brethren, we are under obligation, not to the flesh, to live according to the flesh— 13 for if you are living according to the flesh, you must die; but if by the Spirit you are putting to death the deeds of the body, you will live.”

COL 3:16

“16 Let the word of Christ richly dwell within you, with all wisdom teaching and admonishing one another with psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, singing with thankfulness in your hearts to God.”

Admonishing: To advise someone about avoiding wrongdoing

The truth is the sanctifier, and if we do not hear or read the truth, we shall not grow in sanctification. We only progress in sound living as we progress in sound understanding. Morning And Evening, Page 372

Charles Spurgeon

JN 17:17

“17 “Sanctify them in the truth; Your word is truth.”

JN 1:1

“1 In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.”

I. NEW BEGINNING

When you are saved at that moment the Holy Spirit indwells you.

Romans 8:11

“11 But if the Spirit of Him who raised Jesus from the dead dwells in you, He who raised Christ Jesus from the dead will also give life to your mortal bodies through His Spirit who dwells in you.”

Your body is a temple;

1 Cor 6:19-20

“19 Or do you not know that your body is a temple of the Holy Spirit who is in you, whom you have from God, and that you are not your own? 20 For you have been bought with a price: therefore glorify God in your body.”

II. THE PROCESS

Romans 8:13

13 for if you are living according to the flesh, you must die; but if by the Spirit you are putting to death the deeds of the body, you will live.”

If we as christians continue to live in the flesh Paul states “we must die”

He is referring to moral frustration and corruption.

Two types of Stress

eustress

distress

REFINER OF METAL

MAL 3:3 “3 “He will sit as a smelter and purifier of silver, and He will purify the sons of Levi and refine them like gold and silver, so that they may present to the Lord offerings in righteousness.”

Psalm 139:23-24

“23 Search me, O God, and know my heart; Try me and know my anxious thoughts; 24 And see if there be any hurtful way in me, And lead me in the everlasting way.”

David is speaking on God’s Omnipresence and Omniscience.

You want some Good News?

You will be forgiven

I John 1:8-9

“8 If we say that we have no sin, we are deceiving ourselves and the truth is not in us. 9 If we confess our sins, He is faithful and righteous to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.”

III. THE GOAL

If we embrace the process of Sanctification it will lead to a more abundant life.

It will remove the dross in ourselves and lead to a straighter path for our lives.

Happier

Simpler

not easy

which is spoken of all throughout the Bible