Sanctified in Jesus
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1 Peter 1:3-19
1 Peter 1:3-19
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Then God said to Jacob, “Go up to Bethel and settle there, and build an altar there to God, who appeared to you when you were fleeing from your brother Esau.”
Why is God giving Jacob instruction to settle in Bethel?
Because of the events in chapter 34.
I am not going to go through this chapter because of the content.
Prior to chapter 34, we are told that Jacob and his family settled in the region of Shechem.
Shechem is about 40 miles north of Jerusalem.
Because of what transpired in chapter 34, Jacob was instructed by God to leave the area and settle in Bethel.
Bethel was located about 10 miles north of Jerusalem.
God tells Jacob to go to Bethel and settle there.
This is the same location Jacob traveled through when he first escaped his brother Esau.
You may have noticed that God is still referring to Jacob as Jacob.
I thought God changed his name to Israel?
If you are thinking this, you are correct.
Lets go back just a moment before we go forward.
In Genesis 33:12-17
After the reconciliation, Esau invites Jacob and his family to travel together.
But Jacob refuses.
You go on ahead and we will follow.But this does not happen.
The text tells us that Esau went back to Seir and Jacob and his family settled in Sukkoth.
It appears that Jacob had his own plans and he deceived his brother again in order to accomplish those plans.
So then why is God still calling Jacob by his old name.
God is referring to his as Jacob because he is still acting like the old self.
He is still following his old nature. He has not fully become the person that he is supposed to become in this new identity.
Though God said, you will no longer be called Jacob you will now be Israel.
Jacob, at least in this instance remain to be Jacob.
So did God not keep His word to Jacob?
If God said, you will no longer be Jacob you are now Israel.
Remember the name change symbolizes a change in character.
Did this promise not come to pass?
What God is trying to tell us is that sometimes the transformation is not immediate.
Jacob was not referred to as Israel until the end of chapter 35.
The transformation was not immediate for Jacob, just like us.
When we begin to walk out our faith, claiming Jesus as our Lord and Savior, there will be things that are immediate.
But there will be other things that take time.
Theologically in Salvation we are justified immediately.
As we allow the Lord to lead us, He brings us along the path of Sanctification.
Definition of Sanctification:
Evangelical Dictionary of Biblical Theology Sanctification Is Applied Justification
Sanctification is applied justification. By its very nature justification does not have a progressive character. It is God’s declaration of righteousness. The focus of justification is the removal of the guilt of sin. The focus of sanctification is the healing of the dysfunctionality of sin.
We are justified upon our declaration of fait in Jesus.
We are sinners who are covered under the blood of Jesus.
His covering removes the penalty of sin from us.
As we apply our faith to our lives, God sanctifies us.
Sanctification is applied justification.
The focus of sanctification is healing the dysfunctionality of sin.
Sanctification is the process through which God helps us to be less like Jacob and more like Israel.
Sanctification comes through our willingness to be sanctified.
Look 1 Peter chapter 1
In this chapter Peter is addressing sanctification.
Praise be to the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ! In his great mercy he has given us new birth into a living hope through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead, and into an inheritance that can never perish, spoil or fade. This inheritance is kept in heaven for you, who through faith are shielded by God’s power until the coming of the salvation that is ready to be revealed in the last time.
These verses address justification.
Praise God because He has sent us Jesus who has given us a living hope.
This hope is in the resurrection of the dead.
The authority of Jesus has corrected the penalty of sin which is death.
Those who are in Jesus are now justified by Him to escape the penalty of death.
Our faith in Jesus gives us the promise of an eternal, imperishable inheritance in heaven.
We are shielded by the power of God until the the appearing of Jesus in the last days.
In all this you greatly rejoice, though now for a little while you may have had to suffer grief in all kinds of trials. These have come so that the proven genuineness of your faith—of greater worth than gold, which perishes even though refined by fire—may result in praise, glory and honor when Jesus Christ is revealed. Though you have not seen him, you love him; and even though you do not see him now, you believe in him and are filled with an inexpressible and glorious joy, for you are receiving the end result of your faith, the salvation of your souls.
Concerning this salvation, the prophets, who spoke of the grace that was to come to you, searched intently and with the greatest care, trying to find out the time and circumstances to which the Spirit of Christ in them was pointing when he predicted the sufferings of the Messiah and the glories that would follow. It was revealed to them that they were not serving themselves but you, when they spoke of the things that have now been told you by those who have preached the gospel to you by the Holy Spirit sent from heaven. Even angels long to look into these things. Therefore, with minds that are alert and fully sober, set your hope on the grace to be brought to you when Jesus Christ is revealed at his coming.
As obedient children, do not conform to the evil desires you had when you lived in ignorance. But just as he who called you is holy, so be holy in all you do; for it is written: “Be holy, because I am holy.”
Since you call on a Father who judges each person’s work impartially, live out your time as foreigners here in reverent fear. For you know that it was not with perishable things such as silver or gold that you were redeemed from the empty way of life handed down to you from your ancestors, but with the precious blood of Christ, a lamb without blemish or defect.
doe shte process of sanctification give us an excuse ot not try?
we are without excuse
if nature obey we shoudl as well
does ou rfailing give us an excuse to continue to fail?
we ar ewithout excuse