Holy Spirit and sanctification
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· 3 viewsThe work of the Holy Spirit in enabling believers to lead holy lives, dedicated to the service of God and conformed to his likeness.
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The Spirit of holiness is promised
The Spirit of holiness is promised
Mt 3:11 “fire” implies the Holy Spirit’s work of purification and judgment.
Sanctification is a special work of the Holy Spirit
Sanctification is a special work of the Holy Spirit
that 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.
See also 1 Co 6:11; Ga 5:5; 1 Pe 1:2
The Holy Spirit requires believers to be sanctified
The Holy Spirit requires believers to be sanctified
2 Th 2:13 Sanctification is a necessary part of being a Christian.
See also 1 Co 6:18–19
The Holy Spirit enables believers to be sanctified
The Holy Spirit enables believers to be sanctified
that the righteous requirement of the law might be fulfilled in us who do not walk according to the flesh but according to the Spirit.
See also Ro 8:13; Eph 5:18
The Holy Spirit produces sanctification
The Holy Spirit produces sanctification
But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, longsuffering, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, self-control. Against such there is no law.
See also Ro 14:17; 2 Ti 1:7
The process of sanctification
The process of sanctification
The Holy Spirit makes believers more like Jesus Christ
The Holy Spirit makes believers more like Jesus Christ
But we all, with unveiled face, beholding as in a mirror the glory of the Lord, are being transformed into the same image from glory to glory, just as by the Spirit of the Lord.
The Holy Spirit helps mortify sinful human nature
The Holy Spirit helps mortify sinful human nature
For if you live according to the flesh you will die; but if by the Spirit you put to death the deeds of the body, you will live.
See also Ga 5:17
The Holy Spirit is opposed to natural desires
The Holy Spirit is opposed to natural desires
I say then: Walk in the Spirit, and you shall not fulfill the lust of the flesh. For the flesh lusts against the Spirit, and the Spirit against the flesh; and these are contrary to one another, so that you do not do the things that you wish.
See also Ro 8:5–9; Jud 19
Examples of people sanctified by the Holy Spirit
Examples of people sanctified by the Holy Spirit
Joshua:
Joshua:
Nu 27:18; Dt 34:9
Lk 2:25 Simeon
The deacons in Jerusalem:
The deacons in Jerusalem:
Ac 6:3; Ac 6:5
Ac 11:24 Barnabas; 2 Co 6:6 Paul and his companions