Holy Spirit and sanctification

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The 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

Mt 3:11 “fire” implies the Holy Spirit’s work of purification and judgment.

Sanctification is a special work of the Holy Spirit

Romans 15:16 NKJV
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

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

Romans 8:4 NKJV
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

Galatians 5:22–23 NKJV
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 Holy Spirit makes believers more like Jesus Christ

2 Corinthians 3:18 NKJV
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

Romans 8:13 NKJV
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

Galatians 5:16–17 NKJV
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

Joshua:

Nu 27:18; Dt 34:9
Lk 2:25 Simeon

The deacons in Jerusalem:

Ac 6:3; Ac 6:5
Ac 11:24 Barnabas; 2 Co 6:6 Paul and his companions
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