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How to Experience Sanctification that Leads to Joy

John 17:13–19 NLT

13 “Now I am coming to you. I told them many things while I was with them in this world so they would be filled with my joy. 14 I have given them your word. And the world hates them because they do not belong to the world, just as I do not belong to the world. 15 I’m not asking you to take them out of the world, but to keep them safe from the evil one. 16 They do not belong to this world any more than I do. 17 Make them holy by your truth; teach them your word, which is truth. 18 Just as you sent me into the world, I am sending them into the world. 19 And I give myself as a holy sacrifice for them so they can be made holy by your truth.

#1 Sanctification Comes Through God’s WORD

John 17:17 NLT

17 Make them holy by your truth; teach them your word, which is truth.

#2 Sanctification is a Lifelong PROCESS

John 17:19 NLT

19 And I give myself as a holy sacrifice for them so they can be made holy by your truth.

#3 Sanctification Protects Us from the WORLD

John 17:14–16 NLT

14 I have given them your word. And the world hates them because they do not belong to the world, just as I do not belong to the world. 15 I’m not asking you to take them out of the world, but to keep them safe from the evil one. 16 They do not belong to this world any more than I do.

#4 Sanctification Prepares us to be USEFUL to God

John 17:18 NIV

18 As you sent me into the world, I have sent them into the world.

#5 Sanctification Leads to True JOY

John 17:13 NIV

13 “I am coming to you now, but I say these things while I am still in the world, so that they may have the full measure of my joy within them.