I Will

Exodus 6:6–7 NIV

6 “Therefore, say to the Israelites: ‘I am the Lord, and I will bring you out from under the yoke of the Egyptians. I will free you from being slaves to them, and I will redeem you with an outstretched arm and with mighty acts of judgment. 7 I will take you as my own people, and I will be your God. Then you will know that I am the Lord your God, who brought you out from under the yoke of the Egyptians.

1. “I will free you from your oppression.” 2. “I will rescue you from your slavery in Egypt.” 3. “I will redeem you with a powerful arm and great acts of judgment.” 4. “I will claim you as my own people, and I will be your God.”

The Cup of Sanctification

Exodus 6:6 NIV

“Therefore, say to the Israelites: ‘I am the Lord, and I will bring you out from under the yoke of the Egyptians.”

The Lexham Bible Dictionary Sanctification

SANCTIFICATION Refers broadly to the concept of being set apart as sacred.

Many people seem to assume that sanctification means “righteous” or “perfect.” Although this association makes sense, it’s technically inaccurate. When something is sanctified, it’s not necessarily perfect; it simply means it has been set aside or designated for a particular, unique purpose.

China/Dishes set aside. They might be aged, blemished, not perfect but set aside.

Our church sanctuary isn’t perfect; it’s just a building set aside as a place to gather and worship.

A marriage isn’t perfect; but it’s a relationship that has been set apart from all other relationships by a commitment between two people who agree to “forsake all others” and pledge their fidelity and intimacy solely to each other.

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, and empowered to do good works.

Holy can sound uneventful and boring.

Only sanctified souls are satisfied souls. Charles Spurgeon

Titus 3:3–5 NLT

3 Once we, too, were foolish and disobedient. We were misled and became slaves to many lusts and pleasures. Our lives were full of evil and envy, and we hated each other. 4 But—When God our Savior revealed his kindness and love, 5 he saved us, not because of the righteous things we had done, but because of his mercy. He washed away our sins, giving us a new birth and new life through the Holy Spirit.*

Luke 19:10 NIV

For the Son of Man came to seek and to save the lost.”

Jesus doesn’t pull us out of the world, He pulls the world out of us.

Jesus sanctified himself.

John 17:15 NIV

15 My prayer is not that you take them out of the world but that you protect them from the evil one.

John 17:17–19 NIV

17 Sanctify them by the truth; your word is truth. 18 As you sent me into the world, I have sent them into the world. 19 For them I sanctify myself, that they too may be truly sanctified.

The sinner is transformed in every area of his or her life: inward and outward, heart and action, relationships and purpose.

John 15:16 MSG

16 “You didn’t choose me, remember; I chose you, and put you in the world to bear fruit, fruit that won’t spoil. As fruit bearers, whatever you ask the Father in relation to me, he gives you.

Surrender

Matthew 16:25 NIV

25 For whoever wants to save their life will lose it, but whoever loses their life for me will find it.

John 10:10 NLT

10 The thief’s purpose is to steal and kill and destroy. My purpose is to give them a rich and satisfying life.

Oxymoron

Faith

Hebrews 11:6 NIV

6 And without faith it is impossible to please God, because anyone who comes to him must believe that he exists and that he rewards those who earnestly seek him.

Faith for the adventure

Obedience

Philippians 2:12–13 NLT

12 ….Work hard to show the results of your salvation, obeying God with deep reverence and fear. 13 For God is working in you, giving you the desire and the power to do what pleases him.

Romans 6:19 NLT

19 Because of the weakness of your human nature, I am using the illustration of slavery to help you understand all this. Previously, you let yourselves be slaves to impurity and lawlessness, which led ever deeper into sin. Now you must give yourselves to be slaves to righteous living so that you will become holy.

Practical Illustrations: 1 Thessalonians, 2 Thessalonians, 1 Timothy, 2 Timothy, Titus, Philemon 10-269: This Poisonous Culture (Sanctification)

What is called “popular” in your culture is not always the best option for the believer.

A man living in a forested area found his home overrun with mice—too many to exterminate with traps. So he bought a few boxes … [of poison] and distributed them around the house, including one under his bed. That night he couldn’t believe his ears; below him was a feeding frenzy.

In the morning he checked the box and found it licked clean. Just to make sure the plan worked, he bought and placed another box. Again, the mice went for the flavored poison like piranha.

But the tasty and popular nighttime snack did its deadly work. In the days that followed, all was quiet. Just because something is popular doesn’t mean it’s good for you. In fact, it can be deadly—like sin.