Sanctification - Made Holy

Sanctification - is the act or process being made or becoming holy

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Objectives for this discussion.

- To take an in-depth look at what is sanctification.

- What role does Christ play in the sanctification process?

- How do we become sanctified?

Review of Justification:

What is the Justification? The action of declaring or making righteous in the sight of God

2. How are we justified according to ,? We are justified by faith.

3. In what condition were we saved according to ? While we were sinners.

4. Paul says in , that Abraham believed and it was counted to him as righteousness . How do define believe? To be is to trust and obey.

5. What’s the difference between how the righteous believe in and the demons believe in ?

Faith without works is dead

6. ,, examples that are the two ways were are justified through Jesus Christ.

In His Death we are reconciled to God and saved from the wrath.

Through His Death we are reconciled to God and saved from the wrath.

Through His Life we are made righteous. (hint: we receive credit for something we didn’t do)

7. What is the only two parts do we plan in Justification? A. Accepting this free Gift of Jesus Christ. Hint

B. If confess our sins He is faith and just to forgive ,

Steps to Christ Chapter 6—Faith and Acceptance

You have confessed your sins, and in heart put them away. You have resolved to give yourself to God. Now go to Him, and ask that He will wash away your sins and give you a new heart. Then believe that He does this because He has promised. This is the lesson which Jesus taught while He was on earth, that the gift which God promises us, we must believe we do receive, and it is ours. Jesus healed the people of their diseases when they had faith in His power; He helped them in the things which they could see, thus inspiring them with confidence in Him concerning things which they could not see—leading them to believe in His power to forgive sins. This He plainly stated in the healing of the man sick with palsy: “That ye may know that the Son of man hath power on earth to forgive sins, (then saith He to the sick of the palsy,) Arise, take up thy bed, and go unto thine house.” Matthew 9:6. So also John the evangelist says, speaking of the miracles of Christ, “These are written, that ye might believe that Jesus is the Christ, the Son of God; and that believing ye might have life through His name.” John 20:31.

Do you believe?

Now that we understand Justification, question: What takes place after we believe? What does baptism have to do with being Sanctified? What does Jesus mean be born again? How long is this stage of salvation?

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Objectives for this discussion.

- To take an in-depth look at what is sanctification and it’s correspondence to baptism?

- What role does Christ play in the sanctification process?

- Simply, how do we become sanctified?

1. Jesus declares to Pharisee Nicodemus that he can not see nor enter the kingdom of heaven unless he is born again.

2. By what two means does a believer become born again? ,

Baptism by the water and by the Holy Spirit

Steps to Christ Chapter 7—The Test of Discipleship

“If any man be in Christ, he is a new creature: old things are passed away; behold, all things are become new.” 2 Corinthians 5:17.

A person may not be able to tell the exact time or place, or trace all the chain of circumstances in the process of conversion; but this does not prove him to be unconverted. Christ said to Nicodemus, “The wind bloweth where it listeth, and thou hearest the sound thereof, but canst not tell whence it cometh, and whither it goeth: so is everyone that is born of the Spirit.” John 3:8. Like the wind, which is invisible, yet the effects of which are plainly seen and felt, is the Spirit of God in its work upon the human heart. That regenerating power, which no human eye can see, begets a new life in the soul; it creates a new being in the image of God. While the work of the Spirit is silent and imperceptible, its effects are manifest. If the heart has been renewed by the Spirit of God, the life will bear witness to the fact. While we cannot do anything to change our hearts or to bring ourselves into harmony with God; while we must not trust at all to ourselves or our good works, our lives will reveal whether the grace of God is dwelling within us. A change will be seen in the character, the habits, the pursuits. The contrast will be clear and decided between what they have been and what they are. The character is revealed, not by occasional good deeds and occasional misdeeds, but by the tendency of the habitual words and acts.

3. What role does the ordinance of humility better know as foot-washing play in sanctification?

3. What role does the ordinance of humility better know as foot-washing play in sanctification?

The footwashing is a refreshing of our baptism. The washing of the feet is symbolic of Christ washing us. KEY TEXT

Note: Baptism is the death of the old sinful person and resurrection of the new person in Christ. The act of baptism is the outward surrounding of ones life to Jesus Christ. It is the outward demonstration of our belief of our surrender to Christ. Foot-washing the same is the symbol of sanctification. Do you agree?

Question to ponder: Is baptism the symbol of Justification?

4. How does the word of God affect our daily walk? , , , ,

Thought to ponder: Connect this to , John and

The Word of God is the Light

5. What role does Christ play in our salvation? Who does the washing, sanctifying and the justifying? ,

Christ does the washing. Christ does the sanctifying and justifying?

6. What role do we play in our salvation if Christ is the totality of salvation?

According to , we are simply Abide in Christ Jesus. His Father will prune us to reproduce much fruit.

To Be Continued

7. How do we reach perfection, can we do it on our own strength? , , , ,

8. What is the result of Sanctification? , ,

Next Topic: Glorification

Until then Think on these Words:

Steps to Christ Chapter 8—Growing up into Christ

Many have an idea that they must do some part of the work alone. They have trusted in Christ for the forgiveness of sin, but now they seek by their own efforts to live aright. But every such effort must fail. Jesus says, “Without Me ye can do nothing.” Our growth in grace, our joy, our usefulness,—all depend upon our union with Christ. It is by communion with Him, daily, hourly,—by abiding in Him,—that we are to grow in grace. He is not only the Author, but the Finisher of our faith. It is Christ first and last and always. He is to be with us, not only at the beginning and the end of our course, but at every step of the way. David says, “I have set the Lord always before me: because He is at my right hand, I shall not be moved.” Psalm 16:8.