I.       Sanctification and the Father

A.   Sanctification as God’s Will

Ephesians 1:4

4  just as He chose us in Him before the foundation of the world, that we would be holy and blameless before Him. In love

Ephesians 2:10

10  For we are His workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God prepared beforehand so that we would walk in them.

Philippians 1:3-7

3  I thank my God in all my remembrance of you,

4  always offering prayer with joy in my every prayer for you all,

5  in view of your participation in the gospel from the first day until now.

6  For I am confident of this very thing, that He who began a good work in you will perfect it until the day of Christ Jesus.

7  For it is only right for me to feel this way about you all, because I have you in my heart, since both in my imprisonment and in the defense and confirmation of the gospel, you all are partakers of grace with me.

Philippians 2:13

13  for it is God who is at work in you, both to will and to work for His good pleasure.

2 Thessalonians 2:13-14

13  But we should always give thanks to God for you, brethren beloved by the Lord, because God has chosen you from the beginning for salvation through sanctification by the Spirit and faith in the truth.

14  It was for this He called you through our gospel, that you may gain the glory of our Lord Jesus Christ.

2 Timothy 1:8-9

8  Therefore do not be ashamed of the testimony of our Lord or of me His prisoner, but join with me in suffering for the gospel according to the power of God,

9  who has saved us and called us with a holy calling, not according to our works, but according to His own purpose and grace which was granted us in Christ Jesus from all eternity,

1 Peter 1:2

2  according to the foreknowledge of God the Father, by the sanctifying work of the Spirit, to obey Jesus Christ and be sprinkled with His blood: May grace and peace be yours in the fullest measure.

B.   God’s Provisions for Holy Living

1.     God Blesses the Righteous

Job 10:8-12

8  ‘Your hands fashioned and made me altogether,

And would You destroy me?

9  ‘Remember now, that You have made me as clay;

And would You turn me into dust again?

10  ‘Did You not pour me out like milk

And curdle me like cheese;

11  Clothe me with skin and flesh,

And knit me together with bones and sinews?

12  ‘You have granted me life and lovingkindness;

And Your care has preserved my spirit.

Psalm 5:12

12  For it is You who blesses the righteous man, O Lord,

You surround him with favor as with a shield.;

Psalm 24:4-5

4  He who has clean hands and a pure heart,

Who has not lifted up his soul to falsehood

And has not sworn deceitfully.

5  He shall receive a blessing from the Lord

And righteousness from the God of his salvation.

Psalm 84:11

11  For the Lord God is a sun and shield;

The Lord gives grace and glory;

No good thing does He withhold from those who walk uprightly.

Psalm 115:12-13

12  The Lord has been mindful of us; He will bless us;

He will bless the house of Israel;

He will bless the house of Aaron.

13  He will bless those who fear the Lord,

The small together with the great.

Psalm 147:11

11  The Lord favors those who fear Him,

Those who wait for His lovingkindness.

Acts 4:33

33  And with great power the apostles were giving testimony to the resurrection of the Lord Jesus, and abundant grace was upon them all.

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2 Corinthians 8:1

1  Now, brethren, we wish to make known to you the grace of God which has been given in the churches of Macedonia,

2 Corinthians 9:14

14  while they also, by prayer on your behalf, yearn for you because of the surpassing grace of God in you.

2.     God Delivers from Evil

Psalm 23:1

1  The Lord is my shepherd,

I shall not want.

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 Psalm 23:3-4

3  He restores my soul;

He guides me in the paths of righteousness

For His name’s sake.

4  Even though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death,

I fear no evil, for You are with me;

Your rod and Your staff, they comfort me.

Psalm 41:10-12

10  But You, O Lord, be gracious to me and raise me up,

That I may repay them.

11  By this I know that You are pleased with me,

Because my enemy does not shout in triumph over me.

12  As for me, You uphold me in my integrity,

And You set me in Your presence forever.

Psalm 143:11-12

11  For the sake of Your name, O Lord, revive me.

In Your righteousness bring my soul out of trouble.

12  And in Your lovingkindness, cut off my enemies

And destroy all those who afflict my soul,

For I am Your servant.;

Proverbs 16:7

7  When a man’s ways are pleasing to the Lord,

He makes even his enemies to be at peace with him.

Jeremiah 15:20

20  “Then I will make you to this people

A fortified wall of bronze;

And though they fight against you,

They will not prevail over you;

For I am with you to save you

And deliver you,” declares the Lord.

3.     God Equips His People for Good Works

Acts 26:22

22  “So, having obtained help from God, I stand to this day testifying both to small and great, stating nothing but what the Prophets and Moses said was going to take place;

1 Corinthians 1:4-7

4  I thank my God always concerning you for the grace of God which was given you in Christ Jesus,

5  that in everything you were enriched in Him, in all speech and all knowledge,

6  even as the testimony concerning Christ was confirmed in you,

7  so that you are not lacking in any gift, awaiting eagerly the revelation of our Lord Jesus Christ,

2 Corinthians 1:12

12  For our proud confidence is this: the testimony of our conscience, that in holiness and godly sincerity, not in fleshly wisdom but in the grace of God, we have conducted ourselves in the world, and especially toward you.

2 Corinthians 9:8

8  And God is able to make all grace abound to you, so that always having all sufficiency in everything, you may have an abundance for every good deed;

Titus 2:11-13

11  For the grace of God has appeared, bringing salvation to all men,

12  instructing us to deny ungodliness and worldly desires and to live sensibly, righteously and godly in the present age,

13   looking for the blessed hope and the appearing of the glory of our great God and Savior, Christ Jesus,

Hebrews 13:20-21

20  Now the God of peace, who brought up from the dead the great Shepherd of the sheep through the blood of the eternal covenant, even Jesus our Lord,

21  equip you in every good thing to do His will, working in us that which is pleasing in His sight, through Jesus Christ, to whom be the glory forever and ever. Amen.

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1 Peter 4:10

10  As each one has received a special gift, employ it in serving one another as good stewards of the manifold grace of God.  

4.     God Protects His People

Psalm 94:16-19

16  Who will stand up for me against evildoers?

Who will take his stand for me against those who do wickedness?

17  If the Lord had not been my help,

My soul would soon have dwelt in the abode of silence.

18  If I should say, “My foot has slipped,”

Your lovingkindness, O Lord, will hold me up.

19  When my anxious thoughts multiply within me,

Your consolations delight my soul.

Joel 3:16-17

16  The Lord roars from Zion

And utters His voice from Jerusalem,

And the heavens and the earth tremble.

But the Lord is a refuge for His people

And a stronghold to the sons of Israel.

17  Then you will know that I am the Lord your God,

Dwelling in Zion, My holy mountain.

So Jerusalem will be holy,

And strangers will pass through it no more.;

Zephaniah 3:15

15  The Lord has taken away His judgments against you,

He has cleared away your enemies.

The King of Israel, the Lord, is in your midst;

You will fear disaster no more.

John 17:11-19

11  “I am no longer in the world; and yet they themselves are in the world, and I come to You. Holy Father, keep them in Your name, the name which You have given Me, that they may be one even as We are.

12  “While I was with them, I was keeping them in Your name which You have given Me; and I guarded them and not one of them perished but the son of perdition, so that the Scripture would be fulfilled.

The Disciples in the World

13  “But now I come to You; and these things I speak in the world so that they may have My joy made full in themselves.

14  “I have given them Your word; and the world has hated them, because they are not of the world, even as I am not of the world.

15  “I do not ask You to take them out of the world, but to keep them from the evil one.

16  “They are not of the world, even as I am not of the world.

17  “Sanctify them in the truth; Your word is truth.

18  “As You sent Me into the world, I also have sent them into the world.

19  “For their sakes I sanctify Myself, that they themselves also may be sanctified in truth.

Revelation 3:10

10  ‘Because you have kept the word of My perseverance, I also will keep you from the hour of testing, that hour which is about to come upon the whole world, to test those who dwell on the earth.   

5.     God Strengthens His People

Psalm 30:7

7  O Lord, by Your favor You have made my mountain to stand strong;

You hid Your face, I was dismayed.

Psalm 84:5-7

5  How blessed is the man whose strength is in You,

In whose heart are the highways to Zion!

6  Passing through the valley of Baca they make it a spring;

The early rain also covers it with blessings.

7  They go from strength to strength,

Every one of them appears before God in Zion.

Psalm 138:3

3  On the day I called, You answered me;

You made me bold with strength in my soul.

Isaiah 40:31

31  Yet those who wait for the Lord

Will gain new strength;

They will mount up with wings like eagles,

They will run and not get tired,

They will walk and not become weary.;

Daniel 10:18-19

18  Then this one with human appearance touched me again and strengthened me.

19  He said, “O man of high esteem, do not be afraid. Peace be with you; take courage and be courageous!” Now as soon as he spoke to me, I received strength and said, “May my lord speak, for you have strengthened me.”

1 Corinthians 1:8

8  who will also confirm you to the end, blameless in the day of our Lord Jesus Christ.

1 Corinthians 10:13

13  No temptation has overtaken you but such as is common to man; and God is faithful, who will not allow you to be tempted beyond what you are able, but with the temptation will provide the way of escape also, so that you will be able to endure it.

Ephesians 3:16-19

16  that He would grant you, according to the riches of His glory, to be strengthened with power through His Spirit in the inner man,

17  so that Christ may dwell in your hearts through faith; and that you, being rooted and grounded in love,

18  may be able to comprehend with all the saints what is the breadth and length and height and depth,

19  and to know the love of Christ which surpasses knowledge, that you may be filled up to all the fullness of God.

Ephesians 6:10

10  Finally, be strong in the Lord and in the strength of His might.

Colossians 1:10-13

10  so that you will walk in a manner worthy of the Lord, to please Him in all respects, bearing fruit in every good work and increasing in the knowledge of God;

11  strengthened with all power, according to His glorious might, for the attaining of all steadfastness and patience; joyously

12  giving thanks to the Father, who has qualified us to share in the inheritance of the saints in Light.

The Incomparable Christ

13  For He rescued us from the domain of darkness, and transferred us to the kingdom of His beloved Son,

1 Thessalonians 3:10-13

10  as we night and day keep praying most earnestly that we may see your face, and may complete what is lacking in your faith?

11  Now may our God and Father Himself and Jesus our Lord direct our way to you;

12  and may the Lord cause you to increase and abound in love for one another, and for all people, just as we also do for you;

13  so that He may establish your hearts without blame in holiness before our God and Father at the coming of our Lord Jesus with all His saints.