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Sanctification is a Process
The Bible depicts the Christian life as a Holy war that must be waged incessantly.
Last time I taught our author mentioned how Satan doesn’t randomly attack us, it isn’t as he put it a drive by shooting, Satan carefully plots to get us each individually.
Hebrews 10:
what does sanctify mean? to make Holy or dedicate to set apart
sanctification has clear moral and ethical dimensions.
our book says in short that sanctification is the process of growing more in love with that which is truly worthy of love.
There are two aspects of sanctification.
Divine Action and Human Action.
In its primary sense it is the work of God.
23 Now may the God of peace himself sanctify you completely, and may your whole spirit and soul and body be kept blameless at the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ.
The Holy Bible: English Standard Version.
(2016).
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Wheaton, IL: Crossway Bibles.
For he who sanctifies and those who are sanctified all have one source.
“to the church of God that is in Corinth, to those sanctified in Christ Jesus....”
These verses tell us that we are sanctified through Christ and the Spirit.
But that doesn’t mean we don’t play a role.
we have a job to do as well.
Judgement wouldn’t be possible if sanctification was only the job of the godhead.
God has extended a option.
we all have free will to choose.
Does God know how we will choose, yes, does he force us?
NO.
Hebrews
we must strive for holiness.
meaning it doesnt come easy.
it is a command, we arent given holiness we must work.
How do I become Holy?
God has given us the tools, he never commands something without giving us the ability to do it.
Our tool chest has many things but the most fundamental in living a sanctified life is God’s word.
we cannot lead where we do not go, we can not teach what we do not know.
we cannot be holy if we are not in contact daily with the holy word.
it would be like building a house without a blueprint.
Another tool in our spiritual tool chest is faith.
Acts
How do I become Holy?
How do we have faith?
it all comes back to the word.
If we develop a true love for the words that God has left us we will be on the path to sanctification.
we must realize that christianity isnt a checklist.
sometimes we act like it is.
Just being exposed to the word doesnt mean we are sanctified.
we must allow the word to sink deep into our hearts to have full effect.
Holiness is the result of living a more thoughtful life.
We know what God wants from us, we are aware of the needs of those around us and we act.
we cannot simply memorize verses or prayers to quote.
Jesus addresses this in the sermon on the mount.
Matthew 6:
In this passage he addresses a lot of religious acts that they were doing with the wrong motives.
practicing righteousness to be seen.
giving to the needy to be seen
praying in front of others just to be seen
praying empty phrases because it sounds good
they fast to be seen
our book says that many churches approach this with the wrong mindsets.
They are more concerned with principles than particulars.
They play loose and fast with God’s Word.
They are weak and anemic because their faith lacks the sacred structure and spiritual sustenance to maintain a vigorous, healthy love.
Scrupulously investigate God’s word but lose sight of its over arching purpose.
This can result in either cold institutionalism or cruel intimidation.
They are traditionalists and terrorists, religious bureaucrats and bullies.
God’s desire for His church is to bear the image of His son by bearing the burdens of others.
BALANCE
We must give respect to both God’s promises and His commands.
The job of a preacher is difficult.
You study the Word constantly learning and try to just preach what God says in the manner he says to do it, in love.
Does that mean we have to hear difficult lessons, certainly.
The Bible is filled with difficult lessons and we must learn those, but just as many hard lessons there are heart warming lessons.
Those are important as well.
But we are ministers, every one of us.
What are we preaching, when we speak to people do we have balance?
We can’t be a church that only talks about negativity, that isn't Christian.
We must have balance, souls need to be supported not just scolded.
Most generally we find it easier to scold and harder to be supportive in the church.
In my opinion that is because the world is the other extreme and we dont want to be like the world.
But we are told to not go to the right or to the left.
We are to remove the bad from our lives and add the good.
Its all about balance.
This passage gives us a list of the bad we need to remove and the good we should have, note it is fruit not plural.
we cannot pick and choose what we want to demonstrate in our lives.
We are not meant to live half lives, to only endure trials, we are meant to live full joyful lives.
If we arent living joyful lives it isnt becuase we cannot as Christians.
Its a choice.
Sanctification is the maturing of love.
it occurs when christians turn their hearts from the love and practice of sin to the love and service of God.
we must determine to love God more and love more like God does.
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