Holy Spirit and sanctification
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· 8 viewsThe work of the Holy Spirit in enabling believers to lead holy lives, dedicated to the service of God and conformed to his likeness.
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The Spirit of holiness is promised
The Spirit of holiness is promised
Mt 3:11 “fire” implies the Holy Spirit’s work of purification and judgment.
Sanctification is a special work of the Holy Spirit
Sanctification is a special work of the Holy Spirit
That I should be the minister of Jesus Christ to the Gentiles, ministering the gospel of God, that the offering up of the Gentiles might be acceptable, being sanctified by the Holy Ghost.
See also 1 Co 6:11; Ga 5:5; 1 Pe 1:2
The Holy Spirit requires believers to be sanctified
The Holy Spirit requires believers to be sanctified
2 Th 2:13 Sanctification is a necessary part of being a Christian.
See also 1 Co 6:18–19
The Holy Spirit enables believers to be sanctified
The Holy Spirit enables believers to be sanctified
That the righteousness of the law might be fulfilled in us, who walk not after the flesh, but after the Spirit.
See also Ro 8:13; Eph 5:18
The Holy Spirit produces sanctification
The Holy Spirit produces sanctification
But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, longsuffering, gentleness, goodness, faith, Meekness, temperance: against such there is no law.
See also Ro 14:17; 2 Ti 1:7
The process of sanctification
The process of sanctification
The Holy Spirit makes believers more like Jesus Christ
The Holy Spirit makes believers more like Jesus Christ
But we all, with open face beholding as in a glass the glory of the Lord, are changed into the same image from glory to glory, even as by the Spirit of the Lord.
The Holy Spirit helps mortify sinful human nature
The Holy Spirit helps mortify sinful human nature
For if ye live after the flesh, ye shall die: but if ye through the Spirit do mortify the deeds of the body, ye shall live.
See also Ga 5:17
The Holy Spirit is opposed to natural desires
The Holy Spirit is opposed to natural desires
This I say then, Walk in the Spirit, and ye shall not fulfil the lust of the flesh. For the flesh lusteth against the Spirit, and the Spirit against the flesh: and these are contrary the one to the other: so that ye cannot do the things that ye would.
See also Ro 8:5–9; Jud 19
Examples of people sanctified by the Holy Spirit
Examples of people sanctified by the Holy Spirit
Joshua:
Joshua:
Nu 27:18; Dt 34:9
Lk 2:25 Simeon
The deacons in Jerusalem:
The deacons in Jerusalem:
Ac 6:3; Ac 6:5
Ac 11:24 Barnabas; 2 Co 6:6 Paul and his companions