BIBLE SANCTIFICATION
PART I

HEBREWS 12:1

A. "FOLLOW PEACE WITH ALL MEN, AND HOLINESS, WITHOUT WHICH NO MAN SHALL SEE THE LORD." Heb. 12:14
  1. Different views on sanctification:
    1. Some think that sanctification is instantaneous and complete the moment it takes place.
    2. Others believe that sanctification is the work of a lifetime and that it is progressive.
  2. We know that sanctification is important in our relationship with the Lord:
    1. "Follow holiness"
    2. "Be ye holy for I am holy"
    3. "Without which no man shall see the Lord"
  3. Sanctification is included in the will of God:
    1. "For this is the will of God, even your sanctification" - 1 Thess. 4:3, 7
    2. "For God hath not called us unto uncleanness, but unto holiness" - 1 Thess. 4:7
B. DIFFERENCE BETWEEN JUSTIFICATION AND SANCTIFICATION
  1. Sanctification is the work of the Holy Spirit upon the character of those who are justified:
    1. We are justified in order that we might be sanctified; and we are
    2. Sanctified in order that we may be glorified - Rom. 8:30
  2. Justification comes instantly:
    1. Think of Zacchaeus - Luke 19:1-9
    2. The woman of Samaria - John 4:22-28
    3. The thief on the cross - Luke 23:42-44
  3. Sanctification is the work of a lifetime:
    1. Continue in holiness - 1 Tim. 2:15
    2. Grow in grace and in the knowledge of our Lord - 2 Pet. 3:18
    3. Perfecting holiness in the fear of God - 2 Cor. 7:1
    4. The path of the just is as a shining light that shineth more and more unto the perfect day - Prov. 4:18
C. PROCESS OF SANCTIFICATION
  1. God is the sanctifier:
    1. "To them that are sanctified by God" - Jude 1
    2. "The very God of peace sanctify you wholly" - 1 Thess. 5:23
  2. Through Jesus Christ our Lord:
    1. Christ is made unto us sanctification - 1 Cor. 1:30
    2. "That we might be partakers of His holiness" - Heb. 12:10
    3. Wherefore Jesus also, that he might sanctify the people with His own blood" - Heb. 13:12
  3. By the operation of the Holy Spirit:
    1. "Being sanctified by the Holy Ghost" - Rom. 15:16
    2. "Ye are sanctified by the Spirit of God" - 1 Cor. 6:11
  4. Our part in the work of sanctification:
    1. Constant surrender - Ps. 40:8
    2. Faith - Heb. 11:6
  5. Must be done before mercy ends: Rev. 22:11
  6. God will accomplish it: Isa. 35:8; Eph. 5:25, 26; Rev. 14:5


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