The Will of God in Sanctification
1
Thessalonians 4:3
By R.
S. B.
Taken
from Grace and Truth Magazine 1923
INTRODUCTION.
Meaning of Sanctification.
Determined by usage.
Principle of
first occurrence.
Gen. 2 :3 "sanctified it
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Took place before entrance of sin.
No reference to purification.
Means,— SET APART.
I. IN THE PAST.
Instantaneous and complete.
1.
— Sanctified by Christ.
Heb. 10:10, 14.
Heb. 13:12.
Heb. 2:11.
1 Cor. 1:30.
2. — Sanctified by God.
Jude 1.
3.
— Sanctified by the Spirit.
1 Cor. 6:11.
4.
— Sanctified through faith.
Acts 26:18.
II. IN THE PRESENT.
Growth and development.
A crisis with a view to a process."
1.
— Sanctified by the Spirit.
Rom. 15:16.
2 Cor. 3:18.
2.
— Sanctified by the Word.
John 17:17.
Eph. 5:26. 27.
III. IN THE FUTURE.
Complete and ultimate.
1.
— Sanctified by God.
1 Thes. 5:23.
1 John 3:1, 2.
CONCLUSION.
Heb. 12:14 (R. V.)
Pursue sanctification.
R. S. B. |
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