CALVARY BIBLE BAPTIST CHURCH

585 WEST ROUTE 5

ELBRIDGE, NEW YORK 13060

SANCTIFICATION:

            Introduction: This is a very important but little taught subject today. Heb 12:14

            IN regeneration our nature is changed.

            IN justification our standing is changed.

            IN adoption our position is changed.

            IN sanctification our character is changed.

            Sanctification shows the fruit of a justified life.  We need to be sanctified because our Savior was sanctified.

            1.         By the Father              John 10:36

            2.         By His people             I Pet. 3:15

            3.         Sanctification is the will of God for EVERY BELIEVER.  I Thess. 4:3

I.          The meaning of Sanctification:

            Sanctification means to be set apart by God, for God, from sin, unto a holy life. 

II Tim. 2:21

Many Christians fall away because they are not willing to be sanctified and then become castaways.  I Cor. 9:19-27.

II.        The Bible speaks of sanctifying the tabernacle; its contents, men, buildings, firstborn, temple, priest, and a nation.

            Ex. 40:9-11     Lev. 27:14-16              Num. 8:18

But for Christian believers, it carries a twofold meaning

            A.        Separation from evil.               II Chr. 29:5, 15-18      II Cor.6:14-18

            B.        Separation unto God.              Lev. 27:16

III.       The Author of Sanctification (the Trinity)

            A.        By the Father.             I Thess. 5:23-24

            B.        By the Son.                 Eph. 5:26

            C.        By the Holy Ghost.     II Thess. 2:13

IV.       The Means of Sanctification

            A.        By the Word of God.  John 17:17.  To be sanctified a person must spend time with the Word of God.  In the New Testament there are 21 lists of sins with a total of 202 sins of which 103 are different.

            B.        By the blood. Heb 13:12.  The Word of God reveals sin; the blood cleanses it away.  The result is Sanctification.

            C.        By Chastisement – Heb. 12:10-11

            D.        By yielding- Rom. 6:19

            E.         By ourselves – II Cor. 7:1

            We too have a part in sanctification.  Our part is seeking out the sin, judging it and casting it away.

V.        The time of Sanctification:

            It is both instantaneous and progressive.

            A.        Instantaneous              I Cor. 6:11

            B.        Progressive                  James 1:22-25

            C.        Complete and final     I Thess. 5:23

                                                            I John 3:2

                                                            Phil. 3:12-14

VI.       The Reason for our Sanctification:

            A.        It is the nature of Christianity

                        I John 3:1-12               II Pet. 3:18                  Rom. 6:11-22

VII.     The Result of Sanctification:

            A.        The fruit of Holiness – Rom. 6:22