SANCTIFICATION

- Is separation to the service of God Ps 4:3; 2Co 6:17 - EFFECTED BY . God Eze 37:28; 1Th 5:23; Jude 1:1 . Christ Heb 2:11; 13:12 . The Holy Spirit Ro 15:16; 1Co 6:11 - In Christ 1Co 1:2 - Through the atonement of Christ Heb 10:10; 13:12 - Through the word of God Joh 17:17,19; Eph 5:26 - Christ made, of God, to us 1Co 1:30 - Saints elected to salvation through 2Th 2:13; 1Pe 1:2 - All saints are in a state of Ac 20:32; 26:18; 1Co 6:11 - The Church made glorious by Eph 5:26,27 - SHOULD LEAD TO . Mortification of sin 1Th 4:3,4 . Holiness Ro 6:22; Eph 5:7-9 - Offering up of saints acceptable through Ro 15:16 - Saints fitted for the service of God by 2Ti 2:21 - God wills all saints to have 1Th 4:3 - MINISTERS . Set apart to God's service by Jer 1:5 . Should pray that their people may enjoy complete 1Th 5:23 . Should exhort their people to walk in 1Th 4:1,3 - None can inherit the kingdom of God without 1Co 6:9-11 - Typified Ge 2:3; Ex 13:2; 19:14; 40:9-15; Le 27:14-16

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sanctification. sanctification, holines

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Sanctification. Sanctification
Involves more than a mere moral reformation of character, brought about by the power of the truth: it is the work of the Holy Spirit bringing the whole nature more and more under the influences of the new gracious principles implanted in the soul in regeneration. In other words, sanctification is the carrying on to perfection the work begun in regeneration, and it extends to the whole man (Rom. 6:13; 2 Cor. 4:6; Col. 3:10; 1 John 4:7; 1 Cor. 6:19). It is the special office of the Holy Spirit in the plan of redemption to carry on this work (1 Cor. 6:11; 2 Thess. 2:13). Faith is instrumental in securing sanctification, inasmuch as it (1) secures union to Christ (Gal. 2:20), and (2) brings the believer into living contact with the truth, whereby he is led to yield obedience “to the commands, trembling at the threatenings, and embracing the promises of God for this life and that which is to come.”

Perfect sanctification is not attainable in this life (1 Kings 8:46; Prov. 20:9; Eccl. 7:20; James 3:2; 1 John 1:8). See Paul’s account of himself in Rom. 7:14-25; Phil. 3:12-14; and 1 Tim. 1:15; also the confessions of David (Ps. 19:12, 13; 51), of Moses (90:8), of Job (42:5, 6), and of Daniel (9:3-20). “The more holy a man is, the more humble, self-renouncing, self-abhorring, and the more sensitive to every sin he becomes, and the more closely he clings to Christ. The moral imperfections which cling to him he feels to be sins, which he laments and strives to overcome. Believers find that their life is a constant warfare, and they need to take the kingdom of heaven by storm, and watch while they pray. They are always subject to the constant chastisement of their Father’s loving hand, which can only be designed to correct their imperfections and to confirm their graces. And it has been notoriously the fact that the best Christians have been those who have been the least prone to claim the attainment of perfection for themselves.”, Hodge’s Outlines.

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SANCTIFICATION. → Firstborn of Israelites sanctified Ex 13:2 → All Israel sanctified Ex 19:10,14 → Material things sanctified by anointing Ex 40:9-11 → The Lord is the Sanctifier Ex 31:13; Le 20:8; 21:8; 22:9 → The alter sanctifies the gift Ex 29:37; 30:29 → Tabernacle sanctified by God' s presence Ex 29:43; 40:34,35 → UNCLASSIFIED SCRIPTURES RELATING TO Ex 31:13; 33:16; Le 21:1-23; Jer 1:5; Eze 37:28; Joh 17:17,19; Ac 26:17,18; Ro 15:16; 1Co 1:2,30; 6:11; 13:1-13; 2Co 1:21,22; Ga 2:20; 6:14; Eph 1:3,4; 3:19; 4:7,12,13,15,16; 5:25-27; Col 2:11; 1Th 4:3,4; 5:23; 2Th 2:13,14; 2Ti 2:11,21; Heb 2:11; 9:14; 10:10,14; 12:10; 13:12,21; 1Pe 1:2; 2Pe 1:2-4; 1Jo 1:9; Jude 1:24; Re 7:14
* See HOLINESS
* See REGENERATION
* See REDEMPTION
* See SALVATION
* See SIN, FORGIVENESS OF

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(1) How Secured Joh 17:17; Ro 15:16; 1Co 1:30; Eph 5:26; 2Ti 2:21 Heb 10:10; 13:12; 1Pe 1:2 --SEE Blood of Christ, CHRIST JESUS (2) Enjoined Ex 19:22; Le 20:26; Nu 11:18; Jos 3:5; 1Sa 16:5; 2Ch 29:5 1Th 4:3; 5:23 --SEE Holiness, HOLINESS RIGHTEOUSNESS Spiritual Cleansing, CLEANSING

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sanctification. Sanctification, n. the act of making holy, purity

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Sanc′ti‐fi‐ca″tion (?), n. [[L. sanctificatio: cf. F. sanctification.]] 1. 1. The act of sanctifying or making holy; the state of being sanctified or made holy; esp. (Theol.), the act of God's grace by which the affections of men are purified, or alienated from sin and the world, and exalted to a supreme love to God; also, the state of being thus purified or sanctified.
God hath from the beginning chosen you to salvation through sanctification of the Spirit and belief of the truth. 2 Thess. ii. 13. 2. 2. The act of consecrating, or of setting apart for a sacred purpose; consecration. Bp. Burnet.