Sanctification

Click to edit Master title style,Click to edit Master text styles,Second level,Third level,Fourth level,Fifth level,*,Sanctification,Presenter:,Minister Dr. Paul Brown,Bible Study Series: Salvation,March 2008,Pentecostal Gospel Temple,1,Outline of study,Definition of Sanctification,Preparatory Sanctification,Positional Sanctification,Practical Sanctification,Perfect Sanctification,Closing,2,Definition of Sanctification,Sovereign act of God,He sets apart a person, a place, or an object for Himself,To accomplish His purpose in the world,Isaiah 66:17,John 17:19,Used with reference to God.,Ezekiel 36:23,3,Preparatory Sanctification,Initial sovereign work of God before any experience in the life of the person who is to be sanctified.,I Peter 1:2,Election,and,Foreknowledge,are of necessity the preparatory work of God prior to experiential Sanctification,Jeremiah 1:5,4,Preparatory Sanctification,Paul,Galatians 1:15, 16,Ephesians 1:14,Jacob,Genesis 25:23, cf. Romans 9:10-13,Samson,Judges 13:3-5,John the Baptist,Luke 1:13-17,I Timothy 1:12,5,Preparatory Sanctification,Jesus,John 10:36,I John 3:5,John 17:19,6,Positional Sanctification,Act of the Holy Spirit in which He sets apart every saved person.,The first step in the experience of the believer.,Isaiah 43:21,The fact and act of belonging to God,7,Positional Sanctification,Hebrews 13:12,Hebrews 10:10,Hebrews 10:14,Who is sanctified? (Jude 1),8,Positional Sanctification,The work of the Holy Spirit in Positional Sanctification,I Corinthians 3:3; 12:13,Ephesians 1:22, 23,II Peter 1:4; John 14:16, 17,Galatians 4:6; Romans 8:15,I Thessalonians 4:8,II Timothy 1:14,John 7:37-39,Romans 5:5,I Corinthians 2:12,II Corinthians 5:5,The Holy Spirit is a GIFT for all believers,9,Positional Sanctification,The work of the Holy Spirit in Positional Sanctification,I Corinthians 3:3; 12:13,Ephesians 1:22, 23,II Peter 1:4; John 14:16, 17,Galatians 4:6; Romans 8:15,I Thessalonians 4:8,II Timothy 1:14,John 7:37-39,Romans 5:5,I Corinthians 2:12,II Corinthians 5:5,The Holy Spirit is a GIFT for all believers,10,Positional Sanctification,Can Positional Sanctification be lost?,Two views:,Eternal security (once saved, always saved),John 14:16,Hebrews 6:4-6,Apostasy or falling away,11,Positional Sanctification,Apostasy or falling away,Falling,1 Corinthians 10:12; Hebrews 3:12; 6:4-8; 10:26-39; 11:15-16; 12:15,Straying from the truth,James 5:19; 1 Timothy 6:21,Can cause a brother to stumble,Romans 14:13, 21,Can come short of the grace of God,Hebrews 12:15-17,Was at work in the First Century,2 Thessalonians 2:7; cf. 2 Timothy 2:18; 1 Timothy 5:15; 6:21,12,Positional Sanctification,Apostasy or falling away,The apostle Paul knew that he could be lost after having been saved,1 Corinthians. 9:27; Philippians 3:12-14,Gal. 5:4; Heb. 12:15,Falling from grace,Galatians 5:4, 7; Hebrews 3:6, 12; Hebrews 3:8, 13, 15,Not enduring but throwing away their confidence,Heb. 10:35-39,Not bearing fruit,John 15:1-6,13,Positional Sanctification,Apostasy or falling away,Departing from the faith,1 Tim. 4:1-3, 6-10 (cf. Col. 2:16-23; 1 Tim. 6:21; Ja. 5:19-20).,Wandering away from the faith because they love money,1 Tim. 6:9-10,Being led astray by false prophets and false teachers,2 Pet. 2:1-22; cf. Eph. 20:28-30; 2 Pet. 3:16,Being hardened by the deceitfulness of sin,Heb. 3:6-15,14,Positional Sanctification,Apostasy or falling away,Christians must be diligent,Lest they fall away (Hebrews 3:12; 4:11).,Lest they fall short of Gods grace (Heb. 12:15).,To make their calling and election sure (2 Pet. 1:10).,Not to fall from their own steadfastness being led away with the error of the wicked (2 Pet. 3:17-18).,Christians must discern between good and evil (Heb. 5:12-14).,Heb. 6:4-6,Christians who sin wilfully (Heb. 10:26-31),Christians who throw away their confidence (Heb. 10:35),Christians who shrink back to destruction (Heb. 10:39),15,Practical Sanctification,Christians responsibility in Sanctification,Hebrews 12:14,I Thessalonians 4:3,II Timothy 2:21, 22,Other scriptures,I Peter 1:15, 16,I Peter 2:5,II Peter 3:11,Romans 12:1,II Corinthians 7:1,16,Practical Sanctification,Christians responsibility in Sanctification,Hebrews 12:14,I Thessalonians 4:3,II Timothy 2:21, 22,Other scriptures,I Peter 1:15, 16,I Peter 2:5,II Peter 3:11,Romans 12:1,II Corinthians 7:1,17,Practical Sanctification,Purpose,To prevent sin in the life of the Christian,Ephesians 1:4,Practical Sanctification vs. “sinless perfection”,I John 1:8,I Corinthians 10:12,“perfect,” “perfected” and “perfection”,Refers to spiritual or ethical maturity whether in a person or the finishing of a work,Hebrews 12:14,Philippians 3:12, 14,Spiritual maturity should be the goal of every saved person,18,Practical Sanctification,Purpose,To prevent sin in the life of the Christian,Ephesians 1:4,Practical Sanctification vs. “sinless perfection”,I John 1:8,I Corinthians 10:12,“perfect,” “perfected” and “perfection”,Refers to spiritual or ethical maturity whether in a person or the finishing of a work,Hebrews 12:14,Philippians 3:12, 14,Spiritual maturity should be the goal of every saved person,19,Practical Sanctification,We will not mature spiritually if we have the idea that as Christians, we are free from temptation,I Peter 5:8,I Corinthians 7:5,I Thessalonians 3:5,Galatians 4:14,James 1:14,Matthew 16:1; 19:3,I Corinthians 10:13,20,Practical Sanctification,Importance of the Word of God,John 17:17,Psalm 119:9, 11,John 15:3,Psalm 37:31,Ephesians 5:25, 26,I Peter 2:2,Hebrews 4:12,21,Practical Sanctification,Know and reckon that we are dead to sin and self,Romans 6:6,This is positional truth, and it is important that we continually reckon ourselves dead to self.,The death of Christ not only atones for the,penalty,of sin, but it has power to deliver us from the,practice,of sin.,22,Practical Sanctification,We are exhorted to yield our bodies to God,Romans 12:1,I Corinthians 6:19, 20,Romans 6:13,James 3:5,Hebrews 10:5,I Corinthians 9:27,Total self-dedication to God is the result of self-determined separation to God,23,Practical Sanctification,Involves the surrender of the will,The will of God is all-important in the life of the child of God,Psalm 119:105,Romans 8:14,Ephesians 5:17,We sanctify ourselves when we walk in the Spirit,Galatians 5:16,I Thessalonians 5:15,Ephesians 4:30,24,Perfect Sanctification,Related to the final perfection of the children of God,It is wholly the work of God,I Thessalonians 5:23, 24,When Christ returns the believers Sanctification will be complete,Jude 1, 24,The goal God has set for every believer,Ephesians 1:5,25,Perfect Sanctification,Adoption is not a word of relationship, not the making of a son, but son-placing,Galatians 4:4, 5,Romans 8:15, 23,Our glorification,I Peter 5:10,II Thessalonians 2:13, 14,Colossians 3:4,“Beloved, now are we the sons of God, and it doth not yet appear what we shall be, but we know that, when He shall appear, we shall be like Him; for we shall see Him as He is”,I John 3:2,26,In Closing,Sanctification is that sovereign act of God whereby He sets apart a person, a place, or an object for Himself in order that He might accomplish His purpose in the world by means of that person, place, or object,There are aspects that are the responsibility of God and aspects that are our responsibility,We must be diligent not to lose our sanctification,The Master Plan of Salvation covers repentance, complete removal of our sins, justification and sanctification,27,In Closing,Unless we understand Sanctification in light of Justification we will become inflated by our own selfrighteousness, expecting payment for work done in our own name, as if this is how we attain salvation.,If we confuse Sanctification with Justification we will become,moralists,Im better than you because I dont drink,If we neglect Justification for Sanctification we will become,relativists,It doesnt matter what is true/right as long as Im good to others.,28,