THE SUBJECT OF SANCTIFICATION IS OF SUPREME SIGNIFICANCE. QUITE SIMPLY, WITHOUT IT NO MAN SHALL SEE THE LORD. HEB 12:14 OFTEN WE HEAR ABOUT BEING SANCTIFIED. MANY IN THE RELIGIOUS WORLD USE THE TERM. BUT, WHAT DOES IT REALLY MEAN TO BE SANCTIFIED?
A. DEFINITION
1. DICTIONARY - SET APART TO A SACRED PURPOSE OR RELIGIOUS USE.
2. CRUDEN - TO DEDICATE, TO SET ASIDE FOR HOLY USES, TO MAKE HOLY.
3. GREEK - SEPARATE TO, CONSECRATE, CLEANSE, PURIFY. REGARD OR REVERENCE AS HOLY.
4. SCRIPTURES - EX 13: 2, 12
5. IN THE BIBLE THERE ARE MANY EXAMPLES OF SANCTIFICATION, EX, MT SINAI EX 19:23;
ANIMALS - EX 13:12; PEOPLE - 1 COR 1:2; DEITY - JOHN 10:36
6. THERE ARE MANY, MANY MORE EXAMPLES OF SANCTIFICATION IN THE BIBLE, BUT HOW SHOULD IT APPLY TO EACH OF US?
B. HOW ARE WE SANCTIFIED?
1. BY GOD - JUDE 1
2. BY CHRIST - HEB 13:12
3. BY THE HOLY SPIRIT - ROM 15:16
4. BY THE TRUTH - JOHN 17: 17,19; HEB 10:10
5. BY BELIEF OF THE TRUTH - ACTS 26:18
6. BY THE PURGING OF OURSELVES THROUGH REPENTANCE - 2 TIM 2:21
7. BY BAPTISM - EPH 5: 25-27; ACTS 22:16
C. HOW ARE THE SANCTIFIED TO LIVE?
1. SURRENDERED LIVES - MATT 16:24; 6:33
2. SACRIFICIAL LIVES - 1 PET 2: 5,9; ROM 12:1; PHIL 4:18
3. SERVING - ROM 6: 16-18; MATT 20: 26-28
4. SEPARATED - 2 COR 6: 17-18; ROM 12:2
5. SHINE - PHIL 2:15
6. SPIRITUAL - ROM 8: 1,6,9; GAL 5: 22-23
D. IT'S MORE THAN JUST A TERM WE USE, IT'S THE WAY WE HAVE TO LIVE TO HAVE ETERNAL LIFE
1. ACTS 20:32; 26:18
E. AS WE STATED, SANCTIFICATION IS ENJOYED IN CHRIST
1. A STATEMENT OF THAT - 1 COR 1:2 - "TO THEM THAT ARE SANCTIFIED IN CHRIST, CALLED TO BE SAINTS"
2. BAPTISM PUTS US INTO CHRIST - GAL 3: 27; ROM 6:3