results of christ’s death (5): sanctification
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Results of Christ’s death (5):
SanctificationMichael Hardt
Bible Basics Conference
9 October 2010
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“…we are sanctified through the offering of thebody of Jesus Christ once for all.”
Heb.10:10
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“…we are sanctified through the offering of thebody of Jesus Christ once for all.”
Heb.10:10
“For by one offering he hath perfected for everthem that are sanctified.”
Heb 10:14
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“…we are sanctified through the offering of thebody of Jesus Christ once for all.”
Heb.10:10
“For by one offering he hath perfected for everthem that are sanctified.”
Heb 10:14
“Wherefore Jesus also, that he might sanctifythe people with his own blood, sufferedwithout the gate.” Heb 13:12
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What is sanctification?
• Useful as dictionaries are, they need to betested against Scripture
• To give one example:
Bible Dictionary,American Tract
Society
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What is sanctification….….according to the dictionaries?
“Sanctification is the making truly and perfectlyholy what was before defiled and sinful.
It is a progressive work of divine grace uponthe soul justified by the love of Christ.
The believer is gradually cleansed from thecorruption of his nature, and is at lengthpresented ‘faultlesss before the presence of Hisgrory with exceeding joy’.”
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What is sanctification….….according to the dictionaries?
“Sanctification is the making truly and perfectlyholy what was before defiled and sinful.
It is a progressive work of divine grace uponthe soul justified by the love of Christ.
The believer is gradually cleansed from thecorruption of his nature, and is at lengthpresented ‘faultlesss before the presence of Hisgrory with exceeding joy’.”
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• Before putting thisdefinition to the test ofScripture, I want to tellyou about the experienceof a young man who wasconfronted with this typeof sanctificationdoctrine…
• Let’s see what happenedto Henry…
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H.A. Ironside remembers…
Some time after his conversion, still a teenager:
“I became interested in what were called“holiness meetings” held weekly in the “Army”Hall… At these gatherings an experience wasspoken of which I felt was just what I needed.It was designted by various terms: “The SeondBlessing”, “Sanctification”, “Perfect Love”,“Higher Life”, “Cleansing from Inbred Sin” andby other expressions.”
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H.A. Ironside remembers…
“Substantially, the teaching was this: In orderto maintain himself in a saved condition, thebeliever needs a further work of grace calledsanctification. This work has to do with sin theroot, as justification had to do with the sinsthe fruit.”
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H.A. Ironside remembers…
“The steps leading up to this second blessingare:
1. Conviction as to need of holiness
2. Surrender to God
3. Claim in faith the incoming of the Holy Spiritas a refining fire to burn out all inbred sin…
4. Then great watchfulness is required lestSatan deceive the sanctified soul andintroduce again the same kind of evilprinciple…” www.biblecentre.org
H.A. Ironside remembers…
“I remember how often I prayed God to give mydear mother the blessing He had given me andto make her as holy as her son had become.And that pious mother had known Christbefore I was born, and knew her own hearttoo well to talk of sinlessness, though living adevoted, Christ-like life”
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H.A. Ironside remembers…“Nearly 18 months of an almost constant
struggle followed… At last I became sotroubled I could not go on with my work…Five years of active work had left me almost anervous wreck, worn out in body and mostacutely distressed in mind. I saw only theblackness of despair before me; but yet I knewtoo well His love and care to be completelycast down…”
Ironside then goes on to recount how the truth burstupon his soul… www.biblecentre.org
So what does the Bible say?
The following references show that theteaching of this holiness movementcannot be right…
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Inanimate objects can be sanctified
Example 1: the Sabbath day
“And God blessed the seventh day, and sanctified it:because that in it he had rested from all his work.
Gen 2:3
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Inanimate objects can be sanctified
Example 2: a mountain
“And Moses said unto the LORD, The people cannotcome up to mount Sinai: for thou chargedst us,saying, Set bounds about the mount, and sanctify it”.
Ex. 19:23
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Inanimate objects can be sanctified
Example 3: the altar
“Sanctify the altar”.Ex.40:10
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One person can sanctify another
Example: the firstborn
“And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,Sanctify unto me all the firstborn…”
Exodus 13:1.2
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You can be sanctified to do evil
Example: Those mentioned in Isaiah 66
“They that sanctify themselves, and purifythemselves in the gardens behind one tree inthe midst, eating swine's flesh, and theabomination, and the mouse, shall beconsumed together, saith the LORD.”
Is 66.17
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The Son was sanctified by theFather
Proof text: John 10:36
“Say ye of him, whom the Father hathsanctified, and sent into the world, Thoublasphemest because I said, I am the Son ofGod?”
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Christ sanctifies Himself
Proof text: John 17:19
“And for their sakes I sanctify myself”
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Sanctified believers can be carnal
Example: the Corinthians
Paul …unto the church of God which is at Corinth, tothem that are sanctified in Christ Jesus…
…And I, brethren, could not speak unto you as untospiritual, but as unto carnal, even as unto babes inChrist.
… for ye are yet carnal.
1. Cor. 1:1.2; 3:1.3
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Sanctified exhorted to be holy!
Example: 1 Peter 1
“Elect according to the foreknowledge of Godthe Father, through sanctification of theSpirit…” (verse 2)
“Be ye holy; for I am holy.” (verse 16)
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God is to be sanctified
“But sanctify the Lord God in your hearts…”
1 Peter 3:15
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The sanctified are made perfect!
“For by one offering he hath perfected for everthem that are sanctified.”
Heb 10:14
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What is sanctification?
In the Bible…
– the term ‘sanctification’ is used of persons andthings
– The thought is ‘setting apart’, ‘separating’
• set apart from ordinary uses
• to be for God's own possession and use andenjoyment
– The opposite is ‘profanation’
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Two meanings of sanctification
• Positional and practical
– Positional: we are holy, sanctified, once for all, setapart for God as a result of the work of Christ onthe cross
– Practical: because we are sanctified (positionally)we also want to (and should) live holy lives, i.e.live as people who are set apart for God!
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Positional
Sanctification
• 1.Cor. 1:1.2• 1.Cor. 6:9.10• Hebrews 10:10• Hebrews 10:14• Hebrews 13:12
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Positional Practical
Sanctification
• 1.Cor. 1:1.2• 1.Cor. 6:9.10• Hebrews 10:10• Hebrews 10:14• Hebrews 13:12
• John 17:17• Eph. 5:25• 1.Thess 4:3• 1.Peter 1:16• 2.Tim.2:21
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Sanctification
- By blood
- By the Spirit
- By the word
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Sanctification by blood
“Wherefore Jesus also, that he might sanctifythe people with his own blood, sufferedwithout the gate.”
Heb 13:12
Sanctification by blood speaks of the meansused, the price paid.
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Sanctification by the Spirit
“God hath from the beginning chosen you tosalvation through sanctification of the Spiritand belief of the truth:”
2Th 2:13
Sanctification by the Spirit speaks of theexperimental side – how this setting apart wasbrought about in us.
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Sanctification by the Word
“Sanctify them through thy truth: thy word istruth. ”
John 17:17
Sanctification by the word is the practical side.
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