In the same way, count yourselves dead to sin but alive to God in Christ Jesus. Rom. 6:11

•Set apart for God’s use

•Set apart from SIN to holiness

•This makes us “SAINTS.”

May God himself, the God of peace, sanctify you through and through. May your whole spirit, soul and body be kept blameless at the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ. (1 Thess. 5:23)

•PAST- Positional: have been saved from the guilt and PENALTY of sin

•PRESENT- Progressive: being saved from the power of sin

•FUTURE- Final: will be saved from the presence of sin.

Instantaneous sanctification of the SPIRIT the moment a person trusts in Christ, done once forever. Heb. 10:14

Heb. 10:14 For by one sacrifice He has made perfect forever those who are being made perfect.

The believer has the perfect righteousness of CHRIST added to their moral and spiritual “bank account.” (Justification)

Rom. 4:18-24 Abraham was counted as righteous by faith; we can be too by faith in Jesus.

Rom. 5:21 God made Jesus take our sin upon Himself so we might be given the righteousness of Jesus.

The believer is also freed from SLAVERY to the old sinful nature, and can obey God with the help of the Holy Spirit. (Redemption)

Rom. 6:22 You have been set free from sin.

The process by which a believer becomes HOLIER and more like Christ by the sanctification of the SOUL (mind and emotions) through SUBMISSION to the Holy Spirit and STUDY of the Scriptures.

•This is a progressive and GRADUAL work, not instantaneous.

Sanctification depends on total reliance on the power of the Holy Spirit, not any human EFFORT to change.

Live a holy life, separated from the influence of the world and worthy of your new position as a child of God.

We are to oppose the influence of the WORLD, the FLESH and the DEVIL the enemies of the soul.

You used to live in sin, just like the rest of the world,

WORLD

obeying the devil, the commander of the powers in the unseen world. He is the spirit at work in the hearts of those who refuse to obey God.

DEVIL

All of us used to live that way, following the passionate desires and inclinations of our sinful nature.

FLESH

•World- human philosophy, humanism, pride

• Flesh- basic human desires for evil, lusts

•Devil- A personal spiritual enemy, who wants to destroy us

We are to resist TEMPTATION.

It is not a sin to be tempted; it is a sin to YIELD.

God ALLOWS his children to be tempted.

We are to watch for it and pray to ESCAPE it.

We are to avoid people and situations that lead to it.

We are to be transformed by the renewing of our minds.

We are to resist temptation with Scripture, like Jesus.

We are to yield ourselves to God.

We are to “reckon” ourselves dead to sin; unresponsive.

We are to watch for a way of ESCAPE and take it.

Respond immediately to the conviction of the Spirit.

Successfully resisting temptation makes us

stronger.

We can still SIN and we will behave in ways contrary to our salvation when we yield to our old human nature.

We are involved in a spiritual BATTLE between our “old man” and our new, Spirit-led nature.

When we sin, God does not abandon or judge us. God will forgive us when we confess our sin to Him.