What is sanctification
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Yes it is different -
In Pentecost we refer to being sanctified as being consecrated
or made holy by the indwelling Holy Spirit - thus we are now separate
from common worldly use - our bodies are sacred, holy, pure and chaste
temples suitable for a holy God to dwell in.
We are in the world but not of the world.
An example would be consecrated land set aside for a cemetery
the land is like all other land - but set aside for a specific sacred
religious use. It is no longer common ground for grazing sheep
or lawn bowls.
The Spirit-filled Christian in Pentecost now has their life and body
made sacred and we separate ourselves from the world and now
serve our Lord and our brothers and sisters in love and mercy.
Sanctify
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In Pentecost we refer to being sanctified as being consecrated
or made holy by the indwelling Holy Spirit - thus we are now separate
from common worldly use - our bodies are sacred, holy, pure and chaste
temples suitable for a holy God to dwell in.
We are in the world but not of the world.
An example would be consecrated land set aside for a cemetery
the land is like all other land - but set aside for a specific sacred
religious use. It is no longer common ground for grazing sheep
or lawn bowls.
The Spirit-filled Christian in Pentecost now has their life and body
made sacred and we separate ourselves from the world and now
serve our Lord and our brothers and sisters in love and mercy.
Sanctify
- set apart as or declare holy; consecrate:
"a small shrine was built to sanctify the site"
synonyms: consecrate · make holy · make sacred · bless · hallow · set apart · dedicate to God · anoint · ordain · canonize · beatify- make legitimate or binding by a religious ceremony:
"their love is sanctified by the sacrament of marriage"
synonyms: approve · sanction · give the stamp of approval to · underwrite · condone · justify · vindicate · endorse · support · back · ratify · confirm · warrant · permit · allow · accredit · [more] - free from sin; purify:
"may God sanctify his soul"
synonyms: purify · cleanse · free from sin · absolve · unburden · redeem · exculpate · wash someone's sins away · lustrate - cause to be or seem morally right or acceptable:
"ancient customs that are sanctified by tradition"
- make legitimate or binding by a religious ceremony:
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This is why in Pentecost we have numerous testimonies
to the transformation of convert's lives by the power of the
baptism in the Holy Spirit.
People are able to say when I came to the Lord I no
longer enjoyed drinking beer; it tasted really yukky.
Or, I lost the desire to gamble and to go to the races.
The Lord took away smoking [whatever] from me.
I no longer use recreational drugs such as speed and
marihuana anymore.
These are not legalistic rules imposed on us by the oversight,
but rather the setting free of our bodies and souls from those
addictions and sins of the flesh that kept us imprisoned to the
world and living in the flesh.
The Holy Spirit is fire and burns up all our chaff and makes us
suitable as a consecrated vessel for our God to dwell in.
Would you smoke in a church building while a service was going on?
The epistles are full of verses referring to our need to be holy and
pure, chaste without spot or wrinkle.
For God no longer dwells in buildings made by men's hands, but
we ourselves are living stones that now make up the church of God.
to the transformation of convert's lives by the power of the
baptism in the Holy Spirit.
People are able to say when I came to the Lord I no
longer enjoyed drinking beer; it tasted really yukky.
Or, I lost the desire to gamble and to go to the races.
The Lord took away smoking [whatever] from me.
I no longer use recreational drugs such as speed and
marihuana anymore.
These are not legalistic rules imposed on us by the oversight,
but rather the setting free of our bodies and souls from those
addictions and sins of the flesh that kept us imprisoned to the
world and living in the flesh.
The Holy Spirit is fire and burns up all our chaff and makes us
suitable as a consecrated vessel for our God to dwell in.
Would you smoke in a church building while a service was going on?
The epistles are full of verses referring to our need to be holy and
pure, chaste without spot or wrinkle.
For God no longer dwells in buildings made by men's hands, but
we ourselves are living stones that now make up the church of God.
Yes they are different.
Justification means to cause our sins to be hidden from the Father's sight and forgiven; thus effecting reconciliation and right relationship. This occurs at Salvation.
Sanctification means to take something of the World and make it suitable for God's use. This is a process that begins at Salvation; and continues until the Lord calls us to Himself. It involves bringing our will into agreement with God's will; and changing our values and desires to agree with God's. It also includes empowering us so that God can work through us.
Justification means to cause our sins to be hidden from the Father's sight and forgiven; thus effecting reconciliation and right relationship. This occurs at Salvation.
Sanctification means to take something of the World and make it suitable for God's use. This is a process that begins at Salvation; and continues until the Lord calls us to Himself. It involves bringing our will into agreement with God's will; and changing our values and desires to agree with God's. It also includes empowering us so that God can work through us.
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Justification is a legal term, In the greek it is a term which means you have been declared innocent, or you have paid your debt, The same word is translated righteous, depending on how it is used/
Sanctify means to be set apart. There is positional sanctification, Where we are set apart from he world.. as Gods children. Then their is conditional sanctification, WHich is the act of our life being changed to more closely resemble christ.
Finally there is glorification, it is where our justification, and our conditional sanctification are equal (ie we are perfect)
Sanctify means to be set apart. There is positional sanctification, Where we are set apart from he world.. as Gods children. Then their is conditional sanctification, WHich is the act of our life being changed to more closely resemble christ.
Finally there is glorification, it is where our justification, and our conditional sanctification are equal (ie we are perfect)
Yes,
Just as if you have not sinned = justification, because Jesus has paid the full debt with His Blood. Jesus became sin so that we can become just like Him, perfectly righteous. This is done through imputed righteousness.
Imputed righteousness is the righteousness of Jesus credited to the Christian, enabling the Christian to be justified. On the basis that we accept Jesus's righteousness as ours through faith, God accepts humans. This acceptance is also referred to as justification. Thus this doctrine is practically synonymous with justification by faith.
Sanctification is the process of being made holy. ... To sanctify is to literally "set apart for particular use in a special purpose or work and to make holy or sacred."
Jesus again does this in us but it is Imparted righteousness.
Imparted righteousness is what Christ does by the power of the Holy Spirit after justification, working in the Christian to enable and empower the process of sanctification (Made holy or righteous), It is the power given to the christian to overcome and bear the fruits of the Spirit.
2 Corinthians 3:18 "And we all, with unveiled face, beholding the glory of the Lord, are being transformed into the same image from one degree of glory to another. For this comes from the Lord who is the Spirit."
Just as if you have not sinned = justification, because Jesus has paid the full debt with His Blood. Jesus became sin so that we can become just like Him, perfectly righteous. This is done through imputed righteousness.
Imputed righteousness is the righteousness of Jesus credited to the Christian, enabling the Christian to be justified. On the basis that we accept Jesus's righteousness as ours through faith, God accepts humans. This acceptance is also referred to as justification. Thus this doctrine is practically synonymous with justification by faith.
Sanctification is the process of being made holy. ... To sanctify is to literally "set apart for particular use in a special purpose or work and to make holy or sacred."
Jesus again does this in us but it is Imparted righteousness.
Imparted righteousness is what Christ does by the power of the Holy Spirit after justification, working in the Christian to enable and empower the process of sanctification (Made holy or righteous), It is the power given to the christian to overcome and bear the fruits of the Spirit.
2 Corinthians 3:18 "And we all, with unveiled face, beholding the glory of the Lord, are being transformed into the same image from one degree of glory to another. For this comes from the Lord who is the Spirit."
The Hebrew sanctuary is good to understand the difference.
The outer court is where justification happens. - The sins are placed on the lamb and is killed. At this point the Sinner is freed from the sins and can walk away justified (symbolic). Each of the component of the holy place (Candle sticks, table of show bread, and alter of incense), in the sanctuary is symbolic of the sanctified life, and the most holy place of the sanctuary is symbolic of being in the presence of God which is Glorification.
The outer court is where justification happens. - The sins are placed on the lamb and is killed. At this point the Sinner is freed from the sins and can walk away justified (symbolic). Each of the component of the holy place (Candle sticks, table of show bread, and alter of incense), in the sanctuary is symbolic of the sanctified life, and the most holy place of the sanctuary is symbolic of being in the presence of God which is Glorification.
Be careful because some are merit minded and they see the scripture that says ,If you love me keep the ten commandments as If they can keep the ten commandments In their own strength and they confuse this for conditional sanctification but Paul said that by the mercies of GOD present your bodies a living sacrifice.We are GOD’s workmanship created In Christ unto good works.In other words,GOD has to equip the person before they can keep the two commandments.
There are few verses which comes to my mind regarding sanctification but mostly Isaiah 4:4 In my life I connect sanctification with mostly extremely hard and unpleasant trials and situations in which I can either burn and fail or burn and come out from it cleansed and sanctified. Process of sanctification hurts, bcs God is pointing in concrete dirt .. sin ... crookedness in my character and it is not pleasant at all. He can use for this process even people outside of church which is very humbling.... Therefore every time I heard somebody praying for sanctification I think.. poor thing..they do not know what they are asking for....
Amen! While justification is a legal declaration that is instantaneous, sanctification is a process. Though we are initially sanctified "set apart/made holy" in standing before God positionally in Christ, 1 Corinthians 6:11 - Such were some of you; but you were washed, but you were sanctified, but you were justified in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ and in the Spirit of our God. 1 Corinthians 1:2 - To the church of God which is at Corinth, to those who have been sanctified (past tense) in Christ Jesus..
Yet there is an ongoing process in sanctification in which the reality of that holiness becomes more and more evident in our actions, words, thoughts, attitudes, and motives as we grow in Christ.
1 Thessalonians 4:3-4, - For this is the will of God, your sanctification: that you should abstain (present tense) from sexual immorality; that each of you should know how to possess his own vessel in sanctification and honor.
So becoming washed, sanctified and justified in Christ is a one time event, yet abstaining from sexual immorality is not a one time event.
There are 3 tenses to salvation (that often get mixed up by certain individuals in the works-salvation camp). 1. We have been saved from the PENALTY of sin (justification) 2. We are being saved from the POWER of sin (ongoing sanctification) 3. We will be saved from the PRESENCE of sin (glorification).
Yet there is an ongoing process in sanctification in which the reality of that holiness becomes more and more evident in our actions, words, thoughts, attitudes, and motives as we grow in Christ.
1 Thessalonians 4:3-4, - For this is the will of God, your sanctification: that you should abstain (present tense) from sexual immorality; that each of you should know how to possess his own vessel in sanctification and honor.
So becoming washed, sanctified and justified in Christ is a one time event, yet abstaining from sexual immorality is not a one time event.
There are 3 tenses to salvation (that often get mixed up by certain individuals in the works-salvation camp). 1. We have been saved from the PENALTY of sin (justification) 2. We are being saved from the POWER of sin (ongoing sanctification) 3. We will be saved from the PRESENCE of sin (glorification).
Sanctification boiled down simply means set apart. It is different than justification and is dual in it's usage in the bible. The following is a very short, simple, boiled down summary....
1. Justified is a legal term and simply means to be declared innocent even in light of guilt. Justification is applied biblically unto all who have exercised faith into the work of JESUS and results in the righteousness of Christ being imputed by faith and the blood of Christ being applied unto the believer. <--SAVED and JUSTIFIED before GOD by faith.
Sanctification has a dual usage in the bible and is applied in the following manner..
a. Positionally ---> We are sanctified in Christ eternally based upon the salvation and justification found above. We have been placed IN Christ having had our sins forgiven, the blood applied, the righteousness of Christ imputed, sealed by the Holy Spirit of promise and have been born of incorruptible seed into the family of GOD as a child of GOD.
b. Daily life ---> After the above has taken place by faith, the child of God needs to have their daily life molded, shaped and fashioned after the life of Christ. This process of SANCTIFICATION is based upon growth, maturity and a study/application of the word of God which transforms the believer by the renewing of the mind. The more one studies, applies the word and grows spiritually, it will result in a transformed mind which will in turn transform the life of the believer as they are SANCTIFIED in the daily life. I.E. changed outwardly because of the change inwardly.
This is a very short summation and the scriptures support the above truths........
1. Justified is a legal term and simply means to be declared innocent even in light of guilt. Justification is applied biblically unto all who have exercised faith into the work of JESUS and results in the righteousness of Christ being imputed by faith and the blood of Christ being applied unto the believer. <--SAVED and JUSTIFIED before GOD by faith.
Sanctification has a dual usage in the bible and is applied in the following manner..
a. Positionally ---> We are sanctified in Christ eternally based upon the salvation and justification found above. We have been placed IN Christ having had our sins forgiven, the blood applied, the righteousness of Christ imputed, sealed by the Holy Spirit of promise and have been born of incorruptible seed into the family of GOD as a child of GOD.
b. Daily life ---> After the above has taken place by faith, the child of God needs to have their daily life molded, shaped and fashioned after the life of Christ. This process of SANCTIFICATION is based upon growth, maturity and a study/application of the word of God which transforms the believer by the renewing of the mind. The more one studies, applies the word and grows spiritually, it will result in a transformed mind which will in turn transform the life of the believer as they are SANCTIFIED in the daily life. I.E. changed outwardly because of the change inwardly.
This is a very short summation and the scriptures support the above truths........
Good day to all!
Justification is one time, freed from the penalty of sin
Rom 8:33 Who shall lay any thing to the charge of God's elect? It is God that justifieth.
by which, on account of the work of Yeshua, imputed to (not infused into) and received by him through that faith which unites him to his Savior
God declares that person to be free, justified from the demands of the law, and entitled to the rewards due to the obedience of Christ.
......leads to Sanctification
(Rom 12:1) I beseech you therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God, that ye present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable unto God, which is your reasonable service.
(Rom 12:2) And be not conformed to this world: but be ye transformed by the renewing of your mind, that ye may prove what is that good, and acceptable, and perfect, will of God.
Sanctification is an ongoing process til glorification, God's final removal of the presence of sin from the life of the saints.
God Bless
Justification is one time, freed from the penalty of sin
Rom 8:33 Who shall lay any thing to the charge of God's elect? It is God that justifieth.
by which, on account of the work of Yeshua, imputed to (not infused into) and received by him through that faith which unites him to his Savior
God declares that person to be free, justified from the demands of the law, and entitled to the rewards due to the obedience of Christ.
......leads to Sanctification
(Rom 12:1) I beseech you therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God, that ye present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable unto God, which is your reasonable service.
(Rom 12:2) And be not conformed to this world: but be ye transformed by the renewing of your mind, that ye may prove what is that good, and acceptable, and perfect, will of God.
Sanctification is an ongoing process til glorification, God's final removal of the presence of sin from the life of the saints.
God Bless
Not only "teaching us" but "making us" holy. What seems to have been generally missed is that God's ultimate goal in saving a soul is to perfect the saint -- transform him or her into the very likeness of Christ. That means purification of body, soul, and spirit. And purification means purging from sin -- the world, the flesh, and the devil. So the lexicon may say that sanctification is "setting apart" but God says to the saint that "You are to be separated from sin and evil and become as holy as I am".
Naturally, it is the work of the Holy Spirit to make the saint holy, but that also means that the saint is required to mortify (put to death) the flesh and walk in the Spirit. So it is both God working in us and we working out our salvation with fear and trembling. And after sanctification comes glorification, which is entirely the supernatural work of God. This occurs at the Resurrection/Rapture of the saints. And this is what predestination is all about. God does NOT predestine some to be saved, but He predestines ALL THE SAINTS to be perfected and glorified and "conformed to the image of His Son" (Rom 8:29,30). So here is what we find in Scripture:
FOREKNOWN
PREDESTINED
CALLED
JUSTIFIED
SANCTIFIED
GLORIFIED
But there must also be a painful purging process, and so there is also chastisement included in this process. Which includes the furnace of afflictions, trials, tribulations, testings and even martyrdom. It is not all smooth sailing as some would have us believe. But some Christians would prefer that this passage was not in the Bible.
HEBREWS 12
4 Ye have not yet resisted unto blood, striving against sin.
5 And ye have forgotten the exhortation which speaketh unto you as unto children, My son, despise not thou the chastening of the Lord, nor faint when thou art rebuked of him:
6 For whom the Lord loveth he chasteneth, and scourgeth every son whom he receiveth.
7 If ye endure chastening, God dealeth with you as with sons; for what son is he whom the father chasteneth not?
8 But if ye be without chastisement, whereof all are partakers, then are ye bastards, and not sons.
9 Furthermore we have had fathers of our flesh which corrected us, and we gave them reverence: shall we not much rather be in subjection unto the Father of spirits, and live?
10 For they verily for a few days chastened us after their own pleasure; but he for our profit, that we might be partakers of his holiness.
11 Now no chastening for the present seemeth to be joyous, but grievous: nevertheless afterward it yieldeth the peaceable fruit of righteousness unto them which are exercised thereby.
12 Wherefore lift up the hands which hang down, and the feeble knees;
13 And make straight paths for your feet, lest that which is lame be turned out of the way; but let it rather be healed.
Naturally, it is the work of the Holy Spirit to make the saint holy, but that also means that the saint is required to mortify (put to death) the flesh and walk in the Spirit. So it is both God working in us and we working out our salvation with fear and trembling. And after sanctification comes glorification, which is entirely the supernatural work of God. This occurs at the Resurrection/Rapture of the saints. And this is what predestination is all about. God does NOT predestine some to be saved, but He predestines ALL THE SAINTS to be perfected and glorified and "conformed to the image of His Son" (Rom 8:29,30). So here is what we find in Scripture:
FOREKNOWN
PREDESTINED
CALLED
JUSTIFIED
SANCTIFIED
GLORIFIED
But there must also be a painful purging process, and so there is also chastisement included in this process. Which includes the furnace of afflictions, trials, tribulations, testings and even martyrdom. It is not all smooth sailing as some would have us believe. But some Christians would prefer that this passage was not in the Bible.
HEBREWS 12
4 Ye have not yet resisted unto blood, striving against sin.
5 And ye have forgotten the exhortation which speaketh unto you as unto children, My son, despise not thou the chastening of the Lord, nor faint when thou art rebuked of him:
6 For whom the Lord loveth he chasteneth, and scourgeth every son whom he receiveth.
7 If ye endure chastening, God dealeth with you as with sons; for what son is he whom the father chasteneth not?
8 But if ye be without chastisement, whereof all are partakers, then are ye bastards, and not sons.
9 Furthermore we have had fathers of our flesh which corrected us, and we gave them reverence: shall we not much rather be in subjection unto the Father of spirits, and live?
10 For they verily for a few days chastened us after their own pleasure; but he for our profit, that we might be partakers of his holiness.
11 Now no chastening for the present seemeth to be joyous, but grievous: nevertheless afterward it yieldeth the peaceable fruit of righteousness unto them which are exercised thereby.
12 Wherefore lift up the hands which hang down, and the feeble knees;
13 And make straight paths for your feet, lest that which is lame be turned out of the way; but let it rather be healed.
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God sanctified the Levites to minister sacrifices and pray for his people.
Sanctify -- to be set apart for godly service.
And you know what justified is, even if you can't find the words to describe it. If someone comes into your home and threatens your family with a gun, you probably have no problem shooting him. That's justifiable homicide! Righteous action as deemed by the justice system.
God is the justice system. We are the criminals. So, Jesus died in our stead, making us justified through his action.
Sanctify -- to be set apart for godly service.
And you know what justified is, even if you can't find the words to describe it. If someone comes into your home and threatens your family with a gun, you probably have no problem shooting him. That's justifiable homicide! Righteous action as deemed by the justice system.
God is the justice system. We are the criminals. So, Jesus died in our stead, making us justified through his action.
Let is talk about justification, We were justified in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ and by spirit of our God KJV1Corinthians6;9-11 9."Know ye not that the unrighteous shall not inherit the kingdom of God? Be not deceived: neither fornicators, nor idolaters, nor adulterers,nor effeminate, nor abusers of themselves with mankind, 10. Nor thieves, nor covetous, not drunkards, nor revilers, nor extortioners, shall inherit the kingdom of God.11. And such were of some of you: but ye are washed, but ye are sanctified, but ye are justified in the name of the Lord Jesus, and by the spirit of our God. " Let's take a look how is working KJVRomans5;14-18 14."Nevertheless death reigned from Adam to Moses, even over them that had not sinned after the similitude of Adam's transgression, who is the figure of him that was to come. 15.But not as the offence, so also is the free gift. For if through the offence of one many be dead, much more the grace of God, and the gift by the grace, which by one men, Jesus Christ, hath abounded unto many. 16. And not as it was by one that sinned, so is the gift: for the judgment was by one to condemnation, but the free gift is of many offences unto justification. 17. For if by one man's offence death reigned by one; much more they which receive abundance of grace and of the gift of righteous shall reign in the life by one, Jesus Christ,18. Therefore as by the offence of one judgment come upon all men to condemnation; even so by the righteousness of one the free gift came upon all men unto justification of life."
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