sanctification without which no man shall see the Lord.
what level is enough in that verse? i know all christians are being sanctified. but i also believe even if you just got saved dont have time to repent of all things and die you go to heaven still. so what about that verse?
what level is enough in that verse? i know all christians are being sanctified. but i also believe even if you just got saved dont have time to repent of all things and die you go to heaven still. so what about that verse?
--"Pursue peace with all men, and the holiness/sanctification, without which no one will see the Lord."
[who around us could "see the Lord" in us, if we're behaving "like the devil" ]
--but further, the word itself is used with the definite article ('the') here, unlike in all of its other usages elsewhere (usages, something like 10x?), so we should ask ourselves, "why?" ["THE sanctification"/"THE holiness" in this verse... and see also 1Cor1:30 ]...
--speaking to that ^ point [re: "THE sanctification"], Gaebelein has some interesting things to say in his Commentary on Hebrews 12 (below)...
[quoting from Gaebelein's Commentary on Hebrews 12 (source: BibleHub)]
"Hebrews 12:12-17
"Words of exhortation and encouragement follow. The first three exhortations refer to ourselves (Hebrews 12:12-13); to others and to God (Hebrews 12:14). To follow peace (pursue peace) with all men is to characterize those who have peace with God and who know the way of peace. Holiness must also be pursued, for without that none shall see the Lord. In Christ, believers are sanctified once for all, as this Epistle has so clearly demonstrated. The holiness which qualifies a man to see the Lord, is Christ, and His blessed finished work. Abiding in Him the believer pursues the way of holiness, practical holiness, separation from evil in all things. It does not mean a certain “holiness experience” by which a believer is fitted, by eradication of the old nature, or by something else, to see the Lord. In Christ the believer is sanctified; as Martin Luther used to say “My holiness is in Heaven.” The exhortation here means to pursue that holiness into which grace has called us, which grace has given and for which grace gives daily power. Closely connected with this is the warning which follows in Hebrews 12:15-17. The man who falls short of the grace of God, who lacketh that grace which is in Christ Jesus, his heart not resting in Him, is a mere professing believer and Possesseth not the holiness, which grace alone can give. He is a root of bitterness and a profane, and earthly-minded person, as Esau was who sold his birthright.
"(The time came when he regretted that for a paltry gratification he forfeited his right. Afterwards, when he would have inherited the blessing, he was rejected. For though he sought carefully with tears to change his father’s mind he found (in Isaac) no place for change of mind. This seems to be the meaning of this difficult passage, Esau is never represented as an apostle, as one who professed and appeared to be a believer, and then fell away. So (apart from other reasons) the meaning of the apostle cannot be that Esau, as an apostate, was not able to find repentance. But we know that, notwithstanding his vehement and urgent entreaties, Isaac could not change his mind, or repent him of what he had done in conferring the blessing on Jacob, which God approved of” Saphir.)"
--Gaebelein, Commentary on Hebrews 12 [source: BibleHub]
[end quoting Gaebelein]
Hope that helps.
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