1 00:00:01,500 --> 00:00:05,600 It's wonderful to be here with all of you today to worship, God 2 00:00:05,600 --> 00:00:08,200 in spirit and in truth, and we hope and pray. 3 00:00:08,900 --> 00:00:10,900 That what we have to consider in this. 4 00:00:10,900 --> 00:00:16,300 Our lesson today would be both edifying and encouraging to you. 5 00:00:17,200 --> 00:00:20,200 Our text to be found, as you can see on the screen in 1st 6 00:00:20,200 --> 00:00:24,200 Thessalonians chapter 4, to introduce the idea or the 7 00:00:24,200 --> 00:00:29,600 subject of sanctification first Thessalonians chapter 4 and we 8 00:00:29,600 --> 00:00:34,000 want to Begin there in verse 3, where the Apostle Paul wrote for 9 00:00:34,000 --> 00:00:38,800 this is the will of God, your sanctification that ye should 10 00:00:38,800 --> 00:00:43,100 abstain from sexual immorality. That each of you should know how 11 00:00:43,100 --> 00:00:48,300 to possess his own vessel in sanctification and honor, not in 12 00:00:48,300 --> 00:00:52,000 passion or lust, like the Gentiles who do not know God. 13 00:00:52,000 --> 00:00:55,900 That no one should take advantage of and defraud his 14 00:00:55,900 --> 00:00:59,700 brother in this matter because the Lord is the Avenger of all 15 00:00:59,700 --> 00:01:04,800 such Oh, such as we also forewarned you and testified for 16 00:01:04,800 --> 00:01:10,000 God did not call us to uncleanness but in Holiness or 17 00:01:10,000 --> 00:01:12,200 sanctification. In fact, The New American 18 00:01:12,200 --> 00:01:15,700 Standard actually renders it as the English word, 19 00:01:15,800 --> 00:01:19,200 sanctification. Now let me just say this, 20 00:01:19,500 --> 00:01:23,800 sanctification is a Bible subject, that is extremely 21 00:01:23,800 --> 00:01:28,300 important, but it's been convoluted by the basic theories 22 00:01:28,300 --> 00:01:31,200 of the day. Let me just say this, the reason 23 00:01:31,200 --> 00:01:34,900 for the lesson I was actually asked to preach on the subject 24 00:01:34,900 --> 00:01:39,800 of sanctification because in the religious world today, it seems 25 00:01:39,800 --> 00:01:43,000 like this is the buzzword. In other words, it's all about 26 00:01:43,000 --> 00:01:46,900 being Sanctified or it's all about sanctification, and, you 27 00:01:46,900 --> 00:01:53,300 know what, they're right, it is all about sanctification, but 28 00:01:53,300 --> 00:01:57,400 the question is this, what is it, what does it mean? 29 00:01:57,400 --> 00:02:01,300 And how do you get it? You know, I was sitting down and 30 00:02:01,300 --> 00:02:05,600 I was trying to put together this the notes and some various 31 00:02:05,600 --> 00:02:07,700 resources for study of this subject. 32 00:02:07,700 --> 00:02:10,699 And I did what we often do because we live in the Google 33 00:02:10,699 --> 00:02:13,700 age. I Googled views on 34 00:02:13,700 --> 00:02:17,600 sanctification, and it's very interesting by the way, we're 35 00:02:17,600 --> 00:02:19,800 not going to go through all the aspects of these views. 36 00:02:19,800 --> 00:02:23,200 In fact, I will tell you this, if you read these views, their 37 00:02:23,200 --> 00:02:27,200 long laborious, hard to understand and confusing and all 38 00:02:27,200 --> 00:02:28,800 of that. So, what we want to do is we 39 00:02:28,800 --> 00:02:33,200 want to take A very profound subject called sanctification. 40 00:02:33,400 --> 00:02:37,500 And in this lesson offer a very simple explanation so that we 41 00:02:37,500 --> 00:02:39,600 can apply it and we can understand it. 42 00:02:39,700 --> 00:02:41,400 But here they are. And all fairness. 43 00:02:41,600 --> 00:02:45,600 Here are the five prominent views on the subject of 44 00:02:45,600 --> 00:02:49,800 sanctification today? There's the Wesleyan view, 45 00:02:50,200 --> 00:02:53,900 there's the reformed view, there's the Pentecostal view, 46 00:02:54,100 --> 00:02:58,000 there's the Keswick View and there is one called the 47 00:02:58,000 --> 00:03:02,000 Augustine Ian. Respect dispensational view as 48 00:03:02,000 --> 00:03:04,000 well. I'm not going to go into all of 49 00:03:04,000 --> 00:03:06,900 those views. What I want to talk about those, 50 00:03:06,900 --> 00:03:09,400 I want to talk about what the Bible says, but first of all, 51 00:03:09,600 --> 00:03:11,700 there is a view. We will talk about a scriptural 52 00:03:11,700 --> 00:03:15,600 view, but Or the scriptural fact. 53 00:03:16,500 --> 00:03:21,000 There's a View today that says, this, that sanctification comes 54 00:03:21,000 --> 00:03:25,700 initially by the direct operation of the Holy Spirit and 55 00:03:25,700 --> 00:03:30,600 it's done in a miraculous form. It's done in a mysterious 56 00:03:30,600 --> 00:03:35,400 conversion process. And then some allege that if you 57 00:03:35,400 --> 00:03:39,600 receive such from the Holy Spirit, miraculously that you 58 00:03:39,600 --> 00:03:43,400 become converted or saved and in time in the process of time, 59 00:03:43,600 --> 00:03:48,800 Time sometime in your life, you are a candidate to receive the 60 00:03:48,800 --> 00:03:53,000 baptism of the Holy Spirit. Now follow me on this, you 61 00:03:53,000 --> 00:03:57,400 received the baptism of the Holy Spirit and when you get that and 62 00:03:57,400 --> 00:04:00,200 when you're the recipient of that, it becomes an 63 00:04:00,200 --> 00:04:06,200 impossibility for you to sin. I'm going to tell you that 64 00:04:06,200 --> 00:04:10,200 doesn't make any sense at all. There's only one that ever 65 00:04:10,200 --> 00:04:11,500 walked on the face of this Earth. 66 00:04:11,500 --> 00:04:15,000 That was perfect. There's only one who had no sin. 67 00:04:15,000 --> 00:04:18,899 The Bible says, if we say we have no sin, we are a liar and 68 00:04:18,899 --> 00:04:22,600 the truth is not in us. We understand that that everyone 69 00:04:22,600 --> 00:04:25,200 sins. Now let's just address the 70 00:04:25,200 --> 00:04:27,800 concept of the baptism of the Holy Spirit. 71 00:04:27,800 --> 00:04:29,200 I don't have time to go into that. 72 00:04:29,200 --> 00:04:30,900 So I'm not. I'm just going to make the 73 00:04:30,907 --> 00:04:34,700 statement baptism of the Holy Spirit happened. 74 00:04:34,700 --> 00:04:40,000 Only two times in all the world since Acts chapter 2 on to the 75 00:04:40,000 --> 00:04:43,700 present time right now. And it was done in Acts 2 on the 76 00:04:43,700 --> 00:04:48,900 day of Pentecost and it was done in Acts 10 when those Gentile 77 00:04:48,900 --> 00:04:52,700 converts in the household of Cornelius were converted and the 78 00:04:52,700 --> 00:04:56,400 purpose of that was to show Jewish Christians, that God was 79 00:04:56,400 --> 00:04:59,500 accepting the Gentile to enough said on that. 80 00:04:59,600 --> 00:05:03,000 But let's talk about that. What if somebody actually did 81 00:05:03,000 --> 00:05:06,100 receive the baptism of the Holy Spirit, could they sin 82 00:05:06,600 --> 00:05:10,400 absolutely? Peter received the baptism of 83 00:05:10,400 --> 00:05:14,000 the Holy Spirit and on A Pentecost preached, the First 84 00:05:14,000 --> 00:05:17,600 Gospel, sermon with the opportunity to respond to it. 85 00:05:17,700 --> 00:05:20,200 He talked about the keys to the kingdom of heaven. 86 00:05:20,300 --> 00:05:24,500 That Jesus said, and the church was established on that day, did 87 00:05:24,500 --> 00:05:27,800 he sin? Yeah, in Galatians Chapter 2. 88 00:05:28,200 --> 00:05:29,800 You remember? What Peter does? 89 00:05:30,300 --> 00:05:33,500 Peter being caught up with the thoughts of the Jews and so 90 00:05:33,500 --> 00:05:36,500 forth, refused to eat with the Gentiles. 91 00:05:36,600 --> 00:05:41,600 And that was a sin and others were carried away, even Barnabas 92 00:05:41,600 --> 00:05:44,800 and they I followed in Peters example, did he sin? 93 00:05:45,000 --> 00:05:49,200 Well, Paul said I was stood him to the face for. 94 00:05:49,200 --> 00:05:52,300 He was to be blamed, so it doesn't make sense. 95 00:05:52,300 --> 00:05:55,000 Even if you could receive the baptism of the Holy Spirit, 96 00:05:55,000 --> 00:05:59,100 you're still gonna sin John the Apostle. 97 00:06:00,700 --> 00:06:05,200 Likewise had obtained this baptism but he wrote that he and 98 00:06:05,200 --> 00:06:07,200 all the saints were capable of sinning. 99 00:06:07,200 --> 00:06:09,700 And first John chapter 1 verses 6 through 10. 100 00:06:10,000 --> 00:06:13,700 So no one in this life, I don't care who you are. 101 00:06:13,900 --> 00:06:17,100 I don't care when you live well, live their life without 102 00:06:17,100 --> 00:06:19,500 Temptation, will live their life without sin. 103 00:06:19,500 --> 00:06:23,300 We all sin. We never reach a point of 104 00:06:23,400 --> 00:06:26,200 sinless perfection. In fact, in 1st Corinthians, 105 00:06:26,200 --> 00:06:29,900 chapter 10 and verse 12, Paul said, therefore let him who 106 00:06:29,900 --> 00:06:33,400 thinks he Stands, take heed, lest he fall. 107 00:06:35,500 --> 00:06:37,500 I want to slip something in I thought about this, I got up 108 00:06:37,500 --> 00:06:41,000 real early my little Sunday morning regiment, get up real 109 00:06:41,000 --> 00:06:44,700 early. Get the coffee going and study 110 00:06:44,700 --> 00:06:48,900 my lesson. It's quiet in the house and 111 00:06:48,900 --> 00:06:50,800 something kind of hit me this morning. 112 00:06:51,700 --> 00:06:55,100 I was thinking about this passage that says let he who 113 00:06:55,100 --> 00:06:59,600 thinks that he can't fall. Let him take heed, lest he fall. 114 00:07:00,800 --> 00:07:02,000 And, you know, I think about this idea. 115 00:07:02,000 --> 00:07:05,800 I think about sometimes we have the attitude and we can have the 116 00:07:05,800 --> 00:07:09,500 attitude, like, it could never happen to me, or we can have the 117 00:07:09,500 --> 00:07:11,400 attitude. I will never fall. 118 00:07:11,700 --> 00:07:13,500 I will never fall, there's no way. 119 00:07:13,500 --> 00:07:15,500 I would fall. Not me, I'm so strong. 120 00:07:16,500 --> 00:07:18,900 Do you know when you have that attitude it kind of dawned on me 121 00:07:18,900 --> 00:07:22,600 this morning, isn't it entirely possible when you have the 122 00:07:22,600 --> 00:07:26,700 attitude of arrogance that those things only happen to other 123 00:07:26,700 --> 00:07:28,800 people? But not you could it not be that 124 00:07:28,800 --> 00:07:32,400 you just fell. In a different way. 125 00:07:32,400 --> 00:07:35,900 You just fell. That's an arrogant spirit and 126 00:07:35,900 --> 00:07:41,300 arrogant heart can't do that. Take heed lest he fall don't 127 00:07:41,300 --> 00:07:43,500 ever act like you could never happen to you. 128 00:07:43,600 --> 00:07:45,600 What do we want to do though? Today, we want to notice 129 00:07:45,600 --> 00:07:49,900 sanctification and why we want to notice how we can serve God 130 00:07:49,900 --> 00:07:53,200 better by understanding sanctification and serve him 131 00:07:53,200 --> 00:07:56,900 more in our life. So let's talk about that word 132 00:07:56,900 --> 00:08:00,000 sanctification. First of all, what does it mean? 133 00:08:00,600 --> 00:08:04,600 Our English word derives from two Latin words and it's very 134 00:08:04,600 --> 00:08:07,400 simple. It is the Latin word Sanctus 135 00:08:07,400 --> 00:08:11,600 which means holy and faccio which means to make. 136 00:08:11,900 --> 00:08:15,600 So sanctification literally means by the Latin phrases. 137 00:08:15,600 --> 00:08:22,700 There it is, the process of making one holy or being made to 138 00:08:22,700 --> 00:08:25,600 be holy. That will talk about holy in a 139 00:08:25,608 --> 00:08:26,600 minute. What's mr. 140 00:08:26,600 --> 00:08:29,100 Webster. Say look him up to when Webster 141 00:08:29,100 --> 00:08:33,299 say about that He said that sanctification was the act of 142 00:08:33,299 --> 00:08:37,799 consecrating or of setting apart for a sacred purpose. 143 00:08:38,299 --> 00:08:43,600 It is the act of making holy. So that's the Latin words. 144 00:08:43,799 --> 00:08:45,900 That is the Webster's Dictionary. 145 00:08:45,900 --> 00:08:48,900 Let's go to the Greek. Been the Greek literally comes 146 00:08:48,900 --> 00:08:53,200 from that Greek word and Vine defines it as a separation. 147 00:08:53,200 --> 00:08:58,100 To god, notice, it doesn't say separation from God. 148 00:08:58,200 --> 00:09:01,200 It says separation. God. 149 00:09:02,200 --> 00:09:06,200 It's a concept of making one to be holy. 150 00:09:06,200 --> 00:09:08,800 In fact, you know that Greek word there is used 10 times in 151 00:09:08,808 --> 00:09:12,300 the Greek, New Testament. And it's translated, 152 00:09:12,300 --> 00:09:15,500 sanctification and it's translated Holiness. 153 00:09:15,800 --> 00:09:18,100 Let's go back to our introductory passage. 154 00:09:18,400 --> 00:09:23,700 I'll just notice two words verse 3 and verse 7, that is this 155 00:09:23,700 --> 00:09:27,300 exact Greek word. In fact, this Greek word is used 156 00:09:27,300 --> 00:09:30,800 often times interchangeably into English words either, 157 00:09:30,800 --> 00:09:35,700 sanctification or Holiness so that's what we're talking about. 158 00:09:36,500 --> 00:09:39,100 They're used interchangeably because they have identical 159 00:09:39,100 --> 00:09:42,400 meanings, but you know, the Bible itself gives the meaning 160 00:09:42,400 --> 00:09:45,500 of sanctification. Let's go back to the Old 161 00:09:45,500 --> 00:09:47,600 Testament. Let's go all the way back to the 162 00:09:47,600 --> 00:09:50,100 time of the creation in Genesis chapter 2. 163 00:09:50,600 --> 00:09:55,100 And In this passage notice in verse 3 of Genesis chapter 2, 164 00:09:56,400 --> 00:09:58,800 then God blessed the seventh day. 165 00:10:00,100 --> 00:10:06,500 And Sanctified it. God Sanctified the day. 166 00:10:06,700 --> 00:10:10,100 Why? Because in it, he rested from 167 00:10:10,100 --> 00:10:13,900 all of his Works which God had created and made. 168 00:10:13,900 --> 00:10:17,500 So in Genesis chapter 2, the only one that rested on the 169 00:10:17,500 --> 00:10:20,400 seventh day was God. So what did God do? 170 00:10:20,600 --> 00:10:23,400 God? Hal of that day, he Sanctified 171 00:10:23,400 --> 00:10:25,800 that day. He made holy that day. 172 00:10:26,000 --> 00:10:31,200 He set it apart on that day, because he was finished with his 173 00:10:31,200 --> 00:10:33,600 labors. Let's go to this passage now. 174 00:10:34,900 --> 00:10:40,700 Exodus 29 7 days, you shall make atonement for the Altar and 175 00:10:40,700 --> 00:10:45,100 sanctify. It and the altar shall be most 176 00:10:45,100 --> 00:10:48,700 holy, whatever touches the altar must be wholly. 177 00:10:48,700 --> 00:10:54,600 So, in other words to sanctify is to make holy that is a Bible. 178 00:10:54,600 --> 00:10:57,800 Definition straight out of the scripture, straight out of the 179 00:10:57,800 --> 00:11:00,100 word of God. Let's go to one more Passage. 180 00:11:01,000 --> 00:11:07,100 In Leviticus 27 and 16 if a man dedicates to the Lord, part of a 181 00:11:07,100 --> 00:11:11,600 field of his possession. Then your valuation shall be 182 00:11:11,600 --> 00:11:16,400 according to the seed for it, a homer of barley seed shall be 183 00:11:16,400 --> 00:11:21,200 valued at 50 shekels of silver. So what are we saying? 184 00:11:21,200 --> 00:11:25,700 In all of this, what we're saying is these things, these 185 00:11:25,700 --> 00:11:31,300 animals and these people were Sanctified to God's holy Press 186 00:11:31,300 --> 00:11:37,600 and use. Did you catch that set aside for 187 00:11:37,600 --> 00:11:42,500 God's purpose and use? In fact, that's a really good 188 00:11:42,500 --> 00:11:46,300 definition. It means to set apart to God, to 189 00:11:46,300 --> 00:11:53,700 be used by him and used for him, but notice though. 190 00:11:55,000 --> 00:11:58,900 Once the item or individual separated though it was not to 191 00:11:58,900 --> 00:12:02,100 be used for other purposes like common purposes. 192 00:12:02,100 --> 00:12:07,000 In fact when pagans would offer a hog on the altar at the 193 00:12:07,008 --> 00:12:12,700 temple, the altar became polluted when a person obeys the 194 00:12:12,700 --> 00:12:17,200 gospel and is Sanctified, he must live, a separate or 195 00:12:17,200 --> 00:12:21,100 Sanctified or holy life and you know what? 196 00:12:21,100 --> 00:12:25,500 If you go back and you turn your back you have Looted that 197 00:12:25,500 --> 00:12:29,700 spiritual relationship and you lose a connection or 198 00:12:29,700 --> 00:12:32,700 relationship with God until you repent and come back. 199 00:12:34,900 --> 00:12:37,800 When you obey the gospel though, your life is to be. 200 00:12:37,800 --> 00:12:42,400 Holy your life is in service to God all the days of your life. 201 00:12:43,300 --> 00:12:47,800 A life that is consecrated and dedicated to God's service and 202 00:12:47,800 --> 00:12:50,900 not turn your back on the things that you have learned and the 203 00:12:50,900 --> 00:12:52,400 things that, you know, to be right. 204 00:12:52,500 --> 00:12:55,700 Because when we do we lose fellowship with God. 205 00:12:55,800 --> 00:13:00,000 Now I want to say this though. I don't know any other thing in 206 00:13:00,000 --> 00:13:03,600 life. Where you get Second Chances 207 00:13:04,500 --> 00:13:09,500 after second chances after second chances, all of your 208 00:13:09,500 --> 00:13:12,500 life. Where things are not held 209 00:13:12,500 --> 00:13:15,100 against you when you make them, right. 210 00:13:15,900 --> 00:13:18,800 I don't know any other aspect of it than what God does when we 211 00:13:18,800 --> 00:13:20,300 repent and come back to the truth. 212 00:13:21,900 --> 00:13:23,600 I'm going to tell you you do that enough to your boss. 213 00:13:23,600 --> 00:13:27,300 You get fired. You mess up enough and you're 214 00:13:27,300 --> 00:13:30,400 going to get fired. You mess up another school here 215 00:13:30,400 --> 00:13:33,800 again, F that's just the way it is or kicked out or in trouble. 216 00:13:35,000 --> 00:13:38,000 There's always ramifications like that, but when you cut, it 217 00:13:38,000 --> 00:13:42,100 comes to God and it comes to forgiveness when we repent now, 218 00:13:42,100 --> 00:13:45,700 repentance means you're changing repentance means this, I'm no 219 00:13:45,700 --> 00:13:48,200 longer going to live that way. I'm wrong. 220 00:13:48,300 --> 00:13:51,400 I Repent, I confess that sin to God. 221 00:13:51,500 --> 00:13:53,700 I ask for forgiveness and you know what? 222 00:13:53,700 --> 00:13:55,500 God forgives us more on that though. 223 00:13:55,600 --> 00:13:58,400 Though, in just a few minutes, great Blessings, by the way, 224 00:13:58,500 --> 00:14:01,900 great blessings. What I'm saying is when we sin 225 00:14:01,900 --> 00:14:06,100 and lose fellowship with God, he is there like the father that 226 00:14:06,100 --> 00:14:09,400 never left the father's house looking for the prodigal to come 227 00:14:09,400 --> 00:14:12,000 back and he's looking every single day. 228 00:14:12,100 --> 00:14:15,500 Why to forgive him when he returns? 229 00:14:16,500 --> 00:14:18,700 I don't know. Anything else in all the world 230 00:14:19,300 --> 00:14:22,000 of any relationship in all the world. 231 00:14:22,800 --> 00:14:26,700 That is like that. So there's two sides to 232 00:14:26,700 --> 00:14:28,600 sanctification. Please get this. 233 00:14:30,000 --> 00:14:32,100 As used in the New Testament, two sides. 234 00:14:32,900 --> 00:14:34,800 One. It's used in reference to the 235 00:14:34,800 --> 00:14:39,200 process by which one is first set apart. 236 00:14:40,400 --> 00:14:45,300 All who become Christians are set apart when they are saved. 237 00:14:45,500 --> 00:14:49,700 This sanctifying process is called the following. 238 00:14:50,000 --> 00:14:53,300 It's called being added to the church. 239 00:14:53,300 --> 00:14:56,200 In Acts chapter 2 when the First Gospel, sermon was being 240 00:14:56,200 --> 00:14:57,700 preached. We just mentioned that a moment 241 00:14:57,700 --> 00:15:01,100 ago, right? Acts 2:38, then Peter said unto 242 00:15:01,100 --> 00:15:04,200 them, repent, and be baptized every one of you. 243 00:15:04,200 --> 00:15:08,000 In the name of Jesus Christ for the remission of sins and you 244 00:15:08,000 --> 00:15:10,000 shall receive the gift of the Holy Ghost. 245 00:15:10,100 --> 00:15:12,900 Ghost and Acts chapter 2 and verse 47. 246 00:15:13,100 --> 00:15:15,600 It says, praising God, and having favor with all the 247 00:15:15,600 --> 00:15:20,400 people, and the Lord added to the church daily, those that 248 00:15:20,400 --> 00:15:23,000 were being saved. So, that's one way. 249 00:15:23,000 --> 00:15:27,100 That is phrased of a person that is Sanctified, he's added to the 250 00:15:27,100 --> 00:15:30,700 church. What else he's translated from 251 00:15:30,700 --> 00:15:33,500 the kingdom of darkness, which is out in the world. 252 00:15:34,200 --> 00:15:38,500 And he's transferred or translated into the kingdom of 253 00:15:38,500 --> 00:15:41,400 God's. Dear Son, Colossians chapter 1 254 00:15:41,700 --> 00:15:44,300 and verse 13. What else? 255 00:15:45,200 --> 00:15:51,500 What else it's called entering? Jesus Christ in Galatians 3:27 256 00:15:51,500 --> 00:15:56,300 for as many as have been baptized into Christ have put on 257 00:15:56,300 --> 00:15:59,400 or have clothed them self with Christ. 258 00:15:59,600 --> 00:16:02,300 So sanctification you're out of the church. 259 00:16:02,400 --> 00:16:04,600 What's the church? It's the kingdom. 260 00:16:04,600 --> 00:16:06,700 What's the kingdom? It's the church. 261 00:16:06,700 --> 00:16:10,400 When do you get in when you're baptized for the remission of 262 00:16:10,400 --> 00:16:11,900 sins? All right. 263 00:16:13,000 --> 00:16:17,100 The gospel though of Jesus Christ, God's word is the 264 00:16:17,100 --> 00:16:21,700 sanctifying power. In fact in Acts chapter 20 and 265 00:16:21,700 --> 00:16:25,100 verse 32. It says, so, now Brethren, I 266 00:16:25,100 --> 00:16:30,800 commend you to God and get this to the word of his grace. 267 00:16:31,000 --> 00:16:33,300 Now what we're talking about moving forward is extremely 268 00:16:33,300 --> 00:16:34,900 important, so please stay with me. 269 00:16:36,000 --> 00:16:42,400 I commend to you to God and to the word of his grace. 270 00:16:43,000 --> 00:16:47,400 What about it which is able to build you up and give you an 271 00:16:47,400 --> 00:16:51,800 inheritance among all those who are Sanctified so what has the 272 00:16:51,800 --> 00:16:55,100 power to be Sanctified? What has the power to lead 273 00:16:55,100 --> 00:16:59,700 someone to be Sanctified? It is the word of his grace. 274 00:17:00,000 --> 00:17:04,500 What else? In John chapter 17 and verse 17. 275 00:17:04,500 --> 00:17:09,099 Jesus said this sanctify them by your truth. 276 00:17:10,200 --> 00:17:15,000 Your word is truth. Now, I want to notice something 277 00:17:15,000 --> 00:17:17,700 about the Corinthians and their sanctification. 278 00:17:18,800 --> 00:17:21,700 Those in Corinth, by the way, in 1st Corinthians chapter 6. 279 00:17:22,800 --> 00:17:26,300 In 1st Corinthians, chapter 6. Paul said this. 280 00:17:27,599 --> 00:17:30,000 And such were some of you, but you were washed. 281 00:17:31,000 --> 00:17:36,000 But, you were Sanctified, but you were justified in the name 282 00:17:36,000 --> 00:17:39,800 of the Lord Jesus. And by the spirit of our god, 283 00:17:39,900 --> 00:17:42,100 notice what they got. Now, we're talking about 284 00:17:42,100 --> 00:17:44,700 Christians, these are members of the Lord's Church. 285 00:17:44,700 --> 00:17:46,700 They were in the Kingdom. They were added to the body of 286 00:17:46,700 --> 00:17:48,400 Christ. They were all that that we just 287 00:17:48,400 --> 00:17:51,800 talked about. They're also Sanctified by the 288 00:17:51,800 --> 00:17:54,800 blood of Christ. Three things about their 289 00:17:54,800 --> 00:17:59,700 sanctification, they were washed, they were Sanctified and 290 00:17:59,700 --> 00:18:01,700 they were Justified. I'd all three. 291 00:18:02,200 --> 00:18:04,200 Now we know about the washing part. 292 00:18:05,500 --> 00:18:10,300 Saul of Tarsus who later became the Apostle Paul in Acts 22:16. 293 00:18:10,300 --> 00:18:14,400 He's in Damascus, he's on the street, which is called 294 00:18:14,400 --> 00:18:15,800 straight. He's there, he's praying for 295 00:18:15,800 --> 00:18:19,200 three days and denies comes in and said, and what are you 296 00:18:19,200 --> 00:18:23,600 waiting for arise and be baptized and wash away? 297 00:18:23,600 --> 00:18:26,600 Your sins? Calling on the name of the Lord, 298 00:18:27,500 --> 00:18:30,900 when somebody obeys the gospel, therefore becoming Sanctified, 299 00:18:30,900 --> 00:18:33,900 the first thing they're washed or cleansed. 300 00:18:34,500 --> 00:18:37,100 From their sins, by the blood of Christ. 301 00:18:37,300 --> 00:18:39,500 Now, I'm going to notice the next two words, but I got to 302 00:18:39,508 --> 00:18:44,800 talk about Justified first. Because Justified really goes 303 00:18:44,800 --> 00:18:48,800 hand in hand with washed. And by the way, this is the one 304 00:18:48,800 --> 00:18:51,800 we all want, I'll take it a step further. 305 00:18:52,400 --> 00:18:55,400 This is the one that the entire religious world would like to 306 00:18:55,400 --> 00:18:59,600 have with no further obligation. The word Justified, when you're 307 00:18:59,600 --> 00:19:03,300 washed in the blood of Jesus Christ, you are now Justified 308 00:19:03,400 --> 00:19:06,900 and the word, Justified literally means it causes to be 309 00:19:06,900 --> 00:19:11,300 held as though we were never guilty of sin in God's sight. 310 00:19:13,000 --> 00:19:18,300 It means it doesn't mean parole. It doesn't mean probation. 311 00:19:19,200 --> 00:19:25,000 It means not guilty. It's the same word. 312 00:19:25,000 --> 00:19:29,200 Jesus used to describe the tax collector who wouldn't even look 313 00:19:29,200 --> 00:19:32,500 up toward the heavens but smote his breast as an outward sign of 314 00:19:32,500 --> 00:19:36,400 inward, anguish and said God be merciful in the original God. 315 00:19:36,400 --> 00:19:42,500 Be merciful to me The Sinner. Jesus says he went away. 316 00:19:44,700 --> 00:19:51,200 Justified, meaning, his sins were forgiven And that's exactly 317 00:19:51,200 --> 00:19:52,900 what happens when you obey the gospel. 318 00:19:53,000 --> 00:19:56,100 We love that part where washed in the blood of Jesus Christ for 319 00:19:56,100 --> 00:19:59,200 the remission of our sins and because of that we're justify. 320 00:19:59,200 --> 00:20:02,300 Do we love that one? My sins and all my past is gone, 321 00:20:02,300 --> 00:20:04,400 love that one but there's another one. 322 00:20:06,100 --> 00:20:07,800 We're Sanctified to at the same time. 323 00:20:09,400 --> 00:20:12,300 The word Sanctified literally means sets us apart in Christ to 324 00:20:12,300 --> 00:20:17,700 serve and glorify God. You were saved. 325 00:20:17,800 --> 00:20:22,200 Not only to save your soul. Not only to have your sins 326 00:20:22,200 --> 00:20:24,400 forgiven. Not only that, you might be 327 00:20:24,400 --> 00:20:29,200 justified in the eyes of God and not guilty, but you were saved 328 00:20:29,200 --> 00:20:33,500 by the blood of Jesus that you might serve and glorify God all 329 00:20:33,500 --> 00:20:37,700 the days of your life. That's what the word Sanctified 330 00:20:37,700 --> 00:20:43,300 means. So notice what we've seen, we've 331 00:20:43,300 --> 00:20:47,800 seen this salvation is in Jesus Christ, and none of them and 332 00:20:47,800 --> 00:20:51,700 Jesus even said that he said no man comes unto the father except 333 00:20:51,700 --> 00:20:53,900 by or through me salvation is in Christ. 334 00:20:54,000 --> 00:20:57,100 What else? Sanctification is also in 335 00:20:57,100 --> 00:20:59,900 Christ, First Corinthians chapter 1 and verse 2. 336 00:21:00,800 --> 00:21:04,400 We find that baptism puts one into Jesus Christ. 337 00:21:04,400 --> 00:21:07,800 So what have we learned? Ian, sanctification and 338 00:21:07,800 --> 00:21:12,100 justification, all are the results of being baptized. 339 00:21:12,100 --> 00:21:17,000 And baptism is the culminating act for doing just that and 340 00:21:17,000 --> 00:21:19,400 places us into the spiritual State. 341 00:21:19,700 --> 00:21:24,900 Now, we get that part right. But what I want to talk about is 342 00:21:24,900 --> 00:21:28,100 I want to talk about the process that people talk about. 343 00:21:28,400 --> 00:21:31,800 That's number two, that's the second part of it, two parts of 344 00:21:31,800 --> 00:21:33,700 it, right? How you enter in that's a 345 00:21:33,700 --> 00:21:36,700 baptism but what people are talking about in their everyday 346 00:21:36,700 --> 00:21:39,300 life today and it's kind of a buzzword today. 347 00:21:39,400 --> 00:21:41,800 They're talking about the next thing we're going to speak of. 348 00:21:42,500 --> 00:21:47,800 In other words, what happens after I'm Sanctified or saved 349 00:21:47,800 --> 00:21:48,900 what happens? Then? 350 00:21:50,400 --> 00:21:53,400 Well, notice this is a reference to our spiritual development 351 00:21:53,500 --> 00:21:57,000 after we obey the gospel. Remember this to Salvation 352 00:21:57,000 --> 00:21:59,900 comes, or sanctification comes at baptism. 353 00:22:00,100 --> 00:22:03,800 This is what Paul said to the Thessalonian Brethren, these 354 00:22:03,800 --> 00:22:05,600 were members of the body of Christ. 355 00:22:05,600 --> 00:22:09,400 These were those that have been Sanctified all that Paul says 356 00:22:09,400 --> 00:22:14,000 now may the God of Peace himself, Sanctify. 357 00:22:14,000 --> 00:22:18,100 You completely that's what people are talking about. 358 00:22:19,900 --> 00:22:21,500 What in the world doesn't mean how you do it? 359 00:22:23,300 --> 00:22:25,200 That's what people are concerned about. 360 00:22:25,200 --> 00:22:29,100 They were already Sanctified at baptism, they were set apart at 361 00:22:29,100 --> 00:22:31,400 baptism. They were forgiven at baptism. 362 00:22:31,400 --> 00:22:33,900 But what about this? Paul is writing to Christians 363 00:22:33,900 --> 00:22:37,200 and he says, may the God of Peace himself sanctify. 364 00:22:37,200 --> 00:22:42,800 You completely then he says and may your whole Spirit soul and 365 00:22:42,800 --> 00:22:47,100 body be preserved blameless at the coming of our Lord. 366 00:22:47,100 --> 00:22:50,100 Jesus Christ. All right. 367 00:22:51,500 --> 00:22:54,700 Already Sanctified. But what's it mean to be 368 00:22:54,800 --> 00:23:00,200 Sanctified completely? His inspired statement spoke of 369 00:23:00,200 --> 00:23:04,000 their need to be, made sound in every way with every Grace. 370 00:23:04,000 --> 00:23:06,000 That is present. I want to notice with you James 371 00:23:06,000 --> 00:23:11,400 chapter, 1 and verse 4. James, 1 and 4. 372 00:23:13,100 --> 00:23:15,500 But let patience have. It's perfect work. 373 00:23:16,600 --> 00:23:22,100 That you may be perfect and complete lacking nothing. 374 00:23:23,200 --> 00:23:25,600 Now, first of all, this is where people get messed up. 375 00:23:27,000 --> 00:23:32,700 Because sometimes the word perfect is translated complete 376 00:23:33,300 --> 00:23:37,100 second, Timothy 3:16 and 17 that the word of God may be perfect. 377 00:23:37,100 --> 00:23:39,500 The word that the Christian man of God may be perfect, 378 00:23:39,500 --> 00:23:41,200 thoroughly furnished unto all good works. 379 00:23:41,700 --> 00:23:44,700 And in that passage the word perfect means complete. 380 00:23:44,800 --> 00:23:48,700 So, this is what people do. If this means complete here, 381 00:23:48,700 --> 00:23:53,300 then this has to be something else and sometimes people in the 382 00:23:53,300 --> 00:23:57,800 world with this new view that we're talking about, Believes 383 00:23:57,800 --> 00:24:01,500 that a person can actually reach a point of sinless, perfection. 384 00:24:01,900 --> 00:24:05,800 All you have to do is look into various translations of the word 385 00:24:05,800 --> 00:24:09,200 of God, and it'll tell you what the answer is and what this is 386 00:24:09,200 --> 00:24:13,500 talking about. It is so simple, James says, let 387 00:24:13,500 --> 00:24:17,300 patience have. It's perfect work that you may 388 00:24:17,300 --> 00:24:20,500 be perfect and complete lacking and lacking nothing. 389 00:24:20,700 --> 00:24:24,200 The word, perfect. Literally means mature. 390 00:24:25,600 --> 00:24:31,600 That's what he's saying and the word complete means completely 391 00:24:31,600 --> 00:24:35,600 developed. What he saying is, I want you to 392 00:24:35,600 --> 00:24:40,500 be complete or mature and I want you to grow to spiritual 393 00:24:40,500 --> 00:24:43,900 completeness. That makes sense. 394 00:24:45,300 --> 00:24:47,000 Without sin, doesn't make any sense. 395 00:24:47,500 --> 00:24:51,700 That makes sense to me completely developed. 396 00:24:52,800 --> 00:24:56,600 Now very quickly, how does one know if he's complete in Christ? 397 00:24:58,000 --> 00:25:01,200 How does one know that, you know, the Bible appeal store 398 00:25:01,200 --> 00:25:03,200 intellect and it's not a checkoff system. 399 00:25:03,200 --> 00:25:07,200 It's not don't get me wrong, but the Bible is very clear and it 400 00:25:07,200 --> 00:25:09,900 deals with our intellect. And if you want to know a 401 00:25:09,900 --> 00:25:14,000 pattern for living a life that is acceptable to God, it's found 402 00:25:14,000 --> 00:25:17,000 in the word of God, you can find out exactly what we need to do. 403 00:25:17,200 --> 00:25:18,800 Notice this past is very familiar. 404 00:25:18,800 --> 00:25:22,200 I won't spend very much time on it, but in second Peter chapter 405 00:25:22,200 --> 00:25:26,800 1, beginning in verse 5. But also for this reason, giving 406 00:25:26,800 --> 00:25:30,900 all diligence add to your faith. In other words, add the time 407 00:25:30,900 --> 00:25:34,800 from the time that you're Sanctified at baptism and you 408 00:25:34,800 --> 00:25:37,700 become a child of God, you have a responsibility. 409 00:25:37,700 --> 00:25:41,000 Now to be set apart for the service of God for the rest of 410 00:25:41,008 --> 00:25:43,800 your life. And this is what he says to do. 411 00:25:44,900 --> 00:25:47,700 You gotta add moral Excellence. That's virtue. 412 00:25:49,200 --> 00:25:52,100 You gotta add knowledge. That word means, proper 413 00:25:52,100 --> 00:25:56,300 knowledge, and proper Insight. That is properly understood and 414 00:25:56,300 --> 00:25:59,000 applied. That's a whole sermon in itself 415 00:25:59,000 --> 00:26:02,500 but we'll move on and moral excellence and knowledge. 416 00:26:02,500 --> 00:26:05,100 What else, how about this one that you have to have? 417 00:26:05,100 --> 00:26:08,000 Everybody needs that one self-control literally means 418 00:26:08,000 --> 00:26:11,300 holding yourself in see how they're building on one on the 419 00:26:11,300 --> 00:26:14,700 other then perseverance and that's having the 420 00:26:14,700 --> 00:26:18,800 stick-to-itiveness power to resist the evil to evil things. 421 00:26:19,000 --> 00:26:22,700 As in the world and stand the test of time until the Lord 422 00:26:22,700 --> 00:26:27,000 comes back and contend for the faith perseverance, make it to 423 00:26:27,000 --> 00:26:30,400 the end which leads to Godliness a proctor goal. 424 00:26:30,400 --> 00:26:33,700 Awareness of God in every aspect of your life, that will be 425 00:26:33,700 --> 00:26:37,000 demonstrated in how you treat people in brotherly. 426 00:26:37,000 --> 00:26:42,400 Kindness All. As we're trying to get to this 427 00:26:42,400 --> 00:26:47,900 one and that's agape love. As we're trying to get there. 428 00:26:49,100 --> 00:26:51,100 That's how you become complete in Christ. 429 00:26:51,100 --> 00:26:53,900 And, by the way, this is not a one-time checklist and it goes 430 00:26:53,900 --> 00:26:55,700 up and down. It goes the other way too. 431 00:26:55,900 --> 00:27:00,600 It goes backwards, the things apply going backwards, they do, 432 00:27:01,300 --> 00:27:03,900 it's not a one-time thing, it's a lifetime thing. 433 00:27:04,100 --> 00:27:08,400 So to make your sanctification more complete, we have to apply 434 00:27:08,400 --> 00:27:11,900 these things in our daily Walk of Life. 435 00:27:12,400 --> 00:27:16,200 That's how you get. Sanctification being complete in 436 00:27:16,200 --> 00:27:17,900 your life. Second Corinthians chapter 7, 437 00:27:17,900 --> 00:27:23,100 another Passage. Paul said this, therefore having 438 00:27:23,100 --> 00:27:28,000 these promises beloved let us cleanse ourselves from all 439 00:27:28,000 --> 00:27:32,000 filthiness of the Flesh and spirit perfecting Holiness. 440 00:27:32,000 --> 00:27:37,400 In the fear of God, perfecting Holiness is sanctification, it's 441 00:27:37,400 --> 00:27:40,200 bringing our Spiritual Development to completion, and 442 00:27:40,200 --> 00:27:47,100 simply put it means this to reach spiritual adulthood You 443 00:27:47,100 --> 00:27:49,500 know, we talked about the words fully grown, that's all that 444 00:27:49,500 --> 00:27:52,100 means. You don't reach a higher level 445 00:27:52,100 --> 00:27:54,200 of perfection and sinless behavior. 446 00:27:55,800 --> 00:27:58,900 But you become spiritually mature. 447 00:28:00,000 --> 00:28:03,900 Sanctification is a state of Holiness which means we are 448 00:28:03,900 --> 00:28:07,800 separated from sin. We are separated from the guilt 449 00:28:07,800 --> 00:28:11,100 of our past sins and set apart to God's holy purposes when we 450 00:28:11,100 --> 00:28:14,700 obey the gospel. We know that, but as we increase 451 00:28:14,700 --> 00:28:19,600 our store of knowledge and live better to serve God, more fully 452 00:28:20,200 --> 00:28:24,200 we grow in Holiness, sanctification and draw nearer 453 00:28:24,200 --> 00:28:28,600 to our spiritual Perfection, completeness, or maturity. 454 00:28:29,500 --> 00:28:32,700 And it doesn't mean that you can't sin, and it doesn't mean 455 00:28:32,700 --> 00:28:34,900 that you can't learn. I gotta tell you. 456 00:28:36,100 --> 00:28:38,100 I don't even need to tell you this, you know, this. 457 00:28:39,500 --> 00:28:44,500 Because it's for everybody. But every single day that I 458 00:28:44,500 --> 00:28:47,200 study the Bible, I learn something. 459 00:28:49,100 --> 00:28:51,200 You know, we were talking about this in a private Bible study, 460 00:28:51,200 --> 00:28:55,600 just the other day, how the Bible is, the only book that is 461 00:28:55,600 --> 00:28:59,700 timeless that has withstood the test of time and it's the only 462 00:28:59,700 --> 00:29:03,400 book the inspired word of God that you can learn from every 463 00:29:03,400 --> 00:29:06,600 day of your life and you can do it all of your life and I don't 464 00:29:06,600 --> 00:29:09,600 care if you live to be 110, you can learn every day. 465 00:29:09,600 --> 00:29:12,000 That's because it's the inspired written word of God. 466 00:29:13,400 --> 00:29:16,700 See you never ever, ever in completeness or maturity or 467 00:29:16,700 --> 00:29:19,300 complete in Christ. You never reach a level where I 468 00:29:19,308 --> 00:29:22,000 can't grow anymore. I've maxed it out. 469 00:29:22,000 --> 00:29:24,800 I can't learn anymore. I've maxed that out and 470 00:29:24,800 --> 00:29:27,900 certainly you never reach the point that I cannot sin. 471 00:29:28,100 --> 00:29:31,000 It just means spiritual maturity. 472 00:29:31,200 --> 00:29:35,500 All right, notice though, there's a lot of discussions 473 00:29:35,500 --> 00:29:40,700 regarding what means we are Sanctified with One claim is 474 00:29:40,700 --> 00:29:43,800 that sanctification is accomplished by some sudden, 475 00:29:44,200 --> 00:29:48,900 mysterious Supernatural operation of the Holy Spirit 476 00:29:48,900 --> 00:29:54,600 upon the human heart and it's actually called the second work 477 00:29:54,600 --> 00:29:58,500 of Grace Theory. This is a very prominent and 478 00:29:58,500 --> 00:30:02,900 very popular view in other words and that's what by the way 479 00:30:02,900 --> 00:30:05,000 people talking about. That's what they're talking 480 00:30:05,000 --> 00:30:06,500 about. If you hear people in the 481 00:30:06,500 --> 00:30:08,000 religious World talking about this, this is what they're 482 00:30:08,000 --> 00:30:10,300 talking about. They're talking about the second 483 00:30:10,300 --> 00:30:15,300 work of Grace Theory. We're sanctification happens by 484 00:30:15,300 --> 00:30:19,700 the Holy Spirit. Now passengers, which are used 485 00:30:19,700 --> 00:30:21,700 to support this Theory really offer. 486 00:30:21,700 --> 00:30:23,900 No support. Let me show you one passage. 487 00:30:23,900 --> 00:30:26,700 That's used to support the theory and then we'll take a 488 00:30:26,708 --> 00:30:29,900 look at what it is. In Romans chapter 15 and verse 489 00:30:29,900 --> 00:30:35,000 16, the Apostle Paul said that I might be a minister of Christ of 490 00:30:35,000 --> 00:30:40,400 Jesus Christ to the Gentiles. Ministering the gospel of God 491 00:30:40,500 --> 00:30:43,700 that the offering of the Gentiles might be acceptable. 492 00:30:43,800 --> 00:30:47,200 First of all, very briefly. What Paul is saying is and we 493 00:30:47,200 --> 00:30:50,400 know that Paul Paul, even though he preach to the Jews, even 494 00:30:50,400 --> 00:30:53,900 though he preached to all manner of people, he was the Apostle or 495 00:30:53,900 --> 00:30:57,700 the minister of the Gentiles. He took the gospel to the 496 00:30:57,800 --> 00:31:00,200 Gentiles. That was one of the things that 497 00:31:00,200 --> 00:31:04,600 he was a chosen vessel of Jesus Christ to be notice, he's a 498 00:31:04,600 --> 00:31:07,700 minister of Jesus Christ, preaching the gospel to the 499 00:31:07,700 --> 00:31:13,000 Gentiles so that they want, the Gentiles might be an acceptable 500 00:31:13,100 --> 00:31:17,800 offering before God. That's what we know so far. 501 00:31:19,400 --> 00:31:24,100 That the Gentiles are going to be an acceptable offering to 502 00:31:24,100 --> 00:31:29,300 God. Then it says Sanctified by the 503 00:31:29,300 --> 00:31:32,800 Holy Spirit. Do you know this verse, says, 504 00:31:32,800 --> 00:31:38,000 absolutely nothing about how the Holy Spirit accomplishes this 505 00:31:38,000 --> 00:31:40,300 action. It only states. 506 00:31:40,300 --> 00:31:44,500 That Gentiles were the offering that was acceptable to God. 507 00:31:44,700 --> 00:31:49,000 They were set apart and Sanctified though by the Holy 508 00:31:49,000 --> 00:31:52,200 Spirit. The folks, please get this. 509 00:31:52,800 --> 00:31:58,200 That is a statement of fact that is not a how-to or how it was. 510 00:31:58,800 --> 00:32:02,100 It was a didn't say the means of how the Holy Spirit did it. 511 00:32:02,200 --> 00:32:05,900 It just said the Holy Spirit was the fact. 512 00:32:06,000 --> 00:32:08,400 So what is it? Then that statement, of fact 513 00:32:08,400 --> 00:32:11,900 does not tell us how it's done. These people obeyed the gospel. 514 00:32:11,900 --> 00:32:15,700 We know that Jesus spoke about people being Sanctified by God's 515 00:32:15,700 --> 00:32:17,300 word. We've already used this passage 516 00:32:17,300 --> 00:32:20,700 here it is. Again, sanctify them that Should 517 00:32:20,700 --> 00:32:26,500 be a.m. by your truth. Your word is truth sanctify them 518 00:32:26,600 --> 00:32:29,200 by your truth. Your word is truth. 519 00:32:29,500 --> 00:32:34,500 So the Holy Spirit does something through a means. 520 00:32:34,900 --> 00:32:38,300 When with regards to sanctification, it's by the 521 00:32:38,300 --> 00:32:42,900 word. They were Sanctified by the Holy 522 00:32:42,900 --> 00:32:46,400 Spirit. Through the word. 523 00:32:49,000 --> 00:32:52,100 That's the power. That's the power. 524 00:32:53,500 --> 00:32:56,200 We have more of though, me show you how the Holy Spirit Works 525 00:32:56,200 --> 00:32:59,100 through means to through the word. 526 00:32:59,100 --> 00:33:00,900 Give you two more examples, okay? 527 00:33:01,000 --> 00:33:03,700 What about the Ephesian Elders? What about x 20? 528 00:33:06,100 --> 00:33:10,800 In Acts, 20 verse 28, take heed to yourselves and to all the 529 00:33:10,800 --> 00:33:16,800 flock among the which the Holy Spirit has made you overseers 530 00:33:17,000 --> 00:33:22,000 now in that passage it clearly states the Holy Spirit made them 531 00:33:22,000 --> 00:33:24,800 overseers or pointed them as Elders. 532 00:33:24,900 --> 00:33:30,800 It doesn't say how it says what it says a statement of fact the 533 00:33:30,800 --> 00:33:33,900 Holy Spirit has made you overseers to Shepherd the Church 534 00:33:33,900 --> 00:33:37,000 of God which he purchased with his His own blood. 535 00:33:37,000 --> 00:33:41,900 Now, the Holy Spirit did not supernaturally or directly from 536 00:33:41,900 --> 00:33:45,200 Heaven. A point Elders, what happened? 537 00:33:46,000 --> 00:33:51,800 The Holy Spirit inspired the word of God and the men that fit 538 00:33:51,800 --> 00:33:55,800 the qualifications of the holy spirit that was given in Timothy 539 00:33:55,800 --> 00:33:59,900 and Titus. That's how the Holy Spirit 540 00:33:59,900 --> 00:34:03,400 appointed them to be overseers and elders. 541 00:34:05,300 --> 00:34:09,900 But the Evangelist did the ordination and the congregation 542 00:34:09,900 --> 00:34:14,400 pick the men. Holy spirit gets the credit. 543 00:34:14,400 --> 00:34:19,199 Sure that's the word of God. Holy Spirit, made him overseers. 544 00:34:20,400 --> 00:34:24,400 But man did his part to and the only way that they obeyed with 545 00:34:24,400 --> 00:34:26,699 the Holy Spirit said is they fit the requirements. 546 00:34:26,699 --> 00:34:28,800 And qualifications, in the word of God, let me talk about 547 00:34:28,800 --> 00:34:30,500 another one. What about baptism? 548 00:34:31,500 --> 00:34:36,600 First Corinthians chapter 12, for by one Spirit, that's the 549 00:34:36,600 --> 00:34:40,600 Holy Spirit. We were all baptized in one 550 00:34:40,600 --> 00:34:45,100 body, whether Jews or Greeks, whether slaves are free and have 551 00:34:45,100 --> 00:34:48,600 been made to drink into one Spirit, that's another passage 552 00:34:48,600 --> 00:34:53,000 the Holy Spirit. By one, Spirit, the Holy Spirit. 553 00:34:53,100 --> 00:34:57,900 We were all baptized into one body, so it doesn't mean that 554 00:34:57,900 --> 00:35:00,100 the Holy Spirit did the immersing. 555 00:35:01,400 --> 00:35:05,100 It means this. Somebody obeyed the gospel. 556 00:35:06,000 --> 00:35:09,600 It led them to be baptized for the remission of sins. 557 00:35:09,600 --> 00:35:12,600 When they heard the word of God, the Holy Spirit. 558 00:35:12,600 --> 00:35:15,300 Did the leading through the word of God. 559 00:35:15,700 --> 00:35:19,200 The Obedience came from obedience to the gospel, comes 560 00:35:19,200 --> 00:35:23,100 from the Holy Spirit and a person takes them and assist 561 00:35:23,100 --> 00:35:27,000 them and their obedience to it and baptizes them, or immerse 562 00:35:27,000 --> 00:35:29,100 has them for the remission of sins. 563 00:35:31,100 --> 00:35:35,600 Not mysterious folks. Not mysterious. 564 00:35:37,400 --> 00:35:42,300 Obedience, the spirit's role in the process of revealing the 565 00:35:42,300 --> 00:35:44,300 gospel. Second Thessalonians chapter 2 566 00:35:45,100 --> 00:35:49,800 and verse 13. But we are bound. 567 00:35:51,100 --> 00:35:53,500 To give thanks to God, always for you brethren. 568 00:35:54,600 --> 00:35:58,600 Beloved by the Lord because God from the beginning. 569 00:35:58,600 --> 00:36:04,300 Chose you for salvation through sanctification, by the spirit 570 00:36:04,300 --> 00:36:08,400 and belief. In the truth, Jesus said 571 00:36:08,400 --> 00:36:11,700 sanctify them by thy truth, Thy word is truth. 572 00:36:12,400 --> 00:36:15,800 So when it says truth, it's the same thing as saying the word. 573 00:36:16,000 --> 00:36:19,100 So let's notice it again, we're bound to give God, thanks to 574 00:36:19,100 --> 00:36:22,600 God, always for you Brethren beloved of the Lord because God 575 00:36:22,600 --> 00:36:24,200 from the beginning shows you too. 576 00:36:24,400 --> 00:36:27,400 Basin which by the way, is any obedient Christian? 577 00:36:28,900 --> 00:36:33,200 And it was through the sanctification, by the spirit, 578 00:36:33,600 --> 00:36:37,700 Holy Spirit and belief in the truth. 579 00:36:38,400 --> 00:36:43,600 So what I'm saying is this the second work of Grace Theory, got 580 00:36:43,600 --> 00:36:48,700 to do it, we have to say it. It's doesn't exist. 581 00:36:50,800 --> 00:36:53,600 It's wrong. Not because I said it because 582 00:36:53,600 --> 00:36:56,800 the word of God says it. There's no support for the 583 00:36:56,800 --> 00:37:01,100 direct operation theory in this or any other verse 584 00:37:02,500 --> 00:37:04,900 sanctification is accomplished by the Holy Spirit. 585 00:37:04,900 --> 00:37:09,000 Absolutely. He uses the inspired word of God 586 00:37:09,000 --> 00:37:11,400 to bring the spiritual condition to pass. 587 00:37:12,500 --> 00:37:16,700 The sanctification process includes the initial setting 588 00:37:16,700 --> 00:37:19,600 apart first when we obey the gospel. 589 00:37:19,900 --> 00:37:24,400 But secondly, it's the growth that we experience when we study 590 00:37:24,400 --> 00:37:29,400 learn and serve God and increase in our spiritual strength. 591 00:37:30,400 --> 00:37:33,700 Both of these aspects of sanctification are essential to 592 00:37:33,700 --> 00:37:37,500 our Eternal salvation. Sanctification prepares us for 593 00:37:37,500 --> 00:37:40,300 useful service in the Kingdom of Jesus Christ. 594 00:37:40,300 --> 00:37:42,800 To it, is our last passage for this lesson. 595 00:37:44,800 --> 00:37:49,200 I love this. Let's not forget this, okay. 596 00:37:50,600 --> 00:37:57,300 Second, Timothy 2:21. therefore, if anyone cleanses himself from 597 00:37:57,300 --> 00:38:02,900 the latter, he will be a vessel for honor and guess what? 598 00:38:02,900 --> 00:38:06,700 He'll be. Sanctified. 599 00:38:07,800 --> 00:38:13,900 And useful for the master. Prepared for every good work 600 00:38:15,100 --> 00:38:18,500 here, stop to consider that you are saved to serve. 601 00:38:20,100 --> 00:38:24,800 And not be served. What we do though, sometimes 602 00:38:24,800 --> 00:38:28,700 it's kind of about me. I've been saying this a lot 603 00:38:28,700 --> 00:38:31,800 because I heard it from a good friend and brother in Christ in 604 00:38:31,800 --> 00:38:33,700 Idaho, and I've been using it, been telling him using it, but 605 00:38:33,700 --> 00:38:38,600 I'm using it a lot, you know, when people say, why me We all 606 00:38:38,600 --> 00:38:40,800 do that sometimes say why me you've heard me say this may 607 00:38:40,800 --> 00:38:44,900 even recently the state. Again my answer to that is as I 608 00:38:44,908 --> 00:38:50,500 got it from him. Why not you Why not what makes 609 00:38:50,500 --> 00:38:53,600 you so different? There's, there's a need to be 610 00:38:53,600 --> 00:38:55,400 done. There's a service to be done. 611 00:38:55,400 --> 00:38:56,800 Why me? Why not you? 612 00:38:58,500 --> 00:39:01,500 What up? I got a hard thing I'm going 613 00:39:01,500 --> 00:39:02,200 through. Why me? 614 00:39:02,200 --> 00:39:09,600 Why not you we are called and Sanctified to serve and be 615 00:39:09,600 --> 00:39:15,600 useful for the master. We are saved to serve, not to be 616 00:39:15,600 --> 00:39:20,600 served and some of the greatest things in the world, by the way 617 00:39:20,600 --> 00:39:24,000 that are done for the church are done behind the scenes with 618 00:39:24,000 --> 00:39:28,200 people with quiet acts of service, getting the work done. 619 00:39:29,600 --> 00:39:31,200 And you know what? Nobody in this world. 620 00:39:31,200 --> 00:39:33,500 May see you do it, but I know God's listening guys, watching, 621 00:39:33,500 --> 00:39:35,900 God knows it all. He sees every bit of it. 622 00:39:36,700 --> 00:39:39,800 And you know what? When you do that, you are doing 623 00:39:40,000 --> 00:39:42,600 what you were born in Christ to do. 624 00:39:43,900 --> 00:39:48,700 Be useful for the master. Be useful in dedicated. 625 00:39:49,900 --> 00:39:52,600 Sanctification also, permits us to enter Heaven, folks. 626 00:39:52,600 --> 00:39:58,300 Please get that and see God. It's a well-established 627 00:39:58,300 --> 00:40:01,600 principle to that. We become like the object of our 628 00:40:01,600 --> 00:40:05,000 adoration. Last Sunday, I talked about the 629 00:40:05,000 --> 00:40:09,600 idea of worship. I talked about the idea of our 630 00:40:09,600 --> 00:40:14,200 mindset. And that worship is not about us 631 00:40:14,300 --> 00:40:18,500 at all. Worship is about God. 632 00:40:20,100 --> 00:40:23,200 I like that phrase though. That I just read this week, you 633 00:40:23,200 --> 00:40:29,700 become like the one who is the object of your adoration. so, 634 00:40:29,700 --> 00:40:34,700 when you give God worship and adoration, From a spiritual 635 00:40:34,700 --> 00:40:37,500 perspective, you become more like him. 636 00:40:37,700 --> 00:40:40,000 And you know what that's called Godly. 637 00:40:41,900 --> 00:40:45,300 That becomes Godly. And you have a practical 638 00:40:45,300 --> 00:40:48,500 awareness of God in every aspect of your life and it will change 639 00:40:48,500 --> 00:40:51,200 your life by righteous living. It'll change your deed. 640 00:40:51,200 --> 00:40:53,700 You'll be a better servant than you've ever been before. 641 00:40:55,100 --> 00:40:58,300 But don't ever look at the service that we have in Christ 642 00:40:58,700 --> 00:41:01,500 as a burden. Look at it as an opportunity. 643 00:41:02,700 --> 00:41:04,800 It's not a burden, it's a privilege. 644 00:41:06,200 --> 00:41:08,200 What about those? That were beaten for the cause 645 00:41:08,200 --> 00:41:12,200 of Christ and they praise God. And thank him that they were 646 00:41:12,200 --> 00:41:15,700 worthy to be called one that could be beaten for the cause of 647 00:41:15,700 --> 00:41:19,500 Jesus Christ. So when you think about that, 648 00:41:19,700 --> 00:41:22,200 our little service is really no big deal, right? 649 00:41:22,200 --> 00:41:24,700 I mean, we can do it. What I mean, is service is 650 00:41:24,700 --> 00:41:26,100 always a big deal. Don't misunderstand me. 651 00:41:26,107 --> 00:41:29,000 What I mean, is some of the other peripheral issues that get 652 00:41:29,000 --> 00:41:31,300 in our way, the challenges the trials, all that. 653 00:41:31,500 --> 00:41:32,900 They're not, they're not important. 654 00:41:33,800 --> 00:41:36,300 Paul call them like afflictions and he had some pretty tough 655 00:41:36,300 --> 00:41:39,300 stuff. The only for a brief moment, 656 00:41:39,400 --> 00:41:42,100 only for a little while we can be better in the future than 657 00:41:42,100 --> 00:41:46,100 we've ever been in days gone by. So in conclusion, sanctification 658 00:41:46,100 --> 00:41:51,900 absolutely big subject, big subject very, very, very easy to 659 00:41:51,900 --> 00:41:56,400 understand and very simple, we're Sanctified by the blood of 660 00:41:56,400 --> 00:41:58,100 Jesus Christ. When were baptized for the 661 00:41:58,107 --> 00:42:02,400 remission of our sins when we are we are washed in the blood 662 00:42:02,400 --> 00:42:05,500 of Jesus Christ. Therefore, we are justified in 663 00:42:05,500 --> 00:42:08,900 our sins are gone, all the sins We've committed in the pasture 664 00:42:08,900 --> 00:42:13,800 gone but we're also Sanctified and set apart for the Masters, 665 00:42:13,800 --> 00:42:17,000 use for the rest of our life. That's number one, that happens 666 00:42:17,000 --> 00:42:18,600 when you're baptized for the remission of sins. 667 00:42:18,700 --> 00:42:23,100 And finally, number two, when you grow in Christ and you grow 668 00:42:23,100 --> 00:42:27,400 to completeness, which is spiritual maturity, That's 669 00:42:27,400 --> 00:42:30,800 sanctification to the power, is the holy spirit but it's through 670 00:42:30,800 --> 00:42:32,900 the word of God. And when that supplied, guess 671 00:42:32,900 --> 00:42:36,300 what you are Sanctified and you got to have both to go to 672 00:42:36,300 --> 00:42:38,500 heaven. I'm through. 673 00:42:38,500 --> 00:42:40,400 Thank you so much for your kind listening. 674 00:42:43,100 --> 00:42:47,700 I hope this was clear and I hope it was easy to understand, 675 00:42:48,500 --> 00:42:51,000 edifying and encouraging to all of us. 676 00:42:52,500 --> 00:42:54,900 We never know the hearts and minds of those that are present. 677 00:42:54,900 --> 00:42:56,600 Maybe you're hearing the sound of my voice. 678 00:42:56,600 --> 00:43:01,400 I don't know and you have not been Sanctified because you've 679 00:43:01,400 --> 00:43:04,200 not been washed in the blood of Jesus because you've not been 680 00:43:04,200 --> 00:43:06,400 baptized for the remission of your sins. 681 00:43:07,400 --> 00:43:11,100 The steps to become a Christian, a very simple Paul said, so then 682 00:43:11,100 --> 00:43:14,300 faith comes by hearing and hearing by the word of God that 683 00:43:14,300 --> 00:43:16,200 has the power. We talked about that already 684 00:43:16,500 --> 00:43:20,100 several times. Jesus said, you have a choice? 685 00:43:20,100 --> 00:43:22,400 Mark 16:16. He that believeth and is 686 00:43:22,400 --> 00:43:25,300 baptized shall be saved. He that believeth not shall be. 687 00:43:25,300 --> 00:43:29,100 Damned he further said in Luke 13 and 3, I tell you nay but 688 00:43:29,100 --> 00:43:32,100 except ye repent, you will all likewise perish. 689 00:43:32,100 --> 00:43:34,800 He further said, in Matthew 10:32, if you'll confess me 690 00:43:34,800 --> 00:43:38,500 before men, I will confess you before my Father which is in 691 00:43:38,500 --> 00:43:42,900 heaven and Acts chapter 8 tells us the confession is I believe 692 00:43:42,900 --> 00:43:45,300 that Jesus Christ is the son of God. 693 00:43:46,800 --> 00:43:49,400 Upon taking those steps though. You're a fit candidate to go 694 00:43:49,400 --> 00:43:52,600 down into the Waters of baptism. That's the point of Salvation 695 00:43:52,800 --> 00:43:57,600 and contact the blood of Jesus and be washed and be justified 696 00:43:57,800 --> 00:44:01,200 and be Sanctified. First Peter 3:21, the like 697 00:44:01,200 --> 00:44:03,800 figure whereunto even baptism doth also. 698 00:44:03,800 --> 00:44:07,200 Now, save us. If you've never done that, we'd 699 00:44:07,200 --> 00:44:08,700 love to assist you in that today. 700 00:44:09,200 --> 00:44:11,100 Maybe you have maybe you've drifted away. 701 00:44:11,400 --> 00:44:13,600 Maybe there are things in your life that aren't what they 702 00:44:13,600 --> 00:44:16,400 should be from a public nature. 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