“Being set apart, made holy for God’s use and purpose.”
The New Testament teaches us that the covenant of God with man is established through Jesus Christ. However, the requirement for holiness and sanctification first commanded in the Old Testament {Leviticus 11:45} did not change. Through the work of Jesus Christ, the believer is sanctified, however, sanctification must be demonstrated through separation from the world and resisting the ungodly desires of the “old man” – us before salvation!
The believer’s sanctification is a result of “the Word”, “the Blood of Jesus Christ”, and the “Holy Spirit.”
We have already stated that sanctification is being set apart and made holy for God’s use and purpose. This speaks directly to the believer’s activities. So, the sanctifying work of “the Word”, the “Blood of Jesus Christ”, and the “Holy Spirit” should produce this in the believer - sanctification.
"The Word" sanctifies the believers as they receive it and apply it to their lives. The believer is sanctified through receiving the Word. This is what is meant by Jesus Christ’s words: “now ye are clean through the Word which I have spoken unto you.” {John 15:3}
"The Blood of Jesus Christ" ceremonially (outwardly) and spiritually (inwardly) sanctifies the believer. The Blood of Jesus Christ sanctifies the believer by delivering their conscience from dead works so that they can serve the Lord with their whole mind, heart, and soul.
Sanctification or holiness is what makes us saints (a term for believers used in scripture); God’s holy or sanctified people. Saints, enjoy purification from evil, separateness (not isolation) from the world, fellowship with other saints, and wisdom from God. We enjoy this sanctification from the moment we become believers.
“Sanctified” is not a denominational persuasion or group of people. To be sanctified involves the process whereby the believer puts on the “new man” and puts off the “old man” (old ways and habits). The apostle Paul admonishes the church at Ephesus to “put on your new nature, created to be like God, truly righteous and holy. {Ephesians 4:24}
The New Testament teaches us that the covenant of God with man is established through Jesus Christ. However, the requirement for holiness and sanctification first commanded in the Old Testament {Leviticus 11:45} did not change. Through the work of Jesus Christ, the believer is sanctified, however, sanctification must be demonstrated through separation from the world and resisting the ungodly desires of the “old man” – us before salvation!
The believer’s sanctification is a result of “the Word”, “the Blood of Jesus Christ”, and the “Holy Spirit.”
We have already stated that sanctification is being set apart and made holy for God’s use and purpose. This speaks directly to the believer’s activities. So, the sanctifying work of “the Word”, the “Blood of Jesus Christ”, and the “Holy Spirit” should produce this in the believer - sanctification.
"The Word" sanctifies the believers as they receive it and apply it to their lives. The believer is sanctified through receiving the Word. This is what is meant by Jesus Christ’s words: “now ye are clean through the Word which I have spoken unto you.” {John 15:3}
"The Blood of Jesus Christ" ceremonially (outwardly) and spiritually (inwardly) sanctifies the believer. The Blood of Jesus Christ sanctifies the believer by delivering their conscience from dead works so that they can serve the Lord with their whole mind, heart, and soul.
