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1 | Sanctification Process? | 1 Cor 1:2 | John Ryals | 228402 | ||
Thank you for that wonderful explanation and provided study scriptures. I want to see youe explanation to a thought I'm having about 'consecration.' Consecration by Webster's defintion: 'dedicate to a sacred purpose or service.' My thought, Once we are justified through faith, we are sanctified, or set apart. Until this 'setting apart'; Truly, we can't be as informed as we should about the Word of God. Even if we had sat through numerous sermons, or studied for relentless hours; If we have never had that 'Born Again' experience; Would not our understanding come from a 'Humanistic Approach', and not the Holy Spirit's guidance? After true regeneration, we now began our proper journey as we move more towards a 'consecrated life'. So now, would not our forward progression be a sense of being 'consecrated' and not 'Santified'? I can only pray this is understandable, with clarity. If not, please do your best to understand the direction I am being led on this concerned topic. This is a topic I find of disagreement in some of my Bible study groups, and would like to get some feedback from this forum so I may share with them. May the Lord be with you, John Ryals |
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2 | Sanctification Process? | 1 Cor 1:2 | biblicalman | 228428 | ||
Sanctification is not just 'setting apart', it is setting apart for a holy purpose, and when it is by God it results in being acceptable as holy in His eyes through Christ, and in His work of continually sanctifying us by His Spirit, with a view to our becoming holy in practise. We can see sanctifiction as God's side of it and consecration as man's side. In that sense man consecrates hoping that God will sanctify. Many a building is consecrated but not sanctified. But it is a matter of definition. Thus 'sanctify yourselves' is an Old Testament command, indicatng putting oneself in a position physically to be able to approach God(e.g. by washing our clothes and abstaining from sexual activity). Compare 2 Timothy 2.21. Consecration can indicate consecration by God, the equivalent of God sanctifying. The process of sanctification actually commences before we become Christians. 'God has from the beginning chosen you unto salvation through sanctificaton of the Spirit and belief of the truth' (2Thessalonians 2.13). The Spirit begins to set us apart to holiness resulting in our believing the truth and being saved. Thus we can be guided by the Spirit before we are born frm above. We must not limit what God can do by our definitions. I suspect that you are using the term consecration to signify your activity of submitting yourelf to God so that He will bless you and hopefully sanctify you continually. Thus consecration by you and sanctifying by God goes on hand in hand, indeed your consecrating of yourself, assuming it is genuine, will be a result of His sanctifying work. Thus one form of sanctification commences before we become Christians, as God works towards making real in us His choice of us before the foundaion of the world (2 Thessalonians 2.13; 1 Peter 1.2). Then as we respond to Christ for salvation God sanctifies us once for all as His (Acts 20.32; 26.18; 1 Corinthians 1.2; 1.30; 6.11; Hebrews 10.10; Jude 1.1). Then He commences His process of sanctification, the making of us holy in practise (Ephesians 5.26; 1 Thessalonians 5.23; Hebrews 10.14). And finally we will be presented to Him as fully sanctified, made holy in status and in reality, 'holy and without blemish' (Ephesians 5.27). |
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3 | Subsequent process | 1 Cor 1:2 | BornOne | 228434 | ||
biblicalman I would not use 2Thes 2:13 to indicate that the sanctification process starts before we become Christians. Is there any reason to indicate that the "from the beginning" is referring to anything other than God's choosing of us (predestinating us from before the foundation of the world) unto salvation? The process of sanctification of the Spirit doing the work in us starts from the time we believe the truth. In what sense would you say we are sanctified before we believe? Yes, I appreciate that, in the eternal mind of God, we always were His but that speaks more of justification than sanctification, which (if the word means anything distinctive) is a subsequent process. |
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4 | Subsequent process | 1 Cor 1:2 | DocTrinsograce | 228436 | ||
Dear BornOne, There is an unwritten convention on the forum to use the "Question" button only when addressing the forum as a whole. Followup questions or comments addressed to individuals should be marked using the "Note" button. The individual you are communicating with will receive notification. This practice keeps the home page clear. Thank you! In Him, Doc |
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5 | Subsequent process | 1 Cor 1:2 | BornOne | 228437 | ||
Ah... OK, thanks Doc | ||||||