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1 | Sanctified or Sanctimonious? | 1 Cor 1:30 | Hank | 10252 | ||
The noun "sanctification" and the adjective "sanctimonious" both have their etymology in the Latin word "sanctus" meaning "sacred," but they are by no means synonymous. What does each word mean, and which describes the more desirable quality for the Christian to work toward achieving? --Hank | ||||||
2 | Sanctified or Sanctimonious? | 1 Cor 1:30 | Makarios | 10253 | ||
The word 'sanctimonious' (according to Webster's New World College Dictionary) is defined as "adj. pretending to be very holy or pious; affecting righteousness -SYN. DEVOUT." Webster's Handy College Dictionary states for 'sanctimonious': "hypocritical devoutness." As for the word 'sanctification', Oswald Chamber's "My Utmost For His Highest" for July 23 puts it this way.. "Sanctification “But of Him you are in Christ Jesus, who became for us sanctification ” (1 Corinthians 1:30). The Life Side. The mystery of sanctification is that the perfect qualities of Jesus Christ are imparted as a gift to me, not gradually, but instantly once I enter by faith into the realization that He “became for [me] sanctification .” Sanctification means nothing less than the holiness of Jesus becoming mine and being exhibited in my life. The most wonderful secret of living a holy life does not lie in imitating Jesus, but in letting the perfect qualities of Jesus exhibit themselves in my human flesh. Sanctification is “Christ in you ” (Colossians 1:27). It is His wonderful life that is imparted to me in sanctification—imparted by faith as a sovereign gift of God’s grace. Am I willing for God to make sanctification as real in me as it is in His Word? Sanctification means the impartation of the holy qualities of Jesus Christ to me. It is the gift of His patience, love, holiness, faith, purity, and godliness that is exhibited in and through every sanctified soul. Sanctification is not drawing from Jesus the power to be holy—it is drawing from Jesus the very holiness that was exhibited in Him, and that He now exhibits in me. Sanctification is an impartation, not an imitation. Imitation is something altogether different. The perfection of everything is in Jesus Christ, and the mystery of sanctification is that all the perfect qualities of Jesus are at my disposal. Consequently, I slowly but surely begin to live a life of inexpressible order, soundness, and holiness—“ kept by the power of God ” (1 Peter 1:5)." |
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