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NASB | 1 Corinthians 1:2 ¶ To the church of God which is at Corinth, to those who have been sanctified in Christ Jesus, saints by calling, with all who in every place call on the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, their Lord and ours: |
AMPLIFIED 2015 | 1 Corinthians 1:2 ¶ To the church of God in Corinth, to those sanctified (set apart, made holy) in Christ Jesus, who are selected and called as saints (God's people), together with all those who in every place call on and honor the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, their Lord and ours: |
Subject: Sanctification Process? |
Bible Note: 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). |