Entire Sanctification

OUR LORD AT THE END OF HIS EARTHLY MINISTRY, COMMANDED THAT HIS CHURCH BE TAUGHT ALL THAT HE COMMANDED. 

Matthew  28:20 Teaching them to observe all things whatsoever I have commanded you: and, lo, I am with you alway, even unto the end of the world. Amen.

IN ADDITION FROM GLORY ON TWO DIFFERENT OCCASIONS, HE COMMANDED THAT HIS CHURCH, SHOULD LIVE BY ALL THEY WERE TAUGHT. 

Revelation  3:10 Because thou hast kept the word of my patience, I also will keep thee from the hour of temptation, which shall come upon all the world, to try them that dwell upon the earth.  3:11 Behold, I come quickly: hold that fast which thou hast, that no man take thy crown.

Revelation  2:25 But that which ye have already hold fast till I come.

AFTER HIS ASCENSION, THE LEADERSHIP OF HIS CHURCH, ADDICT THEMSELVES TO THIS ALL IMPORTANT, ETERNITY DEFINING DIRECTIVE. 

THE CHURCH UNDER PETER 

Acts  2:42 And they continued stedfastly in the apostles’ doctrine and fellowship, and in breaking of bread, and in prayers.

THE CHURCH UNDER PAUL.

Acts  20:20 And how I kept back nothing that was profitable unto you, but have shewed you, and have taught you publickly, and from house to house,  20:26 Wherefore I take you to record this day, that I am pure from the blood of all men.  20:27 For I have not shunned to declare unto you all the counsel of God.

NO WONDER WHEN PAUL WAS ROUNDING UP HIS MINISTRY ON EARTH, HE COMPELLED TIMOTHY, TO ENSURE, HE LIVED BY AND TEACH THE ENTIRETY OF ALL HE HAD BEEN TAUGHT. 

1 Timothy  4:16 Take heed unto thyself, and unto the doctrine; continue in them: for in doing this thou shalt both save thyself, and them that hear thee.

BIBLE DOCTRINE 10: ENTIRE SANCTIFICATION

SANCTIFICATION

God’s Word teaches:

That entire sanctification is a definite act of God’s grace, subsequent to the New Birth, by which the believer’s heart is purified and made holy. 

Works, struggle, or suppression cannot attain it progressively, but it is obtained by faith in the sanctifying blood of Jesus Christ. 

Holiness of life and purity of heart are central to Christian living .

Sanctification is the revealed will of God.

1 Thessalonians  4:3 For this is the will of God, even your sanctification, that ye should abstain from fornication:

It is the second work of grace after biblical salvation.

Ezekiel  36:25 Then will I sprinkle clean water upon you, and ye shall be clean: from all your filthiness, and from all your idols, will I cleanse you.  36:26 A new heart also will I give you, and a new spirit will I put within you: and I will take away the stony heart out of your flesh, and I will give you an heart of flesh.

Psalms  24:3 Who shall ascend into the hill of the LORD? or who shall stand in his holy place?  24:4 He that hath clean hands, and a pure heart; who hath not lifted up his soul unto vanity, nor sworn deceitfully.

Psalms  51:7 Purge me with hyssop, and I shall be clean: wash me, and I shall be whiter than snow.

1 John  1:9 If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins, and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.

Because of this Jesus prayed for believers to experience it.

Jesus prayed for our Sanctification, because of its importance.

John  17:15 I pray not that thou shouldest take them out of the world, but that thou shouldest keep them from the evil.  17:16 They are not of the world, even as I am not of the world.  17:17 Sanctify them through thy truth: thy word is truth.  17:20 Neither pray I for these alone, but for them also which shall believe on me through their word;

Because of the importance of Sanctification, all the brings in the Trinity can sanctify believers.

God the Father .

1 Thessalonians  5:22 Abstain from all appearance of evil.  5:23 And the very God of peace sanctify you wholly; and I pray God your whole spirit and soul and body be preserved blameless unto the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ.  5:24 Faithful is he that calleth you, who also will do it.

Leviticus  20:7 Sanctify yourselves therefore, and be ye holy: for I am the LORD your God.  20:8 And ye shall keep my statutes, and do them: I am the LORD which sanctify you.

Jesus Christ our Lord.

John  17:17 Sanctify them through thy truth: thy word is truth.

Ephesians  5:25 Husbands, love your wives, even as Christ also loved the church, and gave himself for it;  5:26 That he might sanctify and cleanse it with the washing of water by the word,  5:27 That he might present it to himself a glorious church, not having spot, or wrinkle, or any such thing; but that it should be holy and without blemish.

Hebrews  2:11 For both he that sanctifieth and they who are sanctified are all of one: for which cause he is not ashamed to call them brethren,

Hebrews  10:10 By the which will we are sanctified through the offering of the body of Jesus Christ once for all.  10:14 For by one offering he hath perfected for ever them that are sanctified.

Hebrews  13:12 Wherefore Jesus also, that he might sanctify the people with his own blood, suffered without the gate.

The blessed Holy Spirit.

Romans  15:16 That I should be the minister of Jesus Christ to the Gentiles, ministering the gospel of God, that the offering up of the Gentiles might be acceptable, being sanctified by the Holy Ghost.

Sanctification is synonymous to holiness and purity of heart. It is the requisite to seeing God.

God is a holy God and it takes holiness lifestyle to be able to relate with Him.

Matthew  5:8 Blessed are the pure in heart for they shall see God.

1 Peter  1:14 As obedient children, not fashioning yourselves according to the former lusts in your ignorance:  1:15 But as he which hath called you is holy, so be ye holy in all manner of conversation;  1:16 Because it is written, Be ye holy; for I am holy.

Believers are called to holiness lifestyle everyday of their lives.

Luke  1:75 In holiness and righteousness before him, all the days of our life.

1 Thessalonians 4:7 For God hath not called us unto uncleanness, but unto holiness.  4:8 He therefore that despiseth, despiseth not man, but God, who hath also given unto us his holy Spirit.

This is because without holiness, no being will be able to see God.

Hebrews  12:14 Follow peace with all men, and holiness, without which no man shall see the Lord:

Since you desire to see God, them you are under compulsion to be sanctified.

This can be your experience now.

Remember Sanctification is for believers, those who have been biblically saved.

So reach out now to Jesus to save you.

Then plunge yourself into the precious blood of Jesus for Sanctification.

1 John  1:7 But if we walk in the light, as he is in the light, we have fellowship one with another, and the blood of Jesus Christ his Son cleanseth us from all sin.  1:9 If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins, and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.

Let us pray.