What Baptists Believe About Sanctification

Prayer: That the Holy Spirit will enable us to understand the truth.





X. OF Sanctification

We believe that sanctification is the process by which, according to the will of God, we are made partakers of his holiness; (1) that it is a progressive work; (2) that it is begun in regeneration; (3) and that it is carried on in the hearts of believers by the presence and power of the Holy Spirit, the Sealer and Comforter, in the continual use of the appointed means - especially, the word of God, self-examination, self-denial, watchfulness, and prayer.(4)





Places in the Bible where taught.

(1) 1 Thess. 4:3. For this is the will of God, even your sanctification. 1 Thess. 5:23. And the very God of peace sanctify YOU Wholly. 2 Cor. 7:1; 13:9; Eph. 1:4.

(2) Prov. 4:18. The path of the just is as the shining light which shineth more and more unto the perfect day. 2 Cor. 3:18; Heb. 6:1; 2 Peter 1:5-8; Phil. 3:12-16.

(3) John 2:29. If ye know that he [God] is righteous, ye know that every one that doeth righteousness is born of him. Rom. 8:5. They that are after the flesh, do mind the things of the flesh; but they that are after the Spirit the things of the Spirit.
John 3:6; Phil. 1:9-11; Eph. 1:13, 14.

(4) Phil. 2:12, 13. Work out your own salvation with fear and trembling, for it is God which worketh in you both to will and to do, of his good pleasure. Eph. 4:11, 12;
1 Peter 2:2; 2 Peter 3:18; 2 Cor. 13:5; Luke 11:35; 9:23; Matt. 26:41;
Eph. 6:18: 4:30.





Discussion by Leader:

1. What we are to study tonight.

2. Importance of the doctrine.

3. Baptists to be governed by the Word, not the opinions of men.





Parts for Assignment:

1. Sanctification for the whole man: spirit, soul, body. When for each one? In God's sight man was completely sanctified when chosen in eternity. In man's sight, progressive. Three tenses of salvation: past, present, future.

2. It is a pro3ressive work. We are to grow in grace. First babes, then children, then grown sons.

3. It is begun, insofar as the individual is concerned, in regeneration. Carried on into the resurrection of the body.

4. It is carried on, not in the energy of the flesh by striving, but by the indwelling Spirit of God, the believer yielding.





Discussion Questions:

1. What does the word sanctification mean?
Hebrew: "quadesh ", meaning "to set apart."
Greek: "hagiazo "meaning "to set apart."
Sanctuary: "migdash ",meaning -a place set apart."

2. Can things as well as persons be sanctified?

A day - Gen. 2:3

An altar - Ex. 29:36-37

People - Lev. 11:44

A House - Lev. 27:14

A Field - Lev. 27:17

Cooking utensils and pots and pans - I Chron. 23:13

Christ was sanctified. (Not made better) - Jn. 17:19

3. Sanctification of the believer is a person, the Lord Jesus Christ is our. sanctification. -
I Cor. 1:30

4. Sanctification is the work of the Holy Spirit. 11 Thess. 2:13; 1 Pet. 1:2

5. What do we mean by a sanctified person? A sanctified person is a saint. A saint is simply a believer in the Lord. I Cor. 1: 2; 11 Cor. 1:1; Eph. 1:1; Phil. 1:1; Col. 1:2,

6. When are we sanctified in God's sight? When we are saved? At the end of life when we die? When we are convicted by the Spirit? Or, in eternity past before the world was? "from the beginning" - II Thess. 2:13; "in the foreknowledge of God" -
I Pet. 1: 2.
 

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