Understanding the Journey of Christian Sanctification
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"Christian growth is something to be happening in our Christian life. We grow deeper in our relationship with Jesus, we grow in love and service for Jesus to his people, to a needy world. We grow in the spiritual practices of the word, prayer, community, and evangelism. We grow in holiness and in purity of life. All of these are to be areas of growth for the believer." [00:03:44]
"The word sanctify just means set apart. Now, you'd never say that box of Chinese takeout is sanctified because that's a word you just use in church. But here's how I'm trying to get to you: the idea of sanctified is something that we're well aware of. We just don't use the word." [00:05:02]
"Sanctification is a position. If you are in Jesus Christ, you are sanctified. Is Jesus set apart unto God? Yes. Is Jesus whole? Yes. If you are in Jesus, you share in that. It's a very important point for us to grab on to that everything that we have in our Christian growth, everything we have in the advance of our Christian life, it is rooted in who we are in Jesus Christ." [00:13:05]
"This speaks of a decisive action of setting ourselves apart to God. Now, I'm not a Greek scholar. I can't, you know, read the Greek text myself and explain all the gravity, but I know how to read the people who are Greek scholars. And one of the best, a man named Leon Morris, he points this out. He says that the whole idea behind the verb present your bodies is that it is a decisive action." [00:15:46]
"This means that the presentation of our bodies unto God, this idea of sanctification, Christian growth, is a decisive dedication of the whole personality. The way Paul talks about it here, it's not a gradual or daily thing. You decide to do it. In other words, we say, 'Jesus, I'm gonna give you it all right here, right now.'" [00:16:48]
"Progressive sanctification and for that you just need to take a look at the next verse in Romans chapter 12, Romans chapter 12, verse 2. Look at what Paul says here. He says, 'And do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind, that you may prove what is that good and acceptable and perfect will of God.'" [00:21:31]
"Paul shifts subtly but certainly from verse 1 to verse 2 from talking about a decision to talking about a process. Be transformed by the renewing of your mind. The idea there is that it doesn't happen all at once, but it continues on through the Christian life. And the idea there emphasized is that sanctification or holiness or Christian growth or full surrender is something that happens continually throughout our Christian life." [00:21:59]
"If the progressive sanctification is overemphasized, it can lead to thinking, 'Well, I never need to make a decision. I'll just keep rolling along.' Now, we would agree that there's something wrong in somebody's life if, as a Christian, they're coming to a critical experience of full surrender twice every week. You're like, there's like some instability there that needs to be addressed." [00:23:17]
"When we gather it all together, we see that our Christian growth, our sanctification, first of all, it is positional. It is rooted in what Jesus has already accomplished. Number two, we would say that there are important decision points along the way in our Christian growth, our sanctification." [00:24:30]
"There is a continual process in our Christian growth. Brothers and sisters, it never ends. Never one of us is going to say we've arrived. But no, we are growing day by day in process in Christian growth, in holiness, in sanctification. They are true, each one of the three. Each one of the three is useful, and I would say each one of the three can be exaggerated into a problem." [00:25:32]
"It doesn't end until the day we die. It doesn't end until we pass from this life to the next. In some ways, we should live with the expectation that our Christian life, our Christian experience is going to be a battle until the day we die. I don't say that to depress or discourage anybody, but maybe just to let you know that if you're in the midst of the battle, that's okay." [00:26:14]
"Let's keep growing. Let's keep growing positionally. Let's keep growing decisively. And let's keep growing progressively. Father in heaven, that's our prayer. We pray, Lord Jesus, that you would help us to come together and live lives that rightly divide your truth, to live lives that bring you glory, but Lord, really being set apart to you." [00:30:23]
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"The word sanctify just means set apart. Now, you'd never say that box of Chinese takeout is sanctified because that's a word you just use in church. But here's how I'm trying to get to you: the idea of sanctified is something that we're well aware of. We just don't use the word." [00:05:02]
"Sanctification is a position. If you are in Jesus Christ, you are sanctified. Is Jesus set apart unto God? Yes. Is Jesus whole? Yes. If you are in Jesus, you share in that. It's a very important point for us to grab on to that everything that we have in our Christian growth, everything we have in the advance of our Christian life, it is rooted in who we are in Jesus Christ." [00:13:05]
"This speaks of a decisive action of setting ourselves apart to God. Now, I'm not a Greek scholar. I can't, you know, read the Greek text myself and explain all the gravity, but I know how to read the people who are Greek scholars. And one of the best, a man named Leon Morris, he points this out. He says that the whole idea behind the verb present your bodies is that it is a decisive action." [00:15:46]
"This means that the presentation of our bodies unto God, this idea of sanctification, Christian growth, is a decisive dedication of the whole personality. The way Paul talks about it here, it's not a gradual or daily thing. You decide to do it. In other words, we say, 'Jesus, I'm gonna give you it all right here, right now.'" [00:16:48]
"Progressive sanctification and for that you just need to take a look at the next verse in Romans chapter 12, Romans chapter 12, verse 2. Look at what Paul says here. He says, 'And do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind, that you may prove what is that good and acceptable and perfect will of God.'" [00:21:31]
"Paul shifts subtly but certainly from verse 1 to verse 2 from talking about a decision to talking about a process. Be transformed by the renewing of your mind. The idea there is that it doesn't happen all at once, but it continues on through the Christian life. And the idea there emphasized is that sanctification or holiness or Christian growth or full surrender is something that happens continually throughout our Christian life." [00:21:59]
"If the progressive sanctification is overemphasized, it can lead to thinking, 'Well, I never need to make a decision. I'll just keep rolling along.' Now, we would agree that there's something wrong in somebody's life if, as a Christian, they're coming to a critical experience of full surrender twice every week. You're like, there's like some instability there that needs to be addressed." [00:23:17]
"When we gather it all together, we see that our Christian growth, our sanctification, first of all, it is positional. It is rooted in what Jesus has already accomplished. Number two, we would say that there are important decision points along the way in our Christian growth, our sanctification." [00:24:30]
"There is a continual process in our Christian growth. Brothers and sisters, it never ends. Never one of us is going to say we've arrived. But no, we are growing day by day in process in Christian growth, in holiness, in sanctification. They are true, each one of the three. Each one of the three is useful, and I would say each one of the three can be exaggerated into a problem." [00:25:32]
"It doesn't end until the day we die. It doesn't end until we pass from this life to the next. In some ways, we should live with the expectation that our Christian life, our Christian experience is going to be a battle until the day we die. I don't say that to depress or discourage anybody, but maybe just to let you know that if you're in the midst of the battle, that's okay." [00:26:14]
"Let's keep growing. Let's keep growing positionally. Let's keep growing decisively. And let's keep growing progressively. Father in heaven, that's our prayer. We pray, Lord Jesus, that you would help us to come together and live lives that rightly divide your truth, to live lives that bring you glory, but Lord, really being set apart to you." [00:30:23]
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