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Teaching Outline On Sanctification 2

This document provides an outline on the teaching of sanctification. It discusses sanctification as a progressive work that makes believers more free from sin and like Christ. It contrasts sanctification with justification, noting sanctification deals with internal condition while justification deals with legal standing. The outline presents the four stages of sanctification: beginning at regeneration, increasing throughout life, being completed at death and resurrection, and never being completed in this life. It also discusses the roles of God and man in sanctification, with God as the primary agent through the work of the Son and Holy Spirit, and man having both a passive and active role in cooperating with God.

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Teaching Outline On Sanctification 2

This document provides an outline on the teaching of sanctification. It discusses sanctification as a progressive work that makes believers more free from sin and like Christ. It contrasts sanctification with justification, noting sanctification deals with internal condition while justification deals with legal standing. The outline presents the four stages of sanctification: beginning at regeneration, increasing throughout life, being completed at death and resurrection, and never being completed in this life. It also discusses the roles of God and man in sanctification, with God as the primary agent through the work of the Son and Holy Spirit, and man having both a passive and active role in cooperating with God.

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Teaching

 Outline  on  Sanctification  


 
Martin  Luther’s  Simul  Justus  et  Peccator  –  simultaneously  justified  and  sinner    
 
Sanctification  -­‐  a  progressive  work  of  God  and  man  that  makes  us  more  and  more  
free  from  sin  and  like  Christ  in  our  actual  lives.  
 
JUSTIFICATION                                                SANCTIFICATION    
Legal  Standing                                                        Internal  condition  
Once  for  all  time                                                  Continuous  throughout  life  
Entirely  God’s  work                                    We  cooperate    
Perfect  in  this  life                                              Not  perfect  in  this  life    
The  same  in  all  Christians                Greater  in  some  than  in  others  
 
 
Four  Stages  of  Sanctification:    
 
1. Sanctification  Has  a  Definite  Beginning  at  Regeneration.    
a. 1  John  3:9,  “No  one  born  of  God  makes  a  practice  of  sinning,  for  God’s  
seed  abides  in  him,  and  he  cannot  keep  on  sinning  because  he  has  been  
born  of  God.”    
b. 1  Corinthians  6:11,  “But  you  were  washed,  you  were  sanctified,  you  
were  justified  in  the  name  of  the  Lord  Jesus  Christ  and  in  the  Spirit  of  
our  God.”  
2. Sanctification  Increases  Throughout  Life  
a. The  NT  shows  sanctification  as  beginning  at  regeneration,  but  also  as  
a  process  through  our  lives.  
b. “Be  holy  yourselves  in  all  your  conduct.”  (1  Peter  1:15)  
3. Sanctification  is  Completed  at  Death  (for  Our  Souls)  and  When  the  Lord  
Returns  (for  Our  Bodies)  
a. Our  sanctification  will  never  be  completed  in  this  life  because  there  is  
still  sin  that  remains  in  our  hearts  even  though  we  are  followers  of  
Christ.  
b. So  when  we  die,  then  our  sanctification  is  completed  in  one  sense,  
because  now  our  souls  are  finally  free  from  the  indwelling  sin  and  are  
made  perfect,  but  also  when  the  Lord  returns  and  gives  us  our  
resurrection  bodies,  that  is  also  a  part  of  our  sanctification.  
4. Sanctification  is  Never  Completed  in  This  Life.    
a. Caution  against  False  Teachers:  there  are  false  teachers  out  there  
that  say  that  once  you  come  to  Christ,  that  you  are  perfect,  that  you  
should  no  longer  sin  at  any  time  from  the  point  in  which  you  came  to  
Christ.  This  is  called  perfectionism.  They  look  at  passages  such  as  
Matthew  5:48  or  2  Corinthians  7:1.  
b. Matthew  5:48,  “You,  therefore,  must  be  perfect,  as  your  heavenly  
Father  is  perfect.”  
c. 2  Corinthians  7:1,  “Since  we  have  these  promises,  beloved,  let  us  cleans  
ourselves  from  every  defilement  of  body  and  spirit,  bringing  holiness  to  
completion  in  the  fear  of  God.”  
d. The  OT  and  NT  both  teach  that  we  CANNOT  be  morally  perfect  in  this  
life.    
i. 1  Kings  8:46,  “If  they  sin  against  you  -­‐-­‐-­‐  For  there  is  no  man  who  
does  not  sin”  
ii. Ecclesiastes  7:20,  “Surely  there  is  not  a  righteous  man  on  earth  
who  does  good  and  never  sins.”  
iii. 1  John  1:8,  “If  we  say  we  have  no  sin,  we  deceive  ourselves,  and  
the  truth  is  not  in  us.”  
 
God’s  and  Man’s  Role  in  Sanctification  
 
God’s  Role:    
1. It’s  important  to  understand  that  sanctification  is  PRIMARILY  a  work  of  
God.  
a. 1  Thess.  5:23  “May  the  God  of  peace  himself  sanctify  you  wholly”  
b. Philippians  2:13,  “God  is  at  work  in  you,  both  to  will  and  to  work  for  
his  good  pleasure.”  
c. The  role  of  God  the  Son,  Jesus  Christ,  in  sanctification  is  first  that  
Jesus  himself  earned  our  sanctification  for  us.  Jesus  is  our  wisdom,  
our  righteousness,  sanctification  and  redemption.  Also  Jesus  is  our  
example  to  follow.  
2. The  role  of  God  the  Holy  Spirit  works  within  us  to  change  us  and  sanctify  
us,  giving  us  greater  holiness  of  life.  Paul  tells  us  to  “walk  by  the  Spirit,”  
“led  by  the  Spirit.”  The  Holy  Spirit  produces  the  fruit  of  the  Spirit  and  we  
are  more  responsive  to  the  desires  and  promptings  of  the  Holy  Spirit  in  
our  life  and  character    
 
Man’s  Role:    
  Our  role  is  both  a  passive  and  active  role  in  sanctification.  The  passive  role  is  
we  depend  on  God  to  sanctify  us  and  the  active  role  is  that  we  strive  to  obey  God  and  
take  steps  that  will  increase  our  sanctification.  
 
  Passive  Role:    
1. Romans  6:13,  “Yield  yourselves  to  God  as  men  who  have  been  
brought  from  death  to  life”  
2. Romans  12:1,  “Present  your  bodies  as  a  living  sacrifice,  holy  and  
acceptable  to  God.”  
3. Romans  8:13,  “If  by  the  Spirit  you  put  to  death  the  deeds  of  body  you  
will  live.”  
 
Active  Role:    
1. Romans  8:13,  “If  by  the  Spirit,  you  put  to  death  the  deeds  of  the  
body  you  will  live.”  
2. Philippians  2:12-­‐13,  “Therefore,  my  beloved,  as  you  have  always  
obeyed,  so  now,  not  only  as  in  my  presence  but  much  more  in  my  
absence,  you  work  out  your  own  salvation  with  fear  and  trembling;  
for  God  is  at  work  in  you,  both  to  will  and  to  work  for  his  good  
pleasure.”    
3. So,  what  are  the  ways  in  which  we  grow  in  holiness,  maturity  and  
obedience.  Read  and  meditate  on  the  Word  of  God,  prayer,  
corporate  worship,  witnessing,  Christian  fellowship  and  self-­‐
discipline  or  self-­‐control.    
 
What  Sanctification  Affects:  
1. Our  Intellect  
a. Colossians  3:10,  “which  is  being  renewed  in  knowledge  after  the  
image  of  its  creator”  
b. Philippians  1:9,  “abound  more  and  more,  with  knowledge  and  all  
discernment.”  
c. Romans  12:2,  “transformed  by  the  renewal  of  your  mind”  
d. More  than  just  head  knowledge,  but  growth  in  wisdom  and  
knowledge.    
2. Our  Emotions  
a. Galatians  5:22,  “love,  joy,  peace,  patience”    
b. We  will  find  it  increasingly  true  that  we  do  not  love  the  things  of  
the  world,  but  delight  to  do  God’s  will.    
3. Our  Will  
a. Our  decision-­‐making  grows  in  sanctification  as  our  will  will  be  
more  and  more  conformed  to  the  will  of  our  heavenly  Father  
4. Our  Spirit  
a. 2  Corinthians  7:1    
b. 1  Corinthians  7:34,  “how  to  be  holy  in  body  and  spirit.”    
5. Our  Physical  Bodies  
a. 1  Thessalonians  5:23,  “May  the  God  of  peace  himself  sanctify  you  
wholly;  and  may  your  spirit  and  soul  and  body  be  kept  sound  and  
blameless  at  the  coming  of  our  Lord  Jesus  Christ  
b. We  do  not  let  sin  reign  in  our  bodies,  nor  allow  our  bodies  to  
participate  in  any  way  in  immorality,  but  we  treat  our  bodies  with  
care  and  will  recognize  that  they  are  means  by  which  the  Holy  
Spirit  works  through  us  in  this  life.    
 
Motives  for  Obedience    
1. Desire  for  a  deeper  walk  with  God    
2. Desire  to  do  what  God  commands,  simply  because  his  commands  are  
right,  and  we  delight  in  doing  what  is  right  
3. Desire  to  avoid  God’s  displeasure  and  discipline  on  our  lives.    
 
 

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