The Blood Part 20

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20. The blood of Jesus Christ is our sanctification as of the eternal covenant. As, it is written, " Wherefore Jesus also, that he might, sanctify the people with his own blood" (Heb. 13:1212Wherefore Jesus also, that he might sanctify the people with his own blood, suffered without the gate. (Hebrews 13:12)),.... the blood of the everlasting covenant.,, I shall not say much about sanctification now, save that it does not mean exactly the same thing as purification. This is plain, because first, Christ said, " I sanctify myself " (John 17; 19), He could NOT have said, " I purify myself," for He was always pure, holy, harmless, undefiled, separate from sinners; in whom Satan had nothing. And secondly, in 1 Cor. 1:30,30But of him are ye in Christ Jesus, who of God is made unto us wisdom, and righteousness, and sanctification, and redemption: (1 Corinthians 1:30) Christ is said to be our sanctification; but we are told we are to purify ourselves. (.1 John 3:33And every man that hath this hope in him purifieth himself, even as he is pure. (1 John 3:3).) To sanctify means to set apart to God. In John 17:19,19And for their sakes I sanctify myself, that they also might be sanctified through the truth. (John 17:19) Jesus meant, " I set, myself apart as a victim." God sanctified or set apart the Nazarite, as Samson, and was his sanctification; so that when Samson did not keep himself pure he came into judgment. Every Christian is spiritually a Nazarite, and Christ is his sanctification; if the Christian, therefore does not purify himself, he is judged of the Lord that he be not condemned with the world.