Present Truth: Sanctification

Narrator: Chris Genthree
Duration: 1min
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Sanctification precedes justification (1 Cor. 6:1111And such were some of you: but ye are washed, but ye are sanctified, but ye are justified in the name of the Lord Jesus, and by the Spirit of our God. (1 Corinthians 6:11)). A person or a vessel sanctified is set apart to God absolutely and perfectly. “By the which will we are sanctified through the offering of the body of Jesus Christ” (Heb. 10:1010By the which will we are sanctified through the offering of the body of Jesus Christ once for all. (Hebrews 10:10)).
This is our position always before God as the fruit of the work of Christ upon the cross. This is “positional sanctification” and never changes.
To sanctify the Lord of hosts is to have Him before us to the exclusion of all others. We give Him credit for all that He is as He has revealed Himself to us (Isa. 8:1313Sanctify the Lord of hosts himself; and let him be your fear, and let him be your dread. (Isaiah 8:13)).
Thy Word, Thyself reflecting,
Doth sanctify by truth,
Still leading on Thy children
With gentle heavenly growth.
Thus still the work proceedeth,
The work begun by grace,
For each is meet, and training,
Father, to see Thy face.
In the above verse it says “meet” that is, positionally sanctified and “training” that is, progressive sanctification, which is the practical application of the truth to our daily lives. Every believer is “positionally sanctified.”