Wednesday Night Bible Study | 02.02.2022
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FPC Starkville Wednesday Bible Study
Growing in the Holy Spirit: Sanctification & Faithful, Fruitful Christian Life
February 2, 2022
Martin Lifer
1 Corinthians 1:30-31 - And because of Him [God] you are in Christ Jesus,
Who became to us wisdom from God, righteousness and sanctification and redemption,
so that, as it is written, “Let the one who boasts, boast in the Lord.”
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Sanctification/Holiness –
without which no one will see the Lord.
Strive for peace with everyone, and for the holiness without which no one will see the Lord. Heb. 12:14
(1) “Positional Sanctification” = “Definitive Sanctification” = Consecrated Sanctification.
God sets apart Christians unto Himself, as holy in and for definitive purposes:
- God’s children
a/k/a citizens & royal priests of God’s Kingdom
a/k/a members of the Church (ecclesia/ “called out”)
a/k/a members of the Body of Christ a/k/a members of the Bride of Christ.
God’s “chosen ones” are “holy and beloved” (Col. 3:12), “beloved children” (Eph. 5:1),
crucified with Christ (Gal. 2:20) and clothed in Him – that is, having “put on Christ” (Gal. 3:27),
“a chosen race, a royal priesthood, a holy nation” (1 Peter 2:9), “a Kingdom – priests to his God and Father,” (Rev. 1:6), raised up with Christ & “seated” “with Him in the heavenly places in Christ Jesus,” (Eph. 2:6),
God’s “treasured possession” (cf. Deut. 7:6, via 1 Peter 2:9),
“fellow citizens with the saints and members of the household of God.” (Eph. 2:19),
(2) “Progressive Sanctification.” (e.g., Rom. 12:1-2 ff.,2 Cor. 3:18)
(3) “Final/Perfect Sanctification.” (e.g., 1 Jn. 3:2, 1. Cor 13:12, Jude 1:24-25, Rev. 21:2)
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God imputes to us & by His Spirit applies to us Christ’s Righteousness and the Righteousness of His (Perfect) Saving Work
He justifies us by faith in Christ
He secures our holy identity, place & roles with Him and in His House & Kingdom
He inspires us to grow, in Holiness, “Mortifying the Flesh,” Spiritually Maturing, & Bearing Fruit. This growth and its fruit (a) are essential AND (b) will be worked in us by God’s grace & Spirit through our Union with Christ.
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Jn. 17:19 (ESV) And for their sake I consecrate myself, that they also may be sanctified in truth.
(KJV) And for their sakes I sanctify myself, that they also might be sanctified through the truth.
(NASB 1977) And for their sakes I sanctify Myself, that they themselves also may be sanctified in truth.
(NIV) For them I sanctify myself, that they too may be truly sanctified.
êáὶ ὑðὲñ áὐôῶí ἐãὼ ἁãéÜæù ἐìáõôüí, ἵíá ὦóéí êáὶ áὐôïὶ ἡãéáóìÝíïé ἐí ἀëçèåßᾳ. ἁãéÜæù
Jn. 17:20-23 “I do not ask for these only, but also for those who will believe in Me through their word, that they may all be one, just as you, Father, are in Me, and I in You, that they also may be in Us, so that the world may believe that You have sent Me. The glory that you have given Me, I have given to them, so that they may be one, even as We are one, I in them and you in me, that they may become perfectly one, so that the world may know that You sent Me and loved them, even as You loved Me.”
Gal. 2:20 I have been crucified (Perfect Tense, Indicative Mood, Middle Voice) with Christ.
It is no longer I who live, but Christ Who lives in me.
And the life I now live in the flesh I live by faith in the Son of God, who loved me and gave Himself for me.
Gal. 5:24 And those who belong to Christ Jesus have crucified (Aorist Tense, Indicative Mood, ACTIVE Voice) the flesh with its passions and desires.
Col. 3:5 Put to death therefore what is earthly in you: sexual immorality, impurity, passion, evil desire, and covetousness, which is idolatry.
Rom. 8:13 For if you live according to the flesh you will die. But if by the Spirit you put to death the deeds of the body, you will live.
Or Is it Christ Jesus who died… for us?