Category Archives: Sanctification
Sanctification in Colossians
Colossians is good medicine for anyone overly troubled by angst over sanctification of the kind I’ve talked about before. It’s the ultimate ‘Jesus is everything’ and ‘the way in is the way on’ book of the NT. For anyone afraid … Continue reading
Sanctification by faith
The texts from Philippians in the previous post on sanctification highlights something very important, namely that sanctification is by faith. In faith we look back to God’s work begun in us and seek to live up to what we’ve already … Continue reading
Philippians and sanctification
Some passages on sanctification from Paul’s letter to the church at Philippi. First, Paul’s opening prayer: 1:9 And it is my prayer that your love may abound more and more, with knowledge and all discernment, 10 so that you may … Continue reading
1 John on sanctification
I started putting some passages and thoughts together a while ago on sanctification. I figured I should get back to it. Here’s an important passage from 1 John 3. 4 Everyone who makes a practice of sinning also practices lawlessness; … Continue reading
Re-post: Grace and godliness
This is a re-post, simply because it seems to fit quite well with the posts I’m in the middle of on sanctification. So, how does grace train us to be godly? I suspect a big part of the answer to … Continue reading
Change has come
More from Romans 6 on sanctification as real change that involves movement from disobedience to obedience. This time the highlighted parts in bold reveal the basis of such change in the grace of God in Christ. [See here for the … Continue reading
Real change in Romans 6
Biblical sanctification is not just growth in understanding of unworthiness and need for forgiveness. Neither is it simply a matter of growth in knowledge. The bible repeatedly expects those who belong to Christ to actually change in their patterns of … Continue reading
Satan’s traps and the Father’s gifts
Where does this ‘fear’ of sanctification that I mentioned in the previous post come from? Before diving headlong into texts that demonstrate the expectation and demand for growth in righteous behaviour among God’s people, it’s worth pausing briefly to consider … Continue reading
I believe in sanctification
I’ve been astonished recently. Well, not astonished as such, because I’ve come across it before. But one or two things recently have reminded me of something a bit troubling. It seems there is a certain uneasiness about sanctification amongst some … Continue reading
