Sanctification

John 3:3, 5-8

Jesus answered and said to Him (Nicodemus), “Most assuredly, I (Jesus Christ) say to YOU (Believers), unless One (Believers) is BORN AGAIN, He (Believers) can NOT SEE The Kingdom of GOD (GOD Almighty).”  Jesus answered, “Most assuredly, I (Jesus Christ) say to YOU (Believers), unless One (Believers) is Born of Water (The Natural Body) AND The Spirit (The Holy Spirit), He (Believers) can NOT enter The Kingdom of GOD (GOD Almighty).  That which is Born of The Flesh (The Natural Body) is Flesh, and that which is BORN of The Spirit (The Holy Spirit) IS Spirit.  Do NOT marvel that I (Jesus Christ) said to YOU (Believers), ‘YOU (Believers) MUST be BORN AGAIN.’  The wind blows where it (the wind) wishes, and YOU (Believers) hear the sound of it (the wind), but can NOT tell where it (the wind) comes from and where it (the wind) goes.  So is EVERYONE (Believers) who is BORN of The Spirit (The Holy Spirit).”

1 Corinthians 1:26-31

For YOU (Believers) SEE Your (Believers) CALLING, Brethren (Believers), that NOT Many Wise according to The Flesh (The Natural Body), NOT Many Mighty, NOT Many Noble, are CALLED.  But GOD (GOD Almighty) has CHOSEN The Foolish Things of The World to PUT TO SHAME The Wise, and GOD (GOD Almighty) has CHOSEN The Weak Things of The World to PUT TO SHAME The Things which are Mighty; and The Base Things of The World and The Things which are Despised GOD (GOD Almighty) has CHOSEN, and The Things which are NOT, to BRING TO NOTHING The Things that ARE, that NO Flesh should GLORY in His (GOD Almighty’s) Presence.  But of Him (GOD Almighty), YOU (Believers) are IN Christ Jesus, who BECAME for Us (Believers), Wisdom FROM GOD (GOD Almighty), and Righteousness and Sanctification and Redemption, that, as it is WRITTEN, “He (Believers) who GLORIES, let Him (Believers) GLORY in The LORD (Jesus Christ).”

1 Thessalonians 4:1-8

Finally then, Brethren (Believers), We (Believers) URGE and EXHORT in The LORD Jesus (Jesus Christ) that YOU (Believers) should ABOUND more and more, just as YOU (Believers) RECEIVED from Us (Believers), how YOU (Believers) OUGHT TO WALK and to Please GOD (GOD Almighty); for YOU (Believers) KNOW what Commandments We (Believers) GAVE YOU (Believers) THROUGH The LORD Jesus (Jesus Christ).  For THIS is The Will of GOD (GOD Almighty), Your (Believers) Sanctification: that YOU (Believers) should ABSTAIN from Sexual Immorality; that EACH of YOU (Believers) should KNOW how to POSSESS His (Believers) Own Vessel in Sanctification and Honor, NOT in Passion of Lust, like The Gentiles (Unbelievers) who do NOT know GOD (GOD Almighty); that NO ONE should Take Advantage of and Defraud His (Believers) Brother in THIS MATTER, because The LORD (Jesus Christ) IS The AVENGER of All Such, as We (Believers) also FOREWARNED YOU (Believers) and TESTIFIED.  For GOD (GOD Almighty) did NOT CALL Us (Believers) to Uncleanness, but IN HOLINESS.  Therefore He (Unbelievers) who REJECTS THIS does NOT REJECT Man, BUT GOD (GOD Almighty), who has also GIVEN Us (Believers) His (GOD Almighty’s) Holy Spirit (The Holy Spirit).

2 Thessalonians 2:13-17

But We (Believers) are BOUND to GIVE THANKS to GOD (GOD Almighty) Always for YOU (Believers), Brethren (Believers) BELOVED by The LORD (Jesus Christ), because GOD (GOD Almighty), from The Beginning CHOSE YOU (Believers) for Salvation THROUGH Sanctification by The Spirit and BELIEF in The TRUTH, to which He (GOD Almighty) CALLED YOU (Believers) by Our (Jesus Christ’s Disciples) Gospel (The Gospel of Jesus Christ), for The OBTAINING of The GLORY of Our LORD Jesus Christ.  Therefore, Brethren (Believers), STAND FAST and HOLD The Traditions (The Gospel of Jesus Christ) which YOU (Believers) were TAUGHT, whether by WORD or Our (Jesus Christ’s Disciples) Epistle (The Gospel of Jesus Christ).  Now may Our LORD Jesus Christ, Himself, and Our GOD (GOD Almighty) and Father (GOD Almighty), who has LOVED Us (Believers) and GIVEN Us (Believers) Everlasting Consolation and Good Hope by GRACE, comfort Your (Believers) Hearts and ESTABLISH YOU (Believers) in EVERY Good Word and (Good) Work.

Hebrews 10:9-10, 12-18

Then He (Jesus Christ) said, “Behold, I (Jesus Christ) have COME to do Your WILL, O GOD (GOD Almighty).”  He (GOD Almighty) TAKES AWAY The First (The First Covenant, The Law) that He (GOD Almighty) may ESTABLISH The Second (The Second Covenant).  By THAT WILL (GOD Almighty’s Will), We (Believers) have been Sanctified THROUGH The Offering of The Body of Jesus Christ, Once for All.  THIS Man (Jesus Christ), AFTER He (Jesus Christ) had Offered One Sacrifice for sins Forever, SAT DOWN at The Right Hand of GOD (GOD Almighty), from THAT TIME, waiting till His (Jesus Christ’s) Enemies are MADE His (Jesus Christ’s) Footstool.  For BY One Offering, He (Jesus Christ) has PERFECTED, Forever, Those (Believers) who are BEING Sanctified.  But The Holy Spirit ALSO Witnesses TO Us (Believers); for AFTER He (GOD Almighty) had said BEFORE, “This IS The Covenant that I (GOD Almighty) will MAKE with Them (Believers) AFTER Those Days, says The LORD (GOD Almighty): I (GOD Almighty) will PUT My (GOD Almighty’s) Laws INTO Their (Believers) Hearts, and IN Their (Believers) Minds I (GOD Almighty) will WRITE Them (GOD Almighty’s Laws),” then He (GOD Almighty) adds, “Their (Believers) sins and Their (Believers) lawless deeds I (GOD Almighty) will remember NO more.”  Now where there is Remission (Cleansing) of These (sins and lawless deeds), there is NO longer an Offering for sin.

1 Peter 1:1-12

To The Elect (Believers) according to The Foreknowledge of GOD (GOD Almighty), The Father, in Sanctification of The Spirit, for Obedience and Sprinkling of The Blood of Jesus Christ: Grace to YOU (Believers) and PEACE be Multiplied.  BLESSED be The GOD (GOD Almighty) and Father of Our LORD Jesus Christ, who according to His (GOD Almighty’s) Abundant Mercy has Begotten Us (Believers) AGAIN to a Living Hope THROUGH The Resurrection of Jesus Christ from The Dead, to an Inheritance Incorruptible and Undefiled and that does NOT fade away, Reserved in Heaven for YOU (Believers), who are KEPT by The POWER of GOD (GOD Almighty) THROUGH Faith for Salvation, Ready to be REVEALED in The LAST TIME.

In THIS, YOU (Believers) Greatly Rejoice, though now for a little while, if need be, YOU (Believers) have been grieved by Various Trials, that The Genuineness of Your (Believers) Faith, BEING much More Precious than gold that perishes, though it is TESTED by Fire, may be FOUND to Praise, Honor, and GLORY at The REVELATION of Jesus Christ, whom having NOT SEEN, YOU (Believers) Love.  Though NOW, YOU (Believers) do NOT SEE Him (Jesus Christ), Yet BELIEVING, YOU (Believers) Rejoice with Joy INEXPRESSIBLE and FULL of GLORY, RECEIVING The End of Your (Believers) Faith, The Salvation of Your (Believers) Souls.

Of THIS Salvation, The Prophets have inquired and searched carefully, who Prophesied of The GRACE that WOULD COME to YOU (Believers), searching what, or what Manner of Time, The Spirit of Christ (Jesus Christ) who was IN Them (The Prophets) was indicating when He Testified BEFOREHAND The Sufferings of Christ (Jesus Christ) and The GLORIES that would follow.  To Them (The Prophets) it was REVEALED that, NOT to Themselves (The Prophets), but TO Us (Believers), They (The Prophets) were Ministering The Things, which NOW have been Reported to YOU (Believers) THROUGH Those (Believers) who have Preached The Gospel (The Gospel of Jesus Christ) to YOU (Believers), by The Holy Spirit SENT from Heaven, THINGS which Angels Desire to LOOK INTO.

Fellow Believers, so what does Sanctification actually mean?  Well, first of all, remember that GOD Almighty can NOT be in the presence of sin, period.  Next, GOD Almighty REQUIRES a Blood Sacrifice for The Remission (or Cleansing) of sin.  So, THROUGH The Blood of Jesus Christ, We (Believers) have been CLEANSED, Our (Believers) sins having been WASHED AWAY (both Forgiven AND Forgotten), thereby Covering Us (Believers) in His (Jesus Christ’s) Righteousness.  By acknowledging GOD Almighty’s Amazing Saving Grace AND accepting GOD Almighty’s Free Gift of Salvation, thereby accepting Jesus Christ as Our (Believers) Personal LORD and Savior, Jesus Christ comes to ABIDE within Us (Believers) THROUGH The Holy Spirit, and We (Believers) are in FACT, Born of The Spirit (The Holy Spirit), Born Again!  We (Believers) are now WORTHY to be CALLED Children of GOD Almighty and more importantly, WORTHY to be in GOD Almighty’s Immediate Presence, for Eternity, Forever.  Amen.