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Daily Archives: May 23, 2022
Justification Leads To Sanctification
Salvation can only be achieved – not through our works – but through the finished work of Christ. But once saved by justification, the Christian is to actively participate in his or her SANCTIFICATION. Once saved, we are not what we were. Before we were saved, we belonged to ourselves (or so we thought). Once saved, we belong to God. God is our Father. Jesus Christ purchased us by His Blood. Jesus Christ sits at the right hand of God the Father, making intercession for us.
We are not what we were, but are now – by the Blood and Intercession of Christ – SONS OF GOD.
As Jesus prays for His Church, He prays:
I pray not for the world, but for them which thou hast given me; for they are thine.
Christian, you were GIVEN to Jesus. Christian, you BELONG to God. You are “not your own … you are bought with a price” (1 Corinthians 6:20; 7:23)
Christians are both JUSTIFIED as well as SANCTIFIED. Pastor and Bible Teacher Chuck Swindoll wrote:
“{The Bible’s} message emphasizes the gospel to the lost and grace to the saved. … Just as the lost don’t understand the gospel, the saved rarely understand grace.”… Continue reading
Posted in John, Sermons Preached
Tagged Following Christ, Holiness, imitate God, sanctification
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