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Wholly Sanctified
According to Bradford A. Mullen in his "Evangelical dictionary of biblical theology, 1996, 708", 'The generic meaning of sanctification is “the state of proper functioning.”
To sanctify someone or something is to set that person or thing apart for the use intended by its designer ... In the theological sense, things are sanctified when they are used for the purpose God intends.
A human being is sanctified, therefore, when he or she lives according to God’s design and purpose.’
So, when we read our theme verse here, which is 1 Thessalonians 5:23
We understand that there is an action by God to sanctify us, it is God’s intentional plan that we live “wholly” according to God’s design and purpose.
We also hear Paul’s prayer as the writer of this letter that our “whole spirit and soul and body be preserved blameless”.
If we read the whole context of this letter, we understand that God has taken action to reconcile us to himself through Jesus Christ when He raised Jesus from the dead.
And, God is working by the Holy Spirit to set us in this place where we are fit for purpose and examples to all around us.
What this looks like is that we take action in ourselves as
we are patient toward all in vs 14
we follow that which is good in vs 15
we rejoice evermore in vs 16
we pray without ceasing in vs 17
we give thanks in everything in vs 18
we embrace the moving of the Holy Spirit in vs 19
we value prophecy in vs 20
we prove, and hold onto the things that are good in vs 21
Then, we come to this verse, 1 Thessalonians 5:23 which is followed immediately by
God will do it.
God will prepare us and make us ready for the work He has for us just as Jesus did with Peter and Andrew, His disciples.
Jesus said to them in Matthew 4:19
Jesus was working with them to transform them into the men they needed to be to fulfill his plan.
Let’s look at the word used for sanctification in our theme verse, 1 Thessalonians 5:23.
Sanctified
Sanctification is one of the group of words that includes the root idea of ‘separation’ or ‘restricted use’ (HOLINESS).
Our understanding of sanctification begins in Genesis 2:3 where
The Lord blessed the seventh day and “consecrated” it, making it holy (Gen.
2:3).
This is the first use of the Hebrew verb qadash.
Here it indicates that God set aside the seventh day because He rested on it.
This day has a purpose, it is a day for us to rest from our work and to commune with God.
However, Sanctification sometimes denotes the process by which men are made holy; but in the NT it is used also to describe the state into which men pass as they become holy because of that process.
If we look at Acts 26:18, we see the process and the end state
The process is “to open their eyes” and to “turn from darkness”, “the power of Satan”, to “light”, “God”.
The state is “forgiven of sin” and an “inheritance”
But let’s back up here.
What why do we need this sanctification?
Creation
In the beginning, in Genesis 1:1,
As God created, He also commented that what He had created was good beginning in Genesis 1:4
We won’t go through the whole description in Genesis
but finally, God created man in Genesis 1:27-28
And God gave us full dominion, authority.
And, in Genesis 1:31 "God saw every thing that he had made, and, behold, it was very good.”
But God created the heavens and He formed the earth for a purpose.
It says in Isaiah 45:18
God did this for “it to be inhabited”
God did this in Malachi 2:15
If we read the context, in vs 14 this “did not he make one” refers to a man marrying and living with the “wife of his youth” to raise a godly seed.
God did this in 1 Timothy 2:2-3 where it says we are to pray for those who are leaders
This is so we can lead quiet and peaceful lives
It is also that “all men” have an opportunity to be saved.
We could expound more on the goodness of God demonstrated in creation and our relationship with Him
Lets look though at the last reason God created the earth, and I believe His driving purpose found in Ephesians 3:9-11
God did it to demonstrate His wisdom to principalities and powers “by the church”.
By creating man and giving us free will, we can choose to follow God who is love and peace and joy.
Or, we can choose to follow the devil who is the accuser, the liar, the deceiver.
The problem is that a liar or deceiver cannot be known until the result of their actions are fully manifested.
The deceiver will fail to deliver what he has promised and all that follow him will fall with him.
Sin
While the main focus in this message is not on sin, it is necessary to understand that the world is caught, and the dominion God gave to man at creation was given over to the devil by sin.
The entrance to sin into the world is found in Romans 5:12
By sin, we were cut off from God and dead to Him
It says in Ephesians 2:12
That we were aliens, strangers, having no hope.
Salvation
But salvation came to us through Jesus Christ in Ephesians 2:13
We are no longer separated from God by sin.
It says in 1 Corinthians 6:20
We were purchased back by God.
We can be confident that our eternal life is secure with Him.
Wholly Sanctified
There is though, a process of “Sanctification” for us to go through.
This process is for us to come fully into the plan and purpose God has for us.
Sin, and the ways of sin,
undermined us
corrupted us
blinded us to the ways God wanted to use us
The focus of sanctification is the healing of the dysfunctionality of sin.
Sanctification has an initial, progressive, and final phase.
We “are being transformed” as it says in 2 Cor 3:18
We are “changed … from glory to glory” as we turn from sin in every area of our lives
Paul said it this way in Acts 20:32
God’s word working in us is transforming us into the image of Christ.
There is a point where we have stepped into the plan and purpose God has for us and we are living a sanctified life.
And, the sanctified life is victorious
As it says in Romans 8:37
Our Prayer
We need revelation, wisdom, insight, to move away from the dysfunction of sin and to wholly embrace holiness
What areas are there in our lives where we need to make a change?
What is the perfect will of God for us?
Where are we living only in the good or acceptable will of God?
We are admonished to present ourselves for God’s plans in Romans 12:1-2
We may know we are saved.
We may be doing our routine in support of our local Church.
But are we fulfilling all of God’s perfect will for our lives?
Lets pray.
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