We’ve all read and/or heard about butterflies and how God, in His perfect and glorious will, transforms something ugly into an incredible thing of beauty. A monarch butterfly, thought to be one of the most beautiful of its species, is a flying display of striking orange wings with black stripes and white spots.
But the butterfly originated as something quite different – a tiny egg. After a period, the egg becomes a small caterpillar, weird looking at worst, and at best with colors to match what it will become. It’s small with many legs, and under a microscope it has a monster-like appearance.
sanctification.
If we could choose just one verse to communicate our definition of the sanctification of believers, it would have to be (in this author’s mind) 2 Corinthians 3:18, which reads, “And we all, with unveiled face, beholding the glory of the Lord, are being transformed into the same image from one degree of glory to another. For this comes from the Lord who is the Spirit.”
John Frame
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Dr. Steven R. Cook
Sanctification is an ongoing work of God within us that is evidenced in inwardly changed lives that outwardly reflect God’s glory. We were once darkness (Ephesians 5:8). Not just in darkness, but darkness itself. The same verse tells us we are now light, and we are not to hide His light in us (Luke 11:33).
Through God’s work in us, we overcome our unbelief (Mark 9:24). Let’s park on that five-word verse for a moment. “I believe; help my unbelief.” This father stood before the Creator of the heavens and the earth. He’d no doubt heard of Him and he wanted desperately to believe Jesus could heal his child. He needed Jesus’ help to believe.
Pastor Kevin DeYoung
We are sentient beings, emotional and often unyielding. We are stubborn and selfish by nature (Jeremiah 17:9). We tend to be at odds with anything or anyone who thinks other than we, and we question much about life.
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- Indwells us (1 Corinthians 3:16)
- Is our Helper (John 16:7)
- Convicts the world of sin (John 16:8)
- Teaches us (John 14:26)
- Is our source for revelation, wisdom, and power (1 Corinthians 2:10-11)
- Seals us (Ephesians 1:13)
- Gifts us (1 Corinthians 12:7-11)
- Guides us in the truth (John 16:13)
- Helps and intercedes for us (Romans 8: 26-27)
- Brings us to life (Romans 8:10-11)
- And sanctifies us (Galatians 5:22-25)
A Christian’s life is not a sprint, it’s a marathon.
As part of our full spiritual armor, we put on the helmet of salvation. This headgear keeps us grounded and rooted in the truth that we belong to Jesus and no other. He is and will always be The Way, the Truth, and The Life (John 14:6).
Contrary to the beliefs of some non-Christians, we are not automatons who act in stiff legalism. When we abide in Christ (John 15:6), our wills are changed to those which please the Father and bring us great joy. We want to be the people He created us to be so He gets the glory. There is great freedom in Christ (Galatians 2:4), freedom the world will never understand or accept. Knowing and loving the Lord causes us to grow in Him so we will be more like Him.
If we stagnate, we remain spiritually immature and unfit to disciple others, which is a command we cannot ignore (Matthew 28:19-20). In actuality, we cannot ignore any of the Lord’s commands, nor as mature believers do we want to.
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He is a cross pendant.
He is engraved with a unique Number.
He will mail it out from Jerusalem.
He will be sent to your Side.
Emmanuel
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