INTRODUCTION.

Meaning of Sanctification.

Determined by usage.

Principle of first occurrence.

Gen. 2 :3 "sanctified it —"

Took place before entrance of sin.

No reference to purification.

Means,— SET APART.

I. IN THE PAST.

Instantaneous and complete.

1. — Sanctified by Christ.

Heb. 10:10, 14.

Heb. 13:12.

Heb. 2:11.

1 Cor. 1:30.

2. — Sanctified by God.

Jude 1.

3. — Sanctified by the Spirit.

1 Cor. 6:11.

4. — Sanctified through faith.

Acts 26:18.

II. IN THE PRESENT.

Growth and development.

A crisis with a view to a process."

1. — Sanctified by the Spirit.

Rom. 15:16.

2 Cor. 3:18.

2. — Sanctified by the Word.

John 17:17.

Eph. 5:26. 27.

III. IN THE FUTURE.

Complete and ultimate.

1. — Sanctified by God.

1 Thes. 5:23.

1 John 3:1, 2.

CONCLUSION.

Heb. 12:14 (R. V.)

Pursue sanctification.

R. S. B.