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Sanctification: the will of God 1 Th.4:3

Sanctification: the will of God 1 Th.4:3. 1. Position: to dedicate, separate, set apart for God, Jn.17:19 (A-S) 1 Pt.1:22; 1 Co.6:11 (1:2) 2. Process: growth in holiness, Ro.6:19-22 Jn.17:17. The goal is purity.

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Sanctification: the will of God 1 Th.4:3

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  1. Sanctification: the will of God1 Th.4:3 1. Position: to dedicate, separate, set apart for God, Jn.17:19 (A-S) • 1 Pt.1:22; 1 Co.6:11 (1:2) 2. Process: growth in holiness, Ro.6:19-22 • Jn.17:17

  2. The goal is purity “The greatest miracle God can do today is to take an unholy man out of an unholy world, and make that man holy and put him back into that unholy world and keep him holy in it”

  3. Sanctification: the will of God1 Th.4:3 1. Position: to dedicate, separate, set apart for God, Jn.17:19 (A-S) • 1 Pt.1:22; 1 Co.6:11 (1:2) 2. Process: growth in holiness, Ro.6:19-22 • Jn.17:17 3. Perfection: at His coming, 1 Th.3:13

  4. I. Paganism Is Prevalent(1 Th.4:5)

  5. The sin of society invades churches It would be naïve to think we can escape. History is against us. Rv.2-3 Corinth Thessalonica

  6. They were surrounded • Romans: “women were married to be divorced and divorced to be married” –Seneca • Greeks:“we keep prostitutes for pleasure …mistresses for day-to-day needs of the body…wives for begetting of children and faithful guardianship of homes” –Demosthenes • Jews: have the law (Ex.19:6) • Dt. 24 (Mt.19:3); Mal.2:…16 • Ro.2:17-24

  7. Pew Research Center (6/27/11) Cohabitation is an increasingly prevalent lifestyle in the U.S. The share of 30- to 44-year-olds living as unmarried couples has more than doubled since the mid-1990s.

  8. “Why Young ChristiansAren’t Waiting Anymore” October issue of evangelical magazine Young, unmarried ‘Christians’ are as promiscuous as ‘non-Christian’ peers “(Almost) Everyone’s Doing It” 80% of unmarried evangelical young adults (18-29) are guilty Just under 88% of unmarried adults

  9. America’s moral decline Living together No fault divorce Marriage not sacred What is marriage?

  10. The pressure to conform 1. Diversity: variety; no truth; different views “…Votaries of ‘diversity’ insist on absolute conformity” (Tony Snow) 2. Perversity: turned away from or rejecting what is right, good, proper… Ro.1 3. Adversity: persecute/penalize those who disagree. Lk.14:25-27

  11. I. Paganism Is Prevalent(1 Th.4:5) II. Purity Is Possible(1 Th.4:3, 4, 7)

  12. We know because . . . it has been done Noah, Gn.6 Ph.2:15 Boaz/Ruth, Jgs. 1 Th.4:3; 5:22 • God’s call (7) • He never requires the impossible • Hb.12:14

  13. Signs of sanctificationNegative: 2 Tim.2:22 Distinguishes right and wrong. 1 Th.4:3; Hb.5:14 Realizes temptation is impartial. Gn.39 Has a plan. Ga.2:5 Decisive: avoids sin like plague. Ja.4:7 Consistent (pres. tense). Mt.4:1-11 Knows what is at stake. Hb.12:14

  14. Signs of sanctificationPositive: 1 Pt.1:13-17 Minds his mind, 13 Focuses on the finish, 13 Obeys the orders, 14 Disregards the disobedient, 14 Follows the Father, 15-16 (Lv.11; 19)

  15. I. Paganism Is Prevalent(1 Th.4:5) II. Purity Is Possible(1 Th.4:3, 4, 7) III. Pleasing Is Profitable(1 Th.4:1)

  16. Please God Forgivenof sins Clearconscience Heavenlyhope • To give pleasure / satisfaction, accom-modate. 1 Th.2:4, 15 • Sacrifice self-interest (Ro.8:8; 15:1) • 1 Co.7:32-34; 10:33 • Ac.8:39

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