1. Sanctified In Christ Jesus “hagiazo” - to make holy, to set apart for a special purpose. Related words include holiness, consecration, saint.

2. The blessing of sanctification 1.All Christians are sanctified – 1 Corinthians 3.1-3 – 1 Peter 2.9 “To the church of God which is at Corinth, to those who are sanctified in Christ Jesus, called to be saints,” - 1 Corinthians 1.2

3. The blessing of sanctification 1.All Christians are sanctified – 1 Corinthians 3.1-3 – 1 Peter 2.9 “But you were washed, but you were sanctified, but you were justified in the name of the Lord Jesus and by the Spirit of our God.” - 1 Corinthians 6.11

4. The blessing of sanctification 1.All Christians are sanctified – 1 Corinthians 3.1-3 – 1 Peter 2.9 To all who are in Rome... called to be saints -Rom 1.7 To the church of God which is at Corinth... called to be saints - 1 Corinthians 1.2 To all the saints... who are in Philippi - Philippians 1.1 To the saints... who are in Colossae - Colossians 1.2

5. The blessing of sanctification 1.All Christians are sanctified – 1 Corinthians 3.1-3 – 1 Peter 2.9 2.Christians are also being sanctified – Hebrews 2.11; 12.14 – 2 Corinthians 7.1 – 1 Peter 1.15-16 “Now may the God of peace Himself sanctify you completely” - 1 Thessalonians 5.23

6. The process of sanctification is the work of... 1.The Holy Spirit – Titus 3.5-6 – 1 Corinthians 6.19-20 – Ephesians 3.16 “that I might be a minister of Jesus Christ to the Gentiles, ministering the gospel of God, that the offering of the Gentiles might be acceptable, sanctified by the Holy Spirit.” - Romans 15.16

7. The process of sanctification is the work of... 1.The Holy Spirit – Titus 3.5-6 – 1 Corinthians 6.19-20 – Ephesians 3.16 “God from the beginning chose you for salvation through sanctification by the Spirit and belief in the truth” - 2 Thessalonians 2.13

8. The process of sanctification is the work of... 1.The Holy Spirit – Titus 3.5-6 – 1 Corinthians 6.19-20 – Ephesians 3.16 “elect according to the foreknowledge of God the Father, in sanctification of the Spirit” - 1 Peter 1.2

9. The process of sanctification is the work of... 1.The Holy Spirit – Titus 3.5-6 – 1 Corinthians 6.19-20 – Ephesians 3.16 2.The word of God – Romans 8.5 – Galatians 5.16-22 “Sanctify them by Your truth. Your word is truth.” - John 17.17

10. The process of sanctification is the work of... 1.The Holy Spirit – Titus 3.5-6 – 1 Corinthians 6.19-20 – Ephesians 3.16 2.The word of God – Romans 8.5 – Galatians 5.16-22 “that He might sanctify and cleanse her [the church] with the washing of water by the word” - Ephesians 5.26

11. Do we appreciate the privilege of being “sanctified in Christ Jesus”? That God has blessed us to be part of “a holy nation”? That God has called us to holiness, because He is holy? That having sanctified us, He desires to sanctify us completely? That He does this because He desires to dwell among us? 2 Corinthians 6.17-18

12. “Therefore, having these promises, beloved, let us cleanse ourselves from all filthiness of the flesh and spirit, perfecting holiness in the fear of God.” 2 Corinthians 7:1

13. Are we perfecting holiness in the fear of God?

14. Are you sanctified for God’s special purpose? If you are not, then would you like to be?

15. If you believe that Jesus is the son of God and is risen from the dead, then be baptized for the remission of your sins, right now, as we sing #000!