Doctrine of the Week - Sanctification

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The Doctrine of the Week for this Sunday is Sanctification. In 1

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Thessalonians chapter 4 verse 3, the Apostle Paul tells Christians that the will of God for their lives is their sanctification.

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So what does that mean? Well, the Greek word hagios mos translated sanctification can also be translated as holiness.

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For example, in Hebrews 12, 14, the Bible says pursue peace with all men and holiness.

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So pursue holiness without which no one will see the Lord. So the concept of sanctification or holiness can refer to either being set apart unto

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God for a specific purpose, or it can, as it is more commonly used, refer to growing in grace, living a life of purity, different from the world around you.

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So for the Christian, the will of God for your life is your sanctification.

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Second Peter 3, 14, the Apostle writes that we should be diligent to be found by him in peace without spot and blameless.

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He then goes on to encourage believers to remain steadfast, do not be led astray by the error of the wicked.

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And then he says in verse 18, but grow in the grace and knowledge of our

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Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ. So this is all about holiness and how through the working of the

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Holy Spirit, we are being conformed to the image of Christ.

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So in conclusion, a believer may have been saved in a moment in time, but over time, the goal is to become more and more like Jesus.