Pentecostal Sanctification

This short work makes up in punch what it lacks in length! It is simply 31 paragraph length capsule commentaries, each on a sanctification scripture. Here are two examples:

3. Unblemished
"Christ also loved the church, and gave himself for it; That he might sanctify and cleanse it with the washing of water by the word, That he might present it to himself a glorious church, not having spot, or wrinkle, or any such thing; but that it should be holy and without blemish.-Eph. v. 25-27. The Revised Version brings out the second work of grace very clearly here. It says Christ gave Himself for the church that "He might sanctify it, having cleansed it with the washing of water by the Word." The object of the second work is that the church might be a "glorious church," without. "spot or wrinkle" or "blemish"; in a word, "holy." The world could never stand before such a church. So if we want to see men saved, let us pray first for such a church.

4. The Great Object of the Atonement.
"Wherefore Jesus also, that he might sanctify the people with his own blood, suffered without the gate."-Heb. xiii. 12.
So Jesus died that He might sanctify the people. This was why His blood was shed without the gate. How few Christians have dreamed of this. They thought Christ died for our regeneration, but this verse shows it was also for our sanctification. It stands to reason that He died that we might obtain the greatest blessing. How strange it is that with this provision, some of God's children are satisfied with a lesser blessing. How sad it is that some of God's people have not yet felt the full benefit of what was done on the cross for them.
 

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