After Salvation what next?
SANCTIFICATION MEMORY VERSE : Wherefore Jesus also, that He might sanctify the people with His own blood, suffered without the gate. Hebrews 13:12. BIBLE PASSAGE: John. 17:13-23, 1 Thessalonians. 4:1-7. INTRODUCTION: The basic meaning of sanctification is separation: Separation from evil (11 Chro. 29:5, 15-18) and separation into God 9Lev. 27:16). The subject of holiness and sanctification is so important that it is mentioned 1,066 times in the Bible. It is the express will of God that every believer should be sanctified (1Thess. 4:3). Until we have been sanctified we are of very little use to God. We cannot really become a “Vessel unto honour” until we have been sanctified. (11 Tim. 2:21). WHY MUST A BELIEVER BE SANCTIFIED? A true believer is a follower of Christ. He wants to be like Christ in all ways and in all things. Now, Jesus Christ was sanctified. By whom? By His Father, (John 10:36) and by Himself (John 17:19). Now if Jesus needed to be sanctified, then how much more do