The Justified Are Candidates for Sanctification
The justified are candidates for sanctification, and it is the will of God for us to live a holy and righteous life through the power of the Holy Spirit.
Samuel Alexander Danford preaches about God's purpose and plan for His people, emphasizing the journey of being brought out from the world's ways to be brought into His promises and blessings. He highlights the importance of loving God by obeying His commandments and the gift of the Holy Spirit as a Comforter and guide for believers. Danford encourages presenting our lives as living sacrifices to God, transformed to reflect the image of Christ, and living in sanctification according to God's will, not conforming to the ways of the world but to the Spirit of God.
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Deuteronomy 6:23 And he brought us out from thence, that he might bring us in, to give us the land which he sware unto our fathers.
John 14:15-17 If ye love me, keep my commandments. 16 And I will pray the Father, and he shall give you another Comforter, that he may abide with you for ever; 17 Even the Spirit of truth; whom the world cannot receive, because it seeth him not, neither knoweth him: but ye know him; for he dwelleth with you, and shall be in you.
Romans 8:28-29 And we know that all things work together for good to them that love God, to them who are the called according to his purpose. 29 For whom he did foreknow, he also did predestinate to be conformed to the image of his Son, that he might be the firstborn among many brethren.
Romans 12:1 I beseech you therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God, that ye present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable unto God, which is your reasonable service.
1 Corinthians 2:12 Now we have received, not the spirit of the world, but the spirit which is of God; that we might know the things that are freely given to us of God. 14 But the natural man receiveth not the things of the Spirit of God: for they are foolishness unto him: neither can he know them, because they are spiritually discerned.
1 Thessalonians 4:3 For this is the will of God, even your sanctification, that ye should abstain from fornication:
2 Timothy 1:9 Who hath saved us, and called us with an holy calling, not according to our works, but according to his own purpose and grace, which was given us in Christ Jesus before the world began.
Sermon Outline
- The Justified Are Candidates for Sanctification
- The Will of God for Our Lives
- The Importance of Spiritual Discernment
- Understanding the Relationship Between Justification and Sanctification
- The Role of the Holy Spirit in Sanctification
- Presenting Our Bodies as a Living Sacrifice
- Abstaining from Sin and Living a Holy Life
- Receiving the Spirit of God and Understanding Spiritual Truths
Key Quotes
“If ye love me, keep my commandments.” — Samuel Alexander Danford
“We have received, not the spirit of the world, but the spirit which is of God;” — Samuel Alexander Danford
“For this is the will of God, even your sanctification,” — Samuel Alexander Danford
Application Points
- We must surrender our lives to God and allow the Holy Spirit to guide us towards righteousness.
- We must present our bodies as a living sacrifice by living a holy and acceptable life to God.
- We must seek spiritual discernment and understanding of spiritual truths to live a life that is pleasing to God.