UNDERSTANDING PATHWAYS TO SANCTIFICATION – PART 3

There is a path to righteousness and sanctification – Psalm 23:1-3, Matthew 7:14. Sanctification is the will of God, not the idea of a pastor or the church – 1 Thessalonians 4:3.

  • Grave connotes stagnation. It also means things that are beyond human power – John 5:25.
  • Sanctification is not a gift, nor is it a calling. It is a choice and any one that desires it must accept a no – transferrable responsibility of working it out – Philippians 2:12.
  • Once sanctified is not always sanctified!

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PATHWAYS TO SANCTIFICATION

  1. Engage the name of Jesus in the battle against sin – 2 Thessalonians 2:3-4, Luke 10:17.
  • You must always run to the name when you are being tempted or confronted by sin – Proverbs 18:10.
  • Sin comes from your thought or mind – Mark 7:21, 2 Corinthians 10:5.
  1. Flee from all traps of evil – 1 Thessalonians 5:22, 1 Timothy 6:10-12.
  • Practice the covenant of giving to escape being a lover of money.
  • It is your spiritual climate that overrides your physical, economic, or geographical climate.
  1. Keep a Godly company – 1 Corinthians 15:33, Proverbs 13:20.
  • No matter how good you are evil company will corrupt you – Psalm 1:1-2, Proverbs 22:24-25.
  • Identify your Abraham, and David so as to secure your destiny, and avoid people like Jonah who endangered people around him – Jonah 1:8.
  • The cure to an ungodly association is a Godly association. Have a Godly authority figure in your life.
  • The people/content you follow on social media can also influence you negatively.

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BENEFITS OF SANCTIFICATION

  1. It engenders promotion – Promotion is a change of story/status for the better – Daniel 3:30, 6:3.
  2. It engenders divine health and wholeness – Mark 2:1-12. Sin is the root of sickness in the world – John 5:1-8.
  3. It secures access to the revelation that triggers supernatural breakthroughs – Psalm 25:14.
  • The things you don’t do are the things that you don’t have access to the secrets that control them.
  1. It secures access to fresh oil that destroys yokes – Proverbs 1:23. Your anointing is your defense – Isaiah 59:19.
  2. It secures durable riches – Psalm 112:1-3, Proverbs 13:11.

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THE COSTS OF UNGODLINESS

  1. It stirs shame and reproach – Proverbs 14:34, Judges 16:23-25.
  2. It stirs fear and dread – Proverbs 28:1, Genesis 3:9-10.

 

ANOINTING SERVICE

  • The spirit of God is released on you when you are anointed – Romans 8:13, 1 Samuel 16:13.

 

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