Sanctification

Believers are commanded to pursue peace with everyone and the practical holiness that evidences God's sanctifying work. These responsibilities are personal but not solitary, because Christians need the local church to help one another run

PeacemakingPersonal HolinessSanctificationLife of Faith

God's grace supplies everything believers need for life and godliness while calling them to diligent growth in virtue, knowledge, self-control, steadfastness, godliness, affection, and love. Christian effort is neither self-salvation nor

Grace MotivationSanctificationSpiritual GrowthPerseverance

Hebrews 10:1-10 contrasts the inability of animal sacrifices to remove sin with the once-for-all offering of Christ. The sermon presents Jesus as the all-sufficient sacrifice who sanctifies His people by the will of God.

All-Sufficient SacrificeOnce for AllSanctificationNew Covenant

Philippians 2 holds together the twin truths of God's sovereign work in sanctification and the believer's real responsibility to obey. The sermon encourages Christians to work out what God has worked in, while warning that moral effort

SanctificationGod's SovereigntyHuman ResponsibilityWork Out Salvation

Philippians 2:12-13 teaches the believer's responsibility in sanctification. The sermon calls the church to work out salvation in practical obedience while recognizing that God is the one working in His people.

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Continuing through the church's confession, the message explains sanctification as the cooperative work in which believers labor while God works in them, then walks through a list of vital signs from Scripture that mark a truly regenerate

SanctificationEvidence of RegenerationCooperation with God

Hebrews 10 contrasts repeated Old Testament sacrifices with Christ's once-for-all offering. Jesus provides forgiveness, peace, sanctification, and freedom that the old covenant sacrifices could never supply.

Once for All SacrificeOld vs. New CovenantSanctification