Sanctification, Sanctify

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Sanctification, Sanctify

1. hagiasmos

1. hagiazo

hagiasmos "sanctification," is used of
(a) separation to God, 1Cor, 1_Cor_1:30; 2_Thess_2:13; 1_Pet_1:2
(b) the course of life befitting those so separated, 1_Thess_4:3,4,7; Rom_6:19,22; 1_Tim_2:15; Heb_12:14. "Sanctification is that relationship with God into which men enter by faith in Christ, Acts_26:18; 1_Cor_6:11, and to which their sole title is the death of Christ, Eph_5:25,26: Col_1:22; Heb_10:10,29; Heb_13:12.

"Sanctification is also used in NT of the separation of the believer from evil things and ways. This sanctification is God's will for the believer, 1_Thess_4:3, and His purpose in calling him by the gospel, 1_Thess_4:7; it must be learned from God, 1_Thess_4:4, as He teaches it by His Word, John_17:17,19; cp. Psalm_17:4; Psalm_119:9, and it must be pursued by the believer, earnestly and undeviatingly, 1_Tim_2:15; Heb_12:14. For the holy character, hagiosune, 1_Thess_3:13, is not vicarious, i.e., it cannot be transferred or imputed, it is an individual possession, built up, little by little, as the result of obedience to the Word of God, and of following the example of Christ, Matt_11:29; John_13:15; Eph_4:20; Php_2:5, in the power of the Holy Spirit, Rom_8:13; Eph_3:16.

"The Holy Spirit is the Agent in sanctification, Rom_15:16; 2_Thess_2:13; 1_Pet_1:2; cp. 1_Cor_6:11. ... The sanctification of the Spirit is associated with the choice, or election, of God; it is a Divine act preceding the acceptance of the Gospel by the individual." [ From Notes on Thessalonians, by Hogg and Vine, pp. 115,271.]

For synonymous words see HOLINESS.

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hagiazo "to sanctify," "is used of
(a) the gold adorning the Temple and of the gift laid on the altar, Matt_23:17,19;
(b) food, 1_Tim_4:5;
(c) the unbelieving spouse of a believer, 1_Cor_7:14;
(d) the ceremonial cleansing of the Israelites, Heb_9:13;
(e) the Father's Name, Luke_11:2;
(f) the consecration of the Son by the Father, John_10:36;
(g) the Lord Jesus devoting Himself to the redemption of His people, John_17:19;
(h) the setting apart of the believer for God, Acts_20:32; cp. Rom_15:16;
(i) the effect on the believer of the Death of Christ, Heb_10:10, said of God, and Heb_2:11; Heb_13:12, said of the Lord Jesus;
(j) the separation of the believer from the world in his behavior -- by the Father through the Word, John_17:17,19;
(k) the believer who turns away from such things as dishonor God and His gospel, 2_Tim_2:21;
(l) the acknowledgment of the Lordship of Christ, 1_Pet_3:15. "Since every believer is sanctified in Christ Jesus, 1_Cor_1:2, cp. Heb_10:10, a common NT designation of all believers is 'saints,' hagioi, i.e., 'sanctified' or 'holy ones.' Thus sainthood, or sanctification, is not an attainment, it is the state into which God, in grace, calls sinful men, and in which they begin their course as Christians, Col_3:12; Heb_3:1." * [* From Notes on Thessalonians, by Hogg and Vine, pp. 113,114.]

See also : hagiazo in other topics