The Role of Sanctification in the Gospel and in the Purpose of God, Part 2

The Role of Sanctification in the Gospel and the Purpose of God

 Part 2

BROTHER AARON HUTCHCRAFT

Introduction

• The Kingdom of God overturns the natural.
• The kingdom of God isn’t about age, but about the place where God has placed you.

 

BROTHER JUDAH HUTCHCRAFT

 “God has given us life, and this life is in His Son”

• Is it possible to get something eternal from someone who is not eternal?
• God is familiar with “eternal”.
• History is only “HIS story”.
• We are pretty narrow-minded when it comes to “eternal”.
• The eternal one has given us eternal life. Sounds like a good arrangement!
• Jesus wasn’t like other men.
• The death of Jesus was of more import than that of other men.
• When God came as a man, creation listened!
• How’s this for miraculous? God died.
• Jesus died for what YOU did wrong.
• God needed a spotless lamb, and Jesus was it!
• Sanctification is separation by means of purification.
• We’ve been set apart to be used ONLY by the Lord.
• You can probe a dead man all you want, but you’ll never get a response.
• God put our feet in a firm place. We didn’t get there ourselves.

BROTHER SILAS McCULFOR

 “Now ye are washed, sanctified, and justification”

• Sanctification comes from a source outside of ourselves.
• Sanctification is how our paths were changed.
• We called out of the wrong path and into God’s path.
• God separated us for holiness.
• We were turned around for the sake of sanctification.
• Anything used in the tabernacle had to be set apart.
• In order for God to use you in His kingdom he must sanctify you.
• Sanctification was not a small thing.
• This sanctifying work is the work of Christ.
• Sanctification is the thing that took us from the unrighteous thing and made us righteous.
• Sanctification has the ability to take us away from great wickedness and into the kingdom of God.
• We need to see sin the way God sees it.
• It’s an incredible thing that God changed us from what we were to what we are.

BROTHER JASON HUTCHCRAFT

Audience Discussion (Comments Included)

• This is not an open mic night. Everybody can’t just come up and say anything they want.
• Most groups have a hard time getting along.
• We can talk without becoming hostile.
• You have to hear someone talk in order to get to know them. So we want communication between the brethren.
• Sanctification is the changing of ourselves into the image of God. – Brother Evan McCulfor
• The gospel is GOD’S message of good news. – Brother Jonathan Blakely
• The gospel is a message from God that has the power to change men. – Brother Al Stoner
• The gospel has to be preached to everyone that has an ear to hear. – Brother Pat Woods
• You can be forgiven of your sins, but you also can stop being slave to it. – Brother Pat Woods
• The thing to get across to people is their usability to God. – Brother Given O. Blakely
• God has a keen interest in your usefulness to Him. – Brother Given O. Blakely
• God is calling you to Himself out of your condemnation and past. – Brother Gene Hutchcraft
• Don’t serve the god of things, but the God who made all things. – Brother Gene Hutchcraft
• Sanctification under the law was a routine. – Brother Given O. Blakely
• In Christ Jesus we have been liberated from the routines of our fathers, and you really are clean. – Brother Given O. Blakely
• We are not servants like ones that are not of the household of God, we are sons. – Sister June Blakely
• If you look back and see all the things that you have let go of it will strengthen you. – Sister Julie Miller
• In the old covenant God said, “You do it”. In the new covenant Christ does it. – Brother Silas McCulfor
• The law came by Moses, but sanctification didn’t come. Sanctification came in the new covenant through Jesus. – Brother Benjamin Blakely
• Sanctification turned from outward to inward. – Brother Mike Knapp
• In Christ we are sanctified and fit for the master’s use. – Brother Tim McCulfor
• Faith is operating in us to sanctify us. – Sister June Blakely
• Sanctification is when you become so compatible with the word of God that when you hear it you just agree with it. – Brother Given O. Blakely
• God isn’t mainstream. – Brother Judah Hutchcraft
• God is very particular in what He uses. – Brother Judah Hutchcraft
• We shouldn’t use words like “perfection” when describing God because that implies limitation. “Excellencies” would be a better word to use because He does excel. – Brother Al Stoner
• We work out sanctification, but we do it in view of what Christ has already accomplished. – Brother Al Stoner
• God can’t join Himself to something that is unholy. – Brother Given O. Blakely
• If something is going to change from unholy to holy, God is the only one who can bring about that change because He is the one source of holiness. – Brother Jonathan Blakely
• Sanctification is not an idea, it’s something is put into action and done.
• The world is the place of corruption because of sin. – Brother Al Stoner
• “The world” is the environment that became corrupted due to defilement. – Brother Matthew Cobb
• “The world” is everything that is going to pass away when Jesus. – Sister June Blakely
• The world distracts us from Christ. – Brother Benjamin Blakely
• What we are not to love are all the things that pertain solely to this life that will not make the transition into the world to come. – Brother Jonathan Blakely
• Light and darkness cannot coexist any more than the godly and ungodly can mix. – Sister Taylor
• The world is the place where the devil is allowed to exercise authority. – Brother Michael Blakely
• We are separated from the world by our affections. – Brother Al Stoner
• Seeking God’s grace separates us from the world. – Brother Daniel Blakely
• We are living out Jesus in this life. – Brother Mike Knapp
• Give men the word of your testimony. – Brother Given O. Blakely
• When you eat your food, do you pray for it? That’s shows something. – Brother Jonathan Blakely
• God’s people have a drawing effect. – Brother Jeremy Williams
• I do my best because I am working for the Lord. – Sister Emily Arnold
• The modern church has tailored its programs on the assumption of the people’s disinterest. – Brother Given O. Blakely
• Godly conduct can provoke a brother that is struggling to do better. – Brother Jonathan Blakely
• One of the biggest differences in the way Christ lived was the manner in which He suffered. – Brother Erik Olmsted
• When we stumble we need God to remedy it. – Brother Tim McCulfor
• God will incline your heart to His testimonies. – Brother Tim McCulfor
• Jesus has opened all the jail doors. – Brother Given O. Blakely

BROTHER RICKY SIMS

 “God makes Jesus to be sanctification for us”

• Before you can live separate you must first BE separate.
• We continually leap into heavenly places.
• We’re staying clean because God has work for us to do.
• God can make you clean so that He can use you.
• God isn’t going to put His hand to anything dirty any more than you do.
• You have to be a fit vessel for a fit use.
• God is a working God.
• God isn’t lounging on the heavenly couch.
• Would you give your life for a gold course in heaven?
• Heaven is not a place of inactivity.
• In the earth retirement is overrated.
• Leisure, pleasure, and entertainment only goes so far.
• You were made for employment.
• When man is prideful he is very presumptuous of his fellowship with Christ.
• God made the first move.
• The fact that you were drawn is evidenced that God was working in the first place.
• God is the primary worker in salvation.
• Who is the worker in salvation, us or God? YES!
•  God doesn’t allow anyone to sit down passively.
• It is in Christ that the surety of the work is accomplished.
• Jesus will never let someone be disappointed for trusting in Him.
• Jesus never quits, not even when things are difficult!
• You never lack for resources when in Christ.
• When you’re put into Christ you’re put into Christ’s workshop.
• When God puts you into Christ He puts you into the place where His hand is working.
• You don’t want to be outdone by Job because he didn’t have much.
• Who do you know that is more sanctified or set apart for divine work than Jesus?
• Jesus lived separate because he WAS separate.
• Jesus didn’t sin because He wasn’t a sinner.
• It’s one thing to take sin away from you, it’s another thing to turn you from sin.
• As you live your life do you notice yourself thinking less about yourself and more about Jesus? That’s sanctification.
• Everyone who comes into Christ comes in the right way.
• Satan’s primary mission is to steal you away from Christ by shifting your attention elsewhere.
• God will see to it that you’re everything He intends you to be.

BROTHER MICHAEL BLAKELY

 “Jesus suffered without the gate to sanctify the people”

• If a person is living by laws, he has no right to eat at the gospel table.
• Those who believe in the Lord Jesus have their hearts established by grace.
• If God isn’t going to use it then there is no point in sanctifying it.
• It’s impossible for the new creation to sin.
• God can work marvelous works in men.
• If Jesus hadn’t sanctified the work, all the divine objectives of God would have been mere wishes.
• Sanctification is about how God sees you.
• God is able to conform you to the image of His Son.
• We don’t atone for our sins with works.
• God arranged the sacrifices of old with the sacrifice of Christ in mind.
• Sin must be separated from the people.
• Jesus is the second man from heaven.

BROTHER PAT WOODS

“He that sanctifies and they that are sanctified are all of One”

• In sanctification men are being changed from what they are to what they shall be.
• In your fellowship with the Godhead you’ll become like the Godhead.
• The everlasting gospel can be preached because of what Christ has done.
• The gospel is calling men to turn from wickedness.
• Men will be the vessels where God displays His mercy.
• The church is a witness of the mercy of God.
• Jesus is the first of what men shall be. By looking at Christ we see what God is bringing us to.
• We’re in a vital living union with the Godhead.
• In saving men, God is giving men to Jesus.
• The purpose of God is much bigger than us.
• The purpose of sanctification is about making us more acceptable, but making us more useful.
• God is at work in our sufferings.
• Sufferings cause us to rely on resources that are beyond here.
• We must not be confused about our experiences in this world because it will cause heartache.
• In this life we are loaded up and do work with weight set on us, but in this the Lord is training us.
• We want to experiences the resisting of sin, even unto blood.
• We need something of substance that we can take hold of.
• It’s a dangerous thing when the people of God are not being built up.
• Jesus is with us in purification.
• There is no fellowship between you and the world, but there is between you and God.
• Our sanctifier knows that we need to be sanctified.
• What you were in the past doesn’t disqualify you. It’s remembered no more!
• There is a lot of help in grace.
• Sanctification isn’t just about separateness, but God-likeness.
• You have been separate FROM something, but what are you separated to?

 

SISTER KATIE MILLER

Testimony

• The Lord works above and beyond.
• It’s crucial to know what the Bible tells us.
• We need to fill our minds with the word of the Lord.
• Keep your eyes fixed on Christ so you can see Him.
• Because we are new creatures it is not in our nature to commit sin.
• God doesn’t just consider you righteous by follow His law.
• Because of Christ I have become an overcomer.
• In darkness I never found rest or mercy.
• I was attracted to Christ and still am.
• The Scriptures are like a cold drink on a hot day. This is because it’s living.
• Knowing I’m a new creature makes me work hard.
• The devil gives eternal death.
• Don’t let your mind get lazy.
• If you do something without God, you sin.
• Know that when we grow weary we are provided rest.

BROTHER MIKE KNAPP

Testimony

• We can see the Lord’s sanctifying work in each other.
• When our outer man decreases, our inner man increases.
• The law was revealed because of my transgressions.
• The prince of this world has blinded the minds of those who believe not.
• I thought I had control of my own destiny. That’s how blind Satan made me.
• I used to think I was a good kid who was in no need of that “churchy” stuff.
• You can’t make good decisions when you’re apart from Christ.
• The things of this world are not fulfilling.
• Apart from God this life is hollow and has no meaning.
• When you come into Christ His affections are your affections and His hatreds are your hatreds.
• There is no one who can get to the Father except by Jesus.
• The things we do in the body of Christ are not only of profit to us, but also to the rest of the body.
• We really are able to sin no more.
• The blood of Christ is more precious than gold and silver.

BROTHER JONATHAN BLAKELY

 “The judgment of those who count the blood of the covenant an unholy thing”

• Satan doesn’t just want a piece of the church, he wants to bring the whole thing down.
• Scriptural warnings are not just given to backsliders for correction. They are given to the faithful to PREVENT backsliding as well.
• Jesus didn’t have a list of exceptions when He spoke of salvation through Him.
• Did Jesus ever say, “If any man go to…him”? Jesus says, “Come to ME”.
• When God draws a man, that man is going to Jesus.
• God has provided ONE WAY for men to be saved and that ONE WAY is more than capable of accomplishing salvation!
• Jesus didn’t get nailed to the cross just for a handful of people.
• If we are only separated from the world by name only, we’re a big fat joke.
• The people who are set apart by God are going to be contributors to what He is doing.
• Because Jesus died the righteousness of God is not compromised.
• In a world full of guilt God’s people stand out as forgiven.
• Whatever there is in our hearts that is holy, and whatever influences there are in our lives that make us holy, are all owing to the fact that Jesus was obedient unto death and tasted death for every man.
• All godliness, holiness, and acceptance by God is traced back to the cross.
• Is it joyful to consider a believer falling from grace? Not at all.
• To “sin willfully” is to choose a life of sin over Christ. It is voluntarily sinning as opposed to sinning due to a moment of weakness.
• Backsliding is stepping towards the cliff. Falling away is falling OFF the cliff and plummeting to your death.
• A person who falls away can never be saved again.
• We have no revelation about how to know a person has fallen away.
• If you could know a person was beyond recovery, how could you live with such knowledge? God has shown mercy to us in keeping this knowledge hidden.
• If you throw Jesus away you throw away the one means of salvation.
• Picture God extremely angry…pretty frightening to consider.
• Hell is eternity without God in a place where you have no place in.
• Hell isn’t going to be a playroom for the wicked.
• In hell meaning to life will be nonexistent.
• To count the blood of Christ as unholy is to deny its power.
• Counting Christ’s blood as unholy is departing from the provision with a bitter heart and treating it as though it meant nothing to you.
• If you depart from Christ, you don’t just walk away, you run Him over.
• If you abandon Christ you forfeit the life you had through Him.
• You can’t keep dabbling in the world and expect to keep coming back.
• So many people just say you can fall away and leave it at that, but what about NEVER FALLING? Doesn’t that sound a lot better?
• The blood of Jesus is unique.
• Never assume a person has fallen away.
• There is only one way to be saved. Once you find that way you can’t afford to leave it.