“Standing on the promises I now can see, perfect present cleansing in the blood for me, standing in the liberty where Christ makes free. Standing on the promises of God.”-Russell Kelso Carter
When you are speaking about sanctification, and the promise of it, you are taking God at his Word. When we talk about living free from sin, we are taking God at his Word. If you are preaching that a person can live holy, you are preaching God’s Word. The Word says that the cleansing is perfect, present, and makes us free. It says we can be sanctified, that we can be holy.
1 Thessalonians 4:7-8: “For God hath not called us unto uncleanness, but unto holiness. He therefore that despiseth, despiseth not man, but God, who hath also given unto us his holy Spirit.”
Romans 6:21: “But now being made free from sin, and become servants to God, ye have your fruit unto holiness, and the end everlasting life.”
God has provided a way out of sin. The merits of Christ bring complete redemption. There is a grace that will teach us that denying ungodliness and worldly lust we should live soberly and righteously in this present world. It is a grace that teaches from a place of authority, and that authority is not founded on sinning, but on righteousness. As Romans 5:21 says: “That as sin hath reigned unto death, even so might grace reign through righteousness unto eternal life by Jesus Christ our Lord.” The righteousness that Christ brings to us is the same righteousness that teaches us. That calls us unto holiness, and frees us from sin. That gives us the Holy Spirit here, now. Therefore, we need not sin and repent to learn more and more about God. Furthermore, we can live in perfect communion with God; guided and directed by his Holy Spirit. Letting that be our teacher. This also can happen here, now. When you get sanctified you get the Holy Spirit, Christ in you, which makes you holy and can keep you holy.
Eph 2:1: “ And you hath he quickened, who were dead in trespasses and sins;”
Acts 2:2-4: “And suddenly there came a sound from heaven as of a rushing mighty wind, and it filled all the house where they were sitting. And there appeared unto them cloven tongues like as of fire, and it sat upon each of them. And they were all filled with the Holy Ghost, and began to speak with other tongues, as the Spirit gave them utterance.”
Life is life at the point of life. When a baby is born they come into the world crying, and the mother hears the first signs of life. So with the new born babe in Christ, the quickening happens, in a moment. In a moment, we come from death unto life. We pass from sin unto righteousness. This happens through the power of God. The same power that raised Jesus from the dead, raises us from the dead works of sin. To believe God is to believe in the power of God. Many people believe God for the plans that they have, hoping that God will adopt their plans and make them so. Few believe God for the plans that God has for them, hoping that God will adopt them and cause their lives to conform to the image of Christ. The first group will rise no higher than the thoughts they have for themselves. The second will be a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable unto God, which is your reasonable service. (see Romans 12:1-2)
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