The Bible does however; teach that when people are "sanctified" they will truly live. If people live to be gradually separated from the world, by gradually separating from worldly things, such as worldly apparel, worldly devices, and worldly associations... they are not letting the Spirit of God perform His complete and instantaneous work of sanctification in their hearts.
Sanctification has nothing to do with your "works" or "your ability to gradually achieve a better standard of holiness". Sanctification is the work of the Spirit of God that "rids" man of self. Sanctification "rids" man of the Old Adam at one stroke. Sanctification is the final work (completed work) of the Baptism with the Holy Ghost... that Christians can be blessed enough to receive in this life. This stroke of the Spirit of God's sanctifying power instantaneously comes when the Christian realizes that he is nothing. Where he becomes helpless and realizes his own inability to achieve anything... at the Saviours feet. Death to self is shown to the heart of man... by the Spirit of God! Crucifixion is received when man throws up the white flag of surrender to Christ! This death to the Old Man allows God's Spirit to sanctify your heart from what you are! Sanctification only comes by "death to the Old man".
Praising God, being happy, and having joy unspeakable "does not" prove that man is sanctified. To be honest...to Praise God, to have happiness in Christ, and joy unspeakable is a requirement to be sanctified! You are required of God to delight in the Lord in order to be sanctified!
Ps 37:4...Delight thyself also in the LORD; and he shall give thee the desires of thine heart.
Having delight in Christ is the right attitude to be entirely sanctified! The Holy Spirit gives the believer a desire to be purged from the Old Adam. Sanctification however; does not relate to things you do! Sanctification is not spiritual maturity, spiritual growth, or the process of putting yourself into a better standing with God! Sanctification is "God's removal " of the Adamic nature! There is no process to Sanctification nor is there a process to receive forgiveness for your sins. All comes from Christ! A Christian doesn't get Sanctified because he's on his "best" behavior. A Christian cannot achieve sanctification by his own works! Man is not good enough to receive sanctification by works or good behavior. A Christian gets sanctified because of who Christ is! Christ is the Sanctifier! Glory!
Only Christ (who is God) can sanctify the human soul from the Adamic life. How? By burning up all the dross and all the impurities that man can't get rid of himself. Only the sanctifying power of a resurrected Christ can "burn up" and "rid man of an indwelling sinful nature" that sometimes "tries" to rule the life of a believer. Sanctification is God's "removal" of Indwelling sin where man's entire being is "filled" with the Indwelling Spirit! The Indwelling Spirit of God simply takes over mans entire being! No process here! Only sanctifying power! Not human works! Sanctification "takes place" and "happens" when the believer is "totally" yielded to Christ, the Sanctifier. Christ thus takes control of the sanctified heart, "totally". What do I mean by totally? The entire being of man is owned, ruled, and controlled by the living Christ! A sanctified man is in total subjection to the person of Christ!
Man must understand, his natural inclination to do good works is not the object of sanctification. Here's why.
1 Cor 2:14...the natural man receiveth not the things of the Spirit of God: for they are foolishness unto him: neither can he know them,
The object of sanctification is knowing that only Christ can rid your heart from an inherited nature that cannot be confessed or forgiven in the New Birth! Sanctification deals with a part of man that man can not get rid of in the New Birth! It's the part of man that still tries to rule the heart with natural tendencies! Or the part of man that causes the conflict or struggle with the Divine nature. Sanctification deals with this part of what man is from birth! The only thing that can rid man from this inherited propensity of sin is God's sanctifying work of the Baptism with the Holy Ghost and fire! This Baptism is subsequent to the New Birth but comes instantaneously...at one stroke after the believer completely dies to self! The Spirit of God reveals to the believer the true meaning and true experience of the crucifixion of self. When man sees himself as he really is he knows he has to die! This actual death to self (crucifixion)brings sanctification from the Spirit of God!
The inner evidence of Sanctification is the "removal" of indwelling sin! The outer evidence of Sanctification is speaking in "unknown tongues". Both of these God-given evidences "together prove"...the sanctified heart from the Baptism with the Holy Ghost and fire! Glory!
If your living a life to be sanctified...you won't be sanctified because its not scriptural to grow into the sanctified life! This type of progressive mindset or progressive thinking will never allow you to be entirely sanctified by the Spirit of God! Why? First, its not taught in the Bible! Second, your human works are hindering you from seeing and experiencing what Christ "does" from the Throneroom... by the work of His Baptism with the Holy Ghost and fire! Christ is the refiners fire. Christ purifies the heart of man and burns up all the dross.
Mal 3:2-3...for he is like a refiner's fire, and like fullers' soap: And he shall sit as a refiner and purifer of silver: and he shall purify the sons of Levi, and purge them as gold and silver,
Man's religious and progressive mindset of a "good" standard of living does just enough to prevent this individual from seeing what Christ "actually does by His power of Grace from the Throneroom". Sanctification has nothing to do with what "you do". Sanctification comes only by the Grace of God! Sanctification is what Christ does to a Christian when He delivers the Christian from the Adamic Nature...completely!
Real Christian living, real Christian contentment, and real Christian peace are yours Brother and Sister...as a result of the sanctified heart. If you're not sanctified you're not living fully contented life! If Peace like God has, doesn't rule your heart! Who do you think you're kidding! You can kid yourself but you're not kidding God! If you've got sanctification ...you've got it and you know you've got it! God knows it too, because you're totally yielded to his cause! If you don't have sanctification you know you don't have either! Please understand...The Spirit of God reveals entire sanctification to the heart of all believers in Christ! The scriptures teach...Your ENTIRE body, soul, and spirit are "sanctified wholly" and "preserved blameless" until the coming of Christ! GLORY! It also teaches that God does it...not you!
1 Thess 5:23-24...And the very God of peace sanctify you wholly; and I pray God your whole spirit and soul and body be preserved blameless unto the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ. Faithful is he that calleth you, who also will do it.
You and I both know...so many people need Entire Sanctification and they all know they need it! They just don't know "with certainty" how to get it! Or they're not sure exactly what Sanctification actually is! At the Churches on Trial we give our "all" in attempt to scatter these beauties of holiness into the world over the Internet and in our personal lives. This preacher also preaches it in his personal ministry! Glory! Brother Lindsey spent 72 years of his life preaching holiness and in the last 30 years of his ministry he taught Entire Sanctification. Brother Lindsey always said he wished he would have done "more" concerning Sanctification in the earlier years of his ministry!
It is an honor and privilege to carry on these timeless teachings of holiness and right living that were started by Brother Lindsey! I'm glad God used Brother Lindsey as a mouthpiece to come across my path! Sanctification has blessed my heart, life, marriage, and ministry! I'm so glad we have this website! I'm glad Christ backs it with His Spirit of holiness sent down from Heaven! We bless your heart dear Lord! Bless our ministry as we reach out and scatter it! God bless all you readers! May the Spirit of Holiness reveal the truth about sanctification to all your hearts, minds, and lives. Glory to the living Christ we serve! Glory to His name! Glory to His name forever!
For further study here's an excellent audio by Brother Lindsey that teaches man how to get rid of the Adamic nature... http://churchesontrial.blogspot.com/2009/02/blog-post.html
Tuesday, February 2, 2010
Monday, February 1, 2010
Christ is setting up "Now" for the Millennial Kingdom...How? Through entire sanctification by fire!
As Christians draw closer to the coming of the Lord we are able to see that Christ "sets up" His Millennial Kingdom with fire from Heaven. This fire from Heaven not only renovates the Earth and melts the elements with fervent heat...this fire also purges the heart of the believer (today in the Church Age) from the inner conflict caused from the Adamic Nature. The baptism with the Holy Ghost and fire "purifies" and "purges" the heart of a believer from all the dross that causes the inner conflict to arise (in Christians) at this present time. For instance...
"Fire from the baptism with the Holy Ghost and fire, will burn out...Ill will toward other men; worry about the problems of life; depression; uncertainty and instability with your everyday walk with Christ; flying off the handle in anger; wavering faith toward God; all things that try to arise from man's still existing fallen nature. Fire can rid man of carnal inclinations! Fire will burn out and remove the old nature from a Christian...completely!"
God wants "full possession" of the heart of a believer. Sanctified people are "purged" with the fire of the Spirit of God that cleanses man from the inherited carnal inclination. This inner conflict can cause many believers to fall away from Christ...unaware! This inner conflict I speak of can cause many to be unaware when Christ actually returns! This inner conflict I speak of is dangerous and deceptive! That mindset caused from the inner conflict can even cause people to fall away from the Lord of Glory before He returns!
2 Thess 2:3...for that day shall not come, except there come a falling away first,
God's fire from Heaven purifies and takes away this inner conflict that hinders the believer from having peace, like God. Sure, men can weave back and forth and in and out of peace with God...but I said, "Peace like God". When I say peace like God I mean man can get to a place in life where he's not disturbed or upset with the problems of life. God doesn't get disturbed or upset! The sanctified man like God can have this "full certainty" that every problem and every need in his life is taken care of by the God of our Salvation. God doesn't get upset or disturbed with anything! Glory! So, likewise sanctified men don't either. This kind if peace (Peace like God has) is the blessing of the "entirely sanctified" heart.
Col 3:15...And let the peace of God rule in your hearts,
This kind of peace and this kind of foundation and establishment of the believer (with a sanctified heart) allows the believer to delightfully await, and look forward to the glorious return of the Lord. I'm ready for Christ's return, are you? Examine the following...Notice Paul says... to the end which means the end of this Age, or the end of your Christian life!
1 Thess 3:13...To the end he may stablish your hearts unblameable in holiness before God, even our Father, at the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ with all his saints.
When Christ has full sway of man... this sanctified man is prepared for Christs return. Those sanctified people I speak of are also scattering this truth about entire sanctification and Christ's preparation to set up His Kingdom on Earth with fire. In the 1000 year Reign every man that rules and reigns with Christ in that Millennial Kingdom will have a sanctified heart purified from the carnal nature. Sanctified people are "preserved" in this life...as they wait for Christ's soon return to set up His Kingdom of Heaven on Earth. Sanctified people look forward to Christ's coming because they are not distracted by the the problems of life, or the cares of the world, nor are they entangled in the devices of the Devil.
1 Thess 5:23...And the very God of peace sanctify you wholly; and I pray God your whole spirit and soul and body be preserved blameless unto the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ.
This preservation described in the above Scripture is a result of the Holy Ghost and fire that "purifies" the believer in Christ from "all" the dross and all the impurities that upset, disturb, or hinder the child of God from being "entirely taken over" or "preserved" until the day of Christ's coming. This Sanctification or preservation I write about and preach... is the will of God for the saints! Glory!
1 Thess 4:3-4... For this is the will of God, even your sanctification, that ye should abstain from fornication: That every one of you should know how to possess his vessel in sanctification and honour;
Sanctification with fire is not limited to man's "heart purity and preservation" only. The fire from the Spirit of God also renovates the entire earth in preparation for Christ to set up His earthly Kingdom of Heaven in the Millennial Reign. Notice the fire from Christ... in the following verse...
2 Thess 1:7-10...when the Lord Jesus shall be revealed from heaven with his mighty angels, In flaming fire taking vengeance on them that know not God, and that obey not the gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ: Who shall be punished with everlasting destruction from the presence of the Lord, and from the glory of his power; When he shall come to be glorified in his saints, and to be admired in all them that believe
2 Peter 3:10-12...But the day of the Lord will come as a thief in the night; in the which the heavens shall pass away with a great noise, and the elements shall melt with fervent heat, the earth also and the works that are therein shall be burned up. Seeing then that all these things shall be dissolved, what manner of persons ought ye to be in all holy conversation and godliness, Looking for and hasting unto the coming of the day of God, wherein the heavens being on fire shall be dissolved, and the elements shall melt with fervent heat?
Every man that rules and reigns with Christ for 1000 years in the blessed Millennial Kingdom will have a sanctified heart! Sanctification is necessary for man to rule and reign with Christ! Today in this present Church Age the doctrine of entire sanctification is not taught like it should be. As a result, many people will not be ready when Christ comes to Rapture His Church before the Great Tribulation, and the great and terrible dy of our Lord. Christ will come when some men are unaware or yielding to the outer conflicts of life. There's a chance they can miss Christ. A sanctified man is never unaware of his walk in the Spirit, never discontented with the problems of life, and never upset with what's going on around him. A sanctified man is always ready for the Lord's return...in season and out! A sanctified man walks with a consciousness and obedience to Christ every day of his life. A sanctified man lays his head on the pillow with Christ, sleeps with Christ in mind, and wakes up ready to serve Christ everyday...with a whole heart!
"Fire from the baptism with the Holy Ghost and fire, will burn out...Ill will toward other men; worry about the problems of life; depression; uncertainty and instability with your everyday walk with Christ; flying off the handle in anger; wavering faith toward God; all things that try to arise from man's still existing fallen nature. Fire can rid man of carnal inclinations! Fire will burn out and remove the old nature from a Christian...completely!"
God wants "full possession" of the heart of a believer. Sanctified people are "purged" with the fire of the Spirit of God that cleanses man from the inherited carnal inclination. This inner conflict can cause many believers to fall away from Christ...unaware! This inner conflict I speak of can cause many to be unaware when Christ actually returns! This inner conflict I speak of is dangerous and deceptive! That mindset caused from the inner conflict can even cause people to fall away from the Lord of Glory before He returns!
2 Thess 2:3...for that day shall not come, except there come a falling away first,
God's fire from Heaven purifies and takes away this inner conflict that hinders the believer from having peace, like God. Sure, men can weave back and forth and in and out of peace with God...but I said, "Peace like God". When I say peace like God I mean man can get to a place in life where he's not disturbed or upset with the problems of life. God doesn't get disturbed or upset! The sanctified man like God can have this "full certainty" that every problem and every need in his life is taken care of by the God of our Salvation. God doesn't get upset or disturbed with anything! Glory! So, likewise sanctified men don't either. This kind if peace (Peace like God has) is the blessing of the "entirely sanctified" heart.
Col 3:15...And let the peace of God rule in your hearts,
This kind of peace and this kind of foundation and establishment of the believer (with a sanctified heart) allows the believer to delightfully await, and look forward to the glorious return of the Lord. I'm ready for Christ's return, are you? Examine the following...Notice Paul says... to the end which means the end of this Age, or the end of your Christian life!
1 Thess 3:13...To the end he may stablish your hearts unblameable in holiness before God, even our Father, at the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ with all his saints.
When Christ has full sway of man... this sanctified man is prepared for Christs return. Those sanctified people I speak of are also scattering this truth about entire sanctification and Christ's preparation to set up His Kingdom on Earth with fire. In the 1000 year Reign every man that rules and reigns with Christ in that Millennial Kingdom will have a sanctified heart purified from the carnal nature. Sanctified people are "preserved" in this life...as they wait for Christ's soon return to set up His Kingdom of Heaven on Earth. Sanctified people look forward to Christ's coming because they are not distracted by the the problems of life, or the cares of the world, nor are they entangled in the devices of the Devil.
1 Thess 5:23...And the very God of peace sanctify you wholly; and I pray God your whole spirit and soul and body be preserved blameless unto the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ.
This preservation described in the above Scripture is a result of the Holy Ghost and fire that "purifies" the believer in Christ from "all" the dross and all the impurities that upset, disturb, or hinder the child of God from being "entirely taken over" or "preserved" until the day of Christ's coming. This Sanctification or preservation I write about and preach... is the will of God for the saints! Glory!
1 Thess 4:3-4... For this is the will of God, even your sanctification, that ye should abstain from fornication: That every one of you should know how to possess his vessel in sanctification and honour;
Sanctification with fire is not limited to man's "heart purity and preservation" only. The fire from the Spirit of God also renovates the entire earth in preparation for Christ to set up His earthly Kingdom of Heaven in the Millennial Reign. Notice the fire from Christ... in the following verse...
2 Thess 1:7-10...when the Lord Jesus shall be revealed from heaven with his mighty angels, In flaming fire taking vengeance on them that know not God, and that obey not the gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ: Who shall be punished with everlasting destruction from the presence of the Lord, and from the glory of his power; When he shall come to be glorified in his saints, and to be admired in all them that believe
2 Peter 3:10-12...But the day of the Lord will come as a thief in the night; in the which the heavens shall pass away with a great noise, and the elements shall melt with fervent heat, the earth also and the works that are therein shall be burned up. Seeing then that all these things shall be dissolved, what manner of persons ought ye to be in all holy conversation and godliness, Looking for and hasting unto the coming of the day of God, wherein the heavens being on fire shall be dissolved, and the elements shall melt with fervent heat?
Every man that rules and reigns with Christ for 1000 years in the blessed Millennial Kingdom will have a sanctified heart! Sanctification is necessary for man to rule and reign with Christ! Today in this present Church Age the doctrine of entire sanctification is not taught like it should be. As a result, many people will not be ready when Christ comes to Rapture His Church before the Great Tribulation, and the great and terrible dy of our Lord. Christ will come when some men are unaware or yielding to the outer conflicts of life. There's a chance they can miss Christ. A sanctified man is never unaware of his walk in the Spirit, never discontented with the problems of life, and never upset with what's going on around him. A sanctified man is always ready for the Lord's return...in season and out! A sanctified man walks with a consciousness and obedience to Christ every day of his life. A sanctified man lays his head on the pillow with Christ, sleeps with Christ in mind, and wakes up ready to serve Christ everyday...with a whole heart!
Sanctified people have "put off" the war in their members caused from the inner conflict. Sanctified people have put off the carnal heart, the carnal ambitions, the carnal interests, the carnal plans, and the carnal habits! By doing such they have crucified and put to death...the old man that causes many Christians to miss their entire sanctification and preservation in Christ! PUT OFF THE OLD MAN, LIKE TAKING OFF A COAT!
Eph 4:22...That ye put off concerning the former conversation the old man, which is corrupt according to the deceitful lusts;
You have to die! Sanctified men are dead men! Sanctified men don't die daily! To be honest that progressive mindset causes certain men to miss the "actual death to the Old Man". This tradgety can leave men unaware of deliverance from the carnal heart and the delightfulness of looking forward to Christ's coming with no conviction! What a dangerous place to be! Sanctified men are "dead to the old life". Dead men are sanctified men filled with the Holy Ghost and fire. The fire has burnt up all the dross of the inner conflict that still tries to rule and conflict with the divine nature. Sanctified men are blessed enough to have "put off" or "crucified" the Old man! Sanctified men are "dead" to the old things they were interested in. They are dead to the old habits and ambitions! Sanctified men are dead men and martyrs for Christ in their witness! Dead men don't show the old life".
Col 3:3...For ye are dead, and your life is hid with Christ in God.
Old Testament prophecy teaches that Christ is like a "refiners fire."..and that He will purify...
Mal 3:2-3...But who may abide the day of his coming? and who shall stand when he appeareth? for he is like a refiner's fire, and like fullers' soap: And he shall sit as a refiner and purifer of silver: and he shall purify the sons of Levi, and purge them as gold and silver, that they may offer unto the LORD an offering in righteousness.
Glory! I'm glad we're under the blessing of the New Testament where sanctification is produced by the Grace of God! I'm glad God's sanctifying fire burns up "all the dross" in the heart of Christians! We are more than saved we have the complete victory over every circumstance in life! We're contented! Christ takes away the struggle, completely! We have victory because of Jesus! The Grace of God sanctifies us from the old man, completely and entirely! Glory! This writer preaches the Holy Ghost and fire! I preach Christ's renovation with fire when He comes back to set up His Kingdom on Earth in the Millennial Reign of 1000 years. I preach sanctification with fire and renovation with fire... at the Churches on Trial! GLORY!
All this teaching came from the theme of Paul's letter to the Thessalonians...FIRE , SANCTIFICATION, and THE PRESERVATION OF HIS SAINTS... UNTIL CHRIST RETURNS TO SET UP HIS MILLENNIAL KINGDOM ON EARTH FOR 1000 YEARS! GLORY!
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