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
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