Sanctify

John 17:14,16-17,19 – I have given them your word and the world has hated them, for they are not of the world any more than I am of the world…They are not of the world, even as I am not of it. Sanctify them by the truth; your word is truth…For them I sanctify myself, that they too may be truly sanctified.

1 Kings 17:24 – Then the woman said to Elijah, “Now I know that you are a man of God and that the word of the Lord from your mouth is the truth.”

1 Corinthians 1:2-3 – To the church of God in Corinth, to those sanctified in Christ Jesus and called to be his holy people, together with all those everywhere who call on the name of our Lord Jesus Christ—their Lord and ours: Grace and peace to you from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.

John 8:31-32 – To the Jews who had believed him, Jesus said, “If you hold to my teaching, you are really my disciples. Then you will know the truth, and the truth will set you free.”

Application:

• ·         “The world” is the world that is hostile to God and God’s people.
• ·         The widow had addressed Elijah as a man of God previously, but now she knew in a much more experiential way that he truly was a prophet of the Lord.
• ·         Jesus died on the cross not only to save us but also to consecrate us to God’s service.
• ·         “Sanctified in Christ Jesus” means consecrated to the service of God through Christ’s saving action in their lives—as Jesus had “sanctified” Himself.
• ·         Such consecration to God’s service marks them as “holy” and requires that they be morally “holy”.
• ·         “Free” means freedom from sin, not from ignorance.

All Scripture verses taken from NIV