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Sanctification: The act of consecrating or of setting apart for a sacred purpose.
concupiscence: Lust; unlawful or irregular desire of sexual pleasure. In a more general sense, the coveting of carnal things, or an irregular appetite for worldly goods; inclination for unlawful enjoyments. (unrestrained lust or desire).
YHWH created the heavens and the earth in six days, He saw that it was all perfect, then YHWH created one more day which was to be different from the other six; this day the seventh, was created to give Him praise, this day was sanctified specifically to give glory to YHWH's Holy Name. The Sabbath day bears the seal of YHWH and all who are His children honors and reverence this day in respect of HIM.
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| Introduction: |
Someone can read the Bible and easily misunderstand the words sanctification and holiness. It might appear that these words describe unattainable characteristics that only a few can achieve. This lesson reviews scriptures that define sanctification. |
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What is the relationship between God's word, the Sabbath day, and sanctification? Deuteronomy 5:12 |
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YHWH admonishes us in His word to remember the Sabbath day to keep it Holy. Believers in Christ sanctifies in their heart the Sabbath of the LORD above all other days because they know they are privileged to partake in the rest of the LORD.
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| Deuteronomy 5:12 | Keep the sabbath day to sanctify it, as the LORD thy God hath commanded thee. |
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What specifically separated the children of Israel from all other nations? How does it relate to the Sabbath day? Deuteronomy 5:15 |
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Israel is the only nation which can boast of the LORD’s deliverance: there is no record anywhere besides the bible which bears witness of the divine intervention of the Most High in delivering them out of captivity and granted unto them His laws which included the Sabbath.
The Sabbath is a memorial of the awesome creative power of YHWH, it was created specifically to give Him praise; it is the only day in scripture which YHWH sanctified unto Himself, He blessed the Sabbath day and hallowed it. YHWH calls the Sabbath His holy day Isaiah 58:13. As YHWH delivered the children of Israel from the bondage of the Egyptians and commanded them to observe His Sabbath, all who have been called out from the world are expected to honor the LORD's Sabbath, it is a privilege granted to all his children who walk in the Spirit. "If thou turn away thy foot from the Sabbath, from doing thy pleasure on my holy day; and call the Sabbath a delight, the holy of the LORD, honourable; and shalt honour him, not doing thine own ways, nor finding thine own pleasure, nor speaking thine own words:" Isa 58:13.
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| Deuteronomy 5:15 | And remember that thou wast a servant in the land of Egypt, and that the LORD thy God brought thee out thence through a mighty hand and by a stretched out arm: therefore the LORD thy God commanded thee to keep the sabbath day. |
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How are we sanctified through the Sabbath day? Or, how does God sanctify us through the Sabbath day? Exodus 31:13 |
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While all the world seek their pleasure through wealth and fame day after day, YHWH's children remembers and enters into His rest; as YHWH ceased from His work on the seventh day, His children likewise ceases from all their work and pleasures. Hebrew 4:10, 11. This they do in acknowledgement of which God they serve, though there be only one.
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| Exodus 31:13 | Speak thou also unto the children of Israel, saying, Verily my sabbaths ye shall keep: for it is a sign between me and you throughout your generations; that ye may know that I am the LORD that doth sanctify you. |
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Are those who do not keep the Sabbath sanctified? Exodus 31:14 |
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All who defile the Sabbath of the LORD are cut off from Him and will receive of the wrath of His indignation. |
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| Exodus 31:14 | Ye shall keep the sabbath therefore; for it is holy unto you: every one that defileth it shall surely be put to death: for whosoever doeth any work therein, that soul shall be cut off from among his people. |
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How do clean meats sanctify us? Leviticus 11:43-45 |
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YHWH chose His people and gave them guidelines to live by, whenever we disobey any of His guidelines/rules we become defiled and estranged from Him, we must remain faithful and obedient to YHWH at all time if we are to reap the reward of serving Him. |
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| Leviticus 11:43 | Ye shall not make yourselves abominable with any creeping thing that creepeth, neither shall ye make yourselves unclean with them, that ye should be defiled thereby. | | Leviticus 11:44 | For I am the LORD your God: ye shall therefore sanctify yourselves, and ye shall be holy; for I am holy: neither shall ye defile yourselves with any manner of creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth. | | Leviticus 11:45 | For I am the LORD that bringeth you up out of the land of Egypt, to be your God: ye shall therefore be holy, for I am holy. |
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What do unclean meats do to us? Leviticus 11:43, 44 |
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The children of YHWH are different to others in all respect and that includes their diet, men will always seek to fulfil the lust of their flesh but YHWH's children endeavor to be obedient to His every word. They do not defile themselves with abominable meats. |
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| Leviticus 11:43 | Ye shall not make yourselves abominable with any creeping thing that creepeth, neither shall ye make yourselves unclean with them, that ye should be defiled thereby. | | Leviticus 11:44 | For I am the LORD your God: ye shall therefore sanctify yourselves, and ye shall be holy; for I am holy: neither shall ye defile yourselves with any manner of creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth. |
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What does every sanctified saint need to know about personal relationships? I Thessalonians 4:3-5 |
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Our bodies are the temple of the Most High, therefore we must not defile it through evil concupiscence: we must bring every thought into captivity and keep our bodies in subjection to the word of YHWH. "That ye may be blameless and harmless, the sons of God, without rebuke, in the midst of a crooked and perverse nation, among whom ye shine as lights in the world;" Php 2:15 |
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| I Thessalonians 4:3 | For this is the will of God, even your sanctification, that ye should abstain from fornication: | | I Thessalonians 4:4 | That every one of you should know how to possess his vessel in sanctification and honour; | | I Thessalonians 4:5 | Not in the lust of concupiscence, even as the Gentiles which know not God: |
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Who can achieve sanctification? Everyone! Sanctification does includes more than the laws mentioned above. But sanctification is simply keeping the commandments of God. |
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YHWH has mandated that His children should be peculiar, He has given us His word to guide us in all aspect of our lives; how we work, eat, socialize and love have all been stipulated in the word of YHWH.
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This page was updated by: Bro.Patrick tripple7@vipowernet.net on 3/7/2010 8:59:58 AM |
