This week’s sermon revealed that in order to be All-In,
fully embracing the Gospel (not side hugging), one must submit themselves to
sanctification.
At any natural point during the sermon
recap, open the floor for questions, comments, light bulb
moments, etc…
-Redefine sanctification for your group:
Sanctification-the
process initiated and carried out by the Holy Spirit by which transformation
from wicked desires and actions to Gospel oriented and God honoring desires and
actions. In essence you become like Jesus.
"Sanctification"
comes from two Latin words: "sanctus" which means holy, and
"ficare" which means make, so to sanctify means to make holy.
-Assert this truth about
sanctification:
Sanctification is not
something you accomplish. You can’t make yourself holy. This is an essence
issue. You can act differently and you can change your behavior but you have
absolutely no power to change your essence. Jesus demonstrates this is Matt. 5
-Support this assertion with these
scripture references:
Romans 15:15 , "Grace has been given to me by God to be a
minister of Christ Jesus to the Gentiles in the priestly service of the gospel
of God, so that the offering of the Gentiles may be acceptable, sanctified by the Holy Spirit."
1 Thessalonians 5:23, “The God of peace Himself sanctify
you wholly; and may your spirit and soul and body be preserved entire,
without blame at the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ.”
2 Thessalonians 2:13 "But we ought always to thank God for you, brothers and sisters loved by the
Lord, because God chose you as firstfruits to be saved through the sanctifying work of the Spirit and through belief in
the truth."
1 Peter 1:2 "who have been chosen according to the foreknowledge of God the Father, through
the sanctifying work of
the Spirit, to be
obedient to Jesus Christ and sprinkled with his blood: Grace and peace be yours
in abundance."
We are not the active
agent in our sanctification, but we can proactively submit to sanctification!
-Pose this question to your question to
your group:
What are you going to do this week to put yourself in a
position to be sanctified?
-Don’t settle for these answers (even
though they are technically correct):
Spend more time reading the Bible
Spend more time in prayer
-Get them to commit to give something up
this week in order to intentionally pursue sanctification:
Television shows
Facebook stalking
Pintrest perusing
Video games
-Spend some time in prayer admitting our
need for the Holy Spirit to change us
-Spend some time praying that the time
spent pursuing sanctification would be rich and beneficial
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