The Mystery of Sanctification
Now, this is precisely what sanctification is about. It is essentially dying unto sin and growing in Christ-likeness!
Now, this is precisely what sanctification is about. It is essentially dying unto sin and growing in Christ-likeness!
We are all adoptive children of God our heavenly Father, and Christ Jesus is our Elder Brother. We are all brothers and sisters to one another.
Justification is an act of God’s free grace, wherein he pardoneth all our sins, and accepteth us as righteous in His sight, only for the righteousness of Christ imputed to us, and received by faith alone.
It is enough that my Father has received me for Christ, my elder brother’s sake. There is no condemnation to them who are in Christ Jesus!
Because of what the Holy Spirit did, we were irresistibly drawn to Christ and found salvation in Him and reconciliation with the Father.
By Rev. Samuel Rutherford as preached at Kirkcudbright in Galloway, upon a day of thanksgiving, published by Rev. Andrew A Bonar, Glasgow, 1876.
Have you been born again? Some of us have assumed we are Christian because we prayed to receive Christ many years ago…
Are you conscious of being led by the Spirit? If you are a son or daughter of God, you will be conscious of the Holy Spirit’s leading.
When the Lord comes as triumphant Judge and King, every knee will bow, and every tongue will confess that Jesus Christ is Lord.
Christ, the Son of God, who is God Himself, emptied Himself and humbled Himself for the sake of all He came to represent.