Basic Theology: Sanctification - God's Role and Man's Role

God's Role and Man's Role

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God accomplishes our sanctification. 1 Thessalonians 5:24, He who calls you is faithful, who also will do it.

Philippians 1:6, being confident of this very thing, that He who has begun a good work in you will complete it until the day of Jesus Christ;

Hebrews 13:20-21, Now may the God of peace who brought up our Lord Jesus from the dead, that great Shepherd of the sheep, through the blood of the everlasting covenant, 21 make you complete in every good work to do His will, working in you what is well pleasing in His sight, through Jesus Christ, to whom be glory forever and ever. Amen.

Through the agency of the Holy Spirit.

1 Peter 1:2, elect according to the foreknowledge of God the Father, in sanctification of the Spirit, for obedience and sprinkling of the blood of Jesus Christ: Grace to you and peace be multiplied.

God causes us to grow and change, and we cooperate. 
Philippians 2:12-13, Therefore, my beloved, as you have always obeyed, not as in my presence only, but now much more in my absence, work out your own salvation with fear and trembling; 13 for it is God who works in you both to will and to do for His good pleasure.

We pursue our sanctification! 
1 Timothy 6:11, But you, O man of God, flee these things and pursue righteousness, godliness, faith, love, patience, gentleness. 
Hebrews 12:14, Pursue peace with all people, and holiness, without which no one will see the Lord:

We trust God that we are free from sin.
Romans 6:11, Likewise you also, reckon yourselves to be dead indeed to sin, but alive to God in Christ Jesus our Lord

When we are freed from sin God can renew us.
Colossians 3:1-11,
So that we can participate in the means of grace by learning the Word of God (1 Peter 2:2), participating in fellowship (Ephesians 4:15-16), responding to God's discipline (Hebrews 12:11), praying (Romans 8:26; James 5:16), and giving our lives away to serve others (John 13:17).

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