Sanctification

Tune my heart in prayer

A prayer for union with Christ (Book of Common Prayer, 2019)

The community of the saints and sanctification

“The sanctification of the church-community consists in its being separated by God from that which is unholy, from sin… For the community of saints this implies three things. First, its sanctification will manifest itself in a clear separation from the world. Its sanctification will, second, prove itself through conduct that is worthy of God’s realmContinue reading “The community of the saints and sanctification”

There are sentences that I come upon that, at times, take my breath away. As I am going through F.F. Bruce’s commentary on Hebrews, I am finding a lot of those moments. The passage is Hebrews 2 10 It was appropriate for God, for whom and through whom everything exists, to use experiences of suffering toContinue reading “Sanctification”

Latch on to these words of hope

23 May the God of peace himself sanctify you entirely; and may your spirit and soul and body be kept sound and blameless at the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ. 24 The one who calls you is faithful, and he will do this. (1 Thess. 5:23-24, NRSV) The work God has started in you willContinue reading “Latch on to these words of hope”