Schedule Before Conversion During Conversion After Conversion Common grace Election and Reprobation The Gospel Call and Effective Calling   Regeneration Conversion Justification Adoption Baptism in and Filling With the Holy Spirit Sanctification Perseverance of the Saints Death and the Intermediate State Glorification Union with Christ

Sanctification 1 Corinthians 1:2 To the church of God which is at Corinth, to those who are sanctified in Christ Jesus, called to be saints, with all who in every place call on the name of Jesus Christ our Lord, both theirs and ours

Sanctification 1 Corinthians 6:11 And such were some of you. But you were washed, but you were sanctified, but you were justified in the name of the Lord Jesus and by the Spirit of our God.

Sanctification Acts 20:32 So now, brethren, I commend you to God and to the word of His grace, which is able to build you up and give you an inheritance among all those who are sanctified.

Sanctification Grudem’s definition: Sanctification is a progressive work of God and man that makes us more and more free from sin and like Christ in our actual lives.

Sanctification 3 Stages 1. Definite Beginning at Regeneration

Sanctification 3 Stages 1. Definite Beginning at Regeneration 2. Increases Throughout Life

Sanctification 3 Stages 1. Definite Beginning at Regeneration 2. Increases Throughout Life 3. Completed at Death and When the Lord Returns

Sanctification 3 Stages 1. Definite Beginning at Regeneration 2. Increases Throughout Life 3. Completed at Death and When the Lord Returns 4. Sanctification Is Never Completed in This Life

Sanctification Many have described sanctification something like this:

Sanctification C. God and Man Cooperate in Sanctification

Sanctification Philippians 2:12-13 12 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.

Sanctification C. God and Man Cooperate in Sanctification 1. God Does the Sanctifying

Sanctification C. God and Man Cooperate in Sanctification 1. God Does the Sanctifying D. Affects the Whole Person

Sanctification C. God and Man Cooperate in Sanctification 1. God Does the Sanctifying D. Affects the Whole Person E. Motives for Obedience to God

Sanctification C. God and Man Cooperate in Sanctification 1. God Does the Sanctifying D. Affects the Whole Person E. Motives for Obedience to God F. The Beauty and Joy of Sanctification

Perseverance Grudem’s definition: The perseverance of the saints means all those who are truly born again will be kept by God’s power and will persevere as Christians until the end of their lives, and that only those who persevere until the end have been truly born again.

Perseverance John 6:38-40 38 For I have come down from heaven, not to do My own will, but the will of Him who sent Me. 39 This is the will of the Father who sent Me, that of all He has given Me I should lose nothing, but should raise it up at the last day. 40 And this is the will of Him who sent Me, that everyone who sees the Son and believes in Him may have everlasting life; and I will raise him up at the last day.

Perseverance John 10:27-29 27 My sheep hear My voice, and I know them, and they follow Me. 28 And I give them eternal life, and they shall never perish; neither shall anyone snatch them out of My hand. 29 My Father, who has given them to Me, is greater than all; and no one is able to snatch them out of My Father’s hand.

Perseverance All Who Are Born Again Will Persevere to the End

Perseverance All Who Are Born Again Will Persevere to the End Only Those Who Persevere to the End Have Been Born Again

Perseverance All Who Are Born Again Will Persevere to the End Only Those Who Persevere to the End Have Been Born Again Those Who Fall Away May Give Many External Signs of Conversion

Perseverance 1 John 2:19  They went out from us, but they were not of us; for if they had been of us, they would have continued with us; but they went out that they might be made manifest, that none of them were of us.

Perseverance What Can Give Genuine Assurance? Do I Have a Present Trust in Christ for Salvation?

Perseverance John 3:16 For God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son, that whoever believes in Him should not perish but have everlasting life. “Believes” in this verse is a present active participle; literally “continues believing.”

Perseverance What Can Give Genuine Assurance? Do I Have a Present Trust in Christ for Salvation? Is There Evidence of a Regenerating Work of the Holy Spirit in My Heart?

Perseverance What Can Give Genuine Assurance? Do I Have a Present Trust in Christ for Salvation? Is There Evidence of a Regenerating Work of the Holy Spirit in My Heart? Do I See a Long-Term Pattern of Growth in My Christian Life?

Perseverance What’s the answer? Grudem: You must repent of your sins and trust in Christ for your salvation.

This Week’s Memory Verses Romans 6:11-14 John 10:27-28

Schedule Before Conversion During Conversion After Conversion Common grace Election and Reprobation The Gospel Call and Effective Calling   Regeneration Conversion Justification Adoption Baptism in and Filling With the Holy Spirit Sanctification Perseverance of the Saints Death and the Intermediate State Glorification Union with Christ