Grace Fellowship Church Pastor/Teacher Jim Rickard Thursday, March 1, 2012

Doxology Praise God, from whom all blessings flow; Praise Him, all creatures here below; Praise Him above, ye heavenly host; Praise Father, Son, and Holy Ghost.— Amen.

John 17 The Great High Priestly Prayer of our Lord!

John 17:6-19 John 17:17 The Mechanics of the Disciples’ Protection - Sanctification.

John 17:17, “Sanctify them in the sphere of Your Truth; Your Word (Bible Doctrine) is Truth.”

Principles of Sanctification: (+S)

Positional Phase One Ultimate Christian’s Life Phase Three Death or Rapture Experiential Phase Two

Your Positional +S does not mean you are living a holy life unto God. That is a matter of Experiential +S.

b. Phase 2, “Experiential +S”, is for the believer only. It is the function of the spiritual life after salvation.

1) It is our daily walk with Christ, being filled with the Holy Spirit, 1 John 1:5-9.

2) It is accomplished when: a) We utilize 1 John 1:9; cf. Lev 5:5; 16:21; 26:40; Num 5:7; Neh 9:2; Psa 32:5; 38:18; John 13:10b; 1 Cor 11:28-31; James 5:16, the Rebound technique.

b) When we confess our sins it results in the filling of God the Holy Spirit, Eph 5:18, because we are “cleansed from all unrighteousness.”

c) Then, take in the Word on a consistent basis by means of GAP, and be obedient to it, (i.e., Faith Rest application).

That produces experiential or spiritual righteousness, which is also your residence, function, and momentum inside God’s Power System, (GPS).

3) L.S. Chafer, “As positional +S is absolutely disassociated from the daily life, so experiential +S is absolutely unrelated to your position in Christ.”

Experiential +S depends on:

Experiential +S depends on: a) Some degree of Yieldedness / Obedience to God.

Experiential +S depends on: a) Some degree of Yieldedness / Obedience to God. b) Some degree of separation from sin.

Experiential +S depends on: a) Some degree of Yieldedness / Obedience to God. b) Some degree of separation from sin. c) Some degree of Christian growth which you have already attained.

a) Result of Yieldedness / Obedience to God. Whole self-dedication to God is your reasonable service in worship of God, Rom 12:1.

Rom 12:1, “Present your bodies a living and holy sacrifice, acceptable to God, which is your spiritual service of worship.”

With your own volition you choose the mind and will of God as the rule for your life. “Self-determined separation unto God.”

Rom 6:22, “But now having been freed from sin and enslaved to God, you derive your benefit, resulting in sanctification.”

Sanctification cannot be experienced as a matter of feeling or emotion any more than justification or forgiveness can.

Yet, walking / living in the holiness that is God, can have the results, either suddenly or gradually, of experiencing the +H / joy of God.

Grace Fellowship Church Thursday, March 1, 2012 Tape # Sanctification, Part 4 Experiential Sanctification, Part 1 Great High Priestly Prayer, Part 75 John 17:17; 1 John 1:5-2:2; Rom 6:1-14; Gal 6:16-18 James H. Rickard Bible Ministries 2012