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sanctification

 

  3  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Sanctification  \Sanc`ti*fi*ca"tion\,  n.  [L.  sanctificatio:  cf 
  F.  sanctification.] 
  1.  The  act  of  sanctifying  or  making  holy;  the  state  of  being 
  sanctified  or  made  holy;  esp.  (Theol.),  the  act  of  God's 
  grace  by  which  the  affections  of  men  are  purified,  or 
  alienated  from  sin  and  the  world,  and  exalted  to  a  supreme 
  love  to  God;  also  the  state  of  being  thus  purified  or 
  sanctified. 
 
  God  hath  from  the  beginning  chosen  you  to  salvation 
  through  sanctification  of  the  Spirit  and  belief  of 
  the  truth.  --2  Thess.  ii 
  13. 
 
  2.  The  act  of  consecrating,  or  of  setting  apart  for  a  sacred 
  purpose;  consecration.  --Bp.  Burnet. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  sanctification 
  n  :  a  religious  ceremony  in  which  something  is  made  holy 
 
  From  Easton's  1897  Bible  Dictionary  [easton]: 
 
  Sanctification 
  involves  more  than  a  mere  moral  reformation  of  character, 
  brought  about  by  the  power  of  the  truth:  it  is  the  work  of  the 
  Holy  Spirit  bringing  the  whole  nature  more  and  more  under  the 
  influences  of  the  new  gracious  principles  implanted  in  the  soul 
  in  regeneration.  In  other  words  sanctification  is  the  carrying 
  on  to  perfection  the  work  begun  in  regeneration,  and  it  extends 
  to  the  whole  man  (Rom.  6:13;  2  Cor.  4:6;  Col.  3:10;  1  John  4:7; 
  1  Cor.  6:19).  It  is  the  special  office  of  the  Holy  Spirit  in  the 
  plan  of  redemption  to  carry  on  this  work  (1  Cor.  6:11;  2  Thess. 
  2:13).  Faith  is  instrumental  in  securing  sanctification, 
  inasmuch  as  it  (1)  secures  union  to  Christ  (Gal.  2:20),  and  (2) 
  brings  the  believer  into  living  contact  with  the  truth,  whereby 
  he  is  led  to  yield  obedience  "to  the  commands,  trembling  at  the 
  threatenings,  and  embracing  the  promises  of  God  for  this  life 
  and  that  which  is  to  come." 
 
  Perfect  sanctification  is  not  attainable  in  this  life  (1  Kings 
  8:46;  Prov.  20:9;  Eccl.  7:20;  James  3:2;  1  John  1:8).  See  Paul's 
  account  of  himself  in  Rom.  7:14-25;  Phil.  3:12-14;  and  1  Tim. 
  1:15;  also  the  confessions  of  David  (Ps.  19:12,  13;  51),  of 
  Moses  (90:8),  of  Job  (42:5,  6),  and  of  Daniel  (9:3-20).  "The 
  more  holy  a  man  is  the  more  humble,  self-renouncing, 
  self-abhorring,  and  the  more  sensitive  to  every  sin  he  becomes, 
  and  the  more  closely  he  clings  to  Christ.  The  moral 
  imperfections  which  cling  to  him  he  feels  to  be  sins,  which  he 
  laments  and  strives  to  overcome.  Believers  find  that  their  life 
  is  a  constant  warfare,  and  they  need  to  take  the  kingdom  of 
  heaven  by  storm,  and  watch  while  they  pray.  They  are  always 
  subject  to  the  constant  chastisement  of  their  Father's  loving 
  hand,  which  can  only  be  designed  to  correct  their  imperfections 
  and  to  confirm  their  graces.  And  it  has  been  notoriously  the 
  fact  that  the  best  Christians  have  been  those  who  have  been  the 
  least  prone  to  claim  the  attainment  of  perfection  for 
  themselves.",  Hodge's  Outlines.




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