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  From:  cajunhillbilly (Willard01)   9/28/2001 6:00 am  
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  213.1  
 
Sanctification & Holiness 
(From Octavius Winslow's, "The Christians Journey") 

Christ himself is our sanctification. 

As Christ, by the Spirit grows in us, and we 
become conformed to the image of Christ, 
He becomes our sanctification. 

We grow holy only as we approximate to 
the nature, the spirit, and image of Christ. 

This is true holiness, and nothing else is. 

Holiness does not consists in fastings, in prayers, 
in religious duties, rites, and ceremonies. How 
many there are in the present day who are 
religiously and rigidly observing all these external 
things, dreaming of holiness and fitness for heaven, 
without one particle of real sanctification! 

What a fearful and fatal delusion! 

Your sanctification, beloved, is Christ: Christ growing 
in you, "who of God is made unto us wisdom, 
righteousness, sanctification, and redemption." 

Beloved, you have to battle with indwelling sin, and 
to conflict with outward temptation. But never forget 
that you are to live upon Christ as much for your 
sanctification as for your justification; that His grace 
is pledged to subdue your iniquities, to arm you in 
the conflict, to give you skill in the holy fight, and 
the final victory over all your enemies. And in 
proportion as Christ grows in you, you will grow 
in a true hatred of sin, in a deepening love of 
holiness, and thus in real, gospel sanctification. 


 
  
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  From:  jackduggins   10/2/2001 4:25 am  
To:  cajunhillbilly (Willard01)   (2 of 3)  
 
  213.2 in reply to 213.1  
 
What I don't understand is when someone posts a prayer for the Irish, they are told to shut up and are banned. When someone just posts a sanctification post, it is OK. 
Why? 

I don't know. Ask David.
 
  
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   From:  David (DavidABrown)    10/2/2001 9:22 am  
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  213.3 in reply to 213.2  
 
The Prayer for the Irish is a Wonderful Post and is still available in the Issues Message folder.

 

 





David A. Brown
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