Sanctified By God

Sanctify means to set apart as holy, or to dedicate for special use. Did God sanctify a people?

And Moses went down from the mount unto the people, and sanctified the people; and they washed their clothes. (Exodus 19:14 KJV)

Does truth sanctify people? Would that make studying the Bible important?

Sanctify them by the truth; your word is truth. (John 17:17 NIV)

Are we also sanctified by faith in Jesus?

… that they may receive forgiveness of sins, and inheritance among them which are sanctified by faith that is in me [Jesus]. (Acts 26:18 KJV)

Are we also sanctified by the Holy Spirit?

that I might be a minister of Jesus Christ to the Gentiles, ministering the gospel of God, that the offering of the Gentiles might be acceptable, sanctified by the Holy Spirit. (Romans 15:16 NKJV)

Is sanctification the Spirit’s work?

… God chose you as firstfruits to be saved through the sanctifying work of the Spirit and through belief in the truth. (2 Thessalonians 2:13 NIV)

In whom are we sanctified? Does that mean we are called to be saints?

To the church of God that is in Corinth, to those sanctified in Christ Jesus, called to be saints together with all those who in every place call upon the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, both their Lord and ours: (1 Corinthians 1:2 ESV)

Can an unbelieving spouse be sanctified?

For the unbelieving husband is sanctified through his wife, and the unbelieving wife is sanctified through her believing husband; for otherwise your children are unclean, but now they are holy. (1 Corinthians 7:14 NASB)

Do cleansing and sanctifying go together?

Husbands, love your wives, even as Christ also loved the church, and gave himself for it; That he might sanctify and cleanse it with the washing of water by the word (Ephesians 5:25-26 KJV)

Is fleeing sexual sins part of a sanctified life?

It is God’s will that you should be sanctified: that you should avoid sexual immorality; that each of you should learn to control your own body in a way that is holy and honorable (1 Thessalonians 4:1-7 NIV)

Is a meal sanctified by prayer?

For it [food] is sanctified by the word of God and prayer. (1 Timothy 4:5 KJV)

Are we sanctified by Christ’s body and blood?

By that will we have been sanctified through the offering of the body of Jesus Christ once for all. (Hebrews 10:10 NKJV)

Therefore Jesus also, that He might sanctify the people with His own blood, suffered outside the gate. (Hebrews 13:12 NKJV)

Saints

Were there saints in the Old Testament?

As for the saints in the land, they are the excellent ones, in whom is all my delight. (Psalm 16:3 ESV)

What about Israel?

He has raised up a horn for his people, praise for all his saints, for the people of Israel who are near to him. Praise the Lord! (Psalm 148:14 ESV)

Are all Christians saints?

To God’s church at Corinth, to those who are sanctified in Christ Jesus and called as saints, with all those in every place who call on the name of Jesus Christ our Lord—both their Lord and ours. (1 Corinthians 1:2 HCSB)

Are verbal traditions as reliable as the written record?

Beloved, I was just at the point of writing to you about the salvation we share, when it became necessary for me to write and urge you to fight earnestly for the faith that was once and for all entrusted to the saints. (Jude 1:3 NCB)

Is apostasy pictured by a fallen woman, complicit in killing true saints?

I saw the woman, drunk with the blood of the saints and with the blood of the martyrs of Jesus. And when I saw her, I marveled with great amazement. (Revelation 17:6 NIV)

Holy

Can a place be holy, special to the Lord?

“Do not come any closer,” the Lord warned. “Take off your sandals, for you are standing on holy ground.” (Exodus 3:5 NLT)

Can time be holy?

Remember the Sabbath day, to keep it holy. (Exodus 20:8 NKJV)

Can a nation be holy?

… you will be my holy nation and serve me as priests. Moses, that is what you must tell the Israelites. (Exodus 19:6 CEV)

Can clothing be holy?

And you shall make holy garments for Aaron your brother, for glory and for beauty. (Exodus 28:2 ESV)

Should we treat God’s name as holy or a throw away expression like OMG?

For he that is mighty hath done to me great things; and holy is his name. (Luke 1:49 KJV)

Are we to be holy?

But now you must be holy in everything you do, just as God who chose you is holy. For the Scriptures say, “You must be holy because I am holy.” (1 Peter 1:15-16 NLT)