2.2 Sanctification Study Questions

1. What is the primary meaning of sanctification?

Sanctification is the process of setting apart or a state of being apart for God.

2. What must the individual be separated from in order to be truly separated to God?

The individual must be separated from sin in order to be truly separated to God.

3. What does it mean when it speaks of God being sanctified?

It means not that he is made holy, but shown to be Holy.

4.Name at least five ways we are sanctified.

• We are sanctified by the Holy Spirit.
• We are sanctified by the blood of Jesus Christ.
• We are sanctified by the Word of God.
• We are sanctified by presenting our members as servants to righteousness.
• We are sanctified by appropriation of Christ.
• We are sanctified by chastisement.

5. To what is Christ made unto us from God?

Jesus Christ was made unto us from God Sanctification. By the appropriation of Christ we obtain this sanctification thus provided.

6. Does chastisement have any part in sanctification?

Yes, we become partakers of God's holiness through the administration of chastisement.

7. Is it necessary to pursue sanctification?

Yes, it absolutely necessary to pursue sanctification. We must make sanctification the object of our earnest desire and pursue it.

8. When does sanctification take place?

Sanctification is both instantaneous and progressive..

9. Give an example with Scripture reference of the progression of sanctification.

i.e., An increase in love I Thess. 3:12 , or An abounding more and more in a Godly walk and in pleasing God. I Thess. 4:1,10

10. Give at least one of the results of sanctification.

One of the results of sanctification is salvation. This is not the initial salvation (the forgiveness of sins) but the ultimate salvation (salvation in the fullest sense of deliverance from sin's dominion and presence.