1 Thessalonians 5:22-28

1. GODWHO SANCTIFIES
1 THESS 5: 22-28

2. 1Thessalonians 5:22-28
22Abstain from every form of evil.
23Now may the God of peace himself sanctify you
completely, and may your whole spirit and soul and
body be kept blameless at the coming of our Lord
Jesus Christ.
24He who calls you is faithful; he will surely do it.
25Brothers, pray for us.
26Greet all the brothers with a holy kiss.
27I put you under oath before the Lord to have this
letter read to all the brothers.
28The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with you.

3. UNFINISHED BUSINESS
1 Thessalonians 4:3–4 (ESV)
3For this is the will of God, your
sanctification: that you abstain from sexual
immorality;
4that each one of you know how to control his
own body in holiness and honor .. etc.

4. DEFINITIONOF SANCTIFICATION
 To sanctify means to be made holy, to be
set apart.
John 17:19 (NIV)
19 For them I (Jesus) sanctify myself, that they too
may be truly sanctified.
1 Thessalonians 5:24 (ESV)
24He who calls you is faithful; he will surely do it.

5. PRIME MOVER OF SANCTIFICATION
Philippians 2:12b–13 (ESV)
12b work out your own salvation with fear and
trembling,
13for it is God who works in you, both to will
and to work for his good pleasure.

6. THE RESULTS OF SANCTIFICATION
 23Now may the God of peace himself
sanctify you completely, and may your
whole spirit and soul and body be kept
blameless at the coming of our Lord Jesus
Christ.

7. THE RESULTS OF SANCTIFICATION
Peace in Hebrew form is ‘shalom’ meaning
wholeness, lacking in nothing leading to
contentment. Unhappiness is normally
because we lack something.
Matthew Henry a Bible scholar wrote
“Those only are happy, truly happy, that are
holy, truly holy,…goodness and holiness are
not only the way to happiness but
happiness itself.”

8. THEWAY OF SANCTIFICATION
John 17:17 (ESV)
17Sanctify them in the truth; your word is
truth.
John 14:26 (ESV)
26But the Helper, the Holy Spirit, whom the
Father will send in my name, he will teach you
all things and bring to your remembrance all
that I have said to you.

9. THEWAY OF SANCTIFICATION
Sanctification is a process.
I am not what I might be, I am not what I
ought to be, I am not what I wish to be, I am
not what I hope to be. But I thank God I am
not what I once was, and I can say with the
great apostle, "By the grace of God I am what I
am.
John Newton – former slave trader

10. THE ASSURANCE OF SANCTIFICATION
1 Thess 5:24
He Who calls you is faithful and He will surely
do it.