“Living a Sanctified Life”
2 Timothy 2:19-21
By: Pastor
May 06, 2018 – PM
Sanctified – Holiness, consecrated, dedicated, separated, set apart.
We are to be set apart in order to be a vessel unto honor.
John 17:17 – “Sanctify them through thy truth: thy word is truth.”
Luke 11:2 – “And he said unto them, When ye pray, say, Our Father which art in heaven, Hallowed be thy name. Thy kingdom come. Thy will be done, as in heaven, so in earth.”
Ephesians 5:25-27 – “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, That he might present it to himself a glorious church, not having spot, or wrinkle, or any such thing; but that it should be holy and without blemish.”
Jesus bought the church to sanctify it.
Jesus died on the cross to sanctify us.
God identifies the vessels in these verses.
Good – clear – pure – clean – reflect light
Bad – dirty – tarnished – stained – reflect darkness
A person living a sanctified life will be:
- Identified by his fellowship.
If our fellowship is with the wicked we will not be a vessel unto honor.
We need to purge our self from the wrong kind of doctrine.
We cannot run with the world if we are desirous to be a vessel of honor.
We must purge the junk out of our life.
Purging is a lifetime deal, not a onetime deal.
The problem today is people do not care.
- Identified by our fruit.
We will be a valued vessel.
Our vessel should be seen by others.
Seeing other vessels of honor should give us a burst of energy to live a sanctified life.
God put the value on the vessels.
It is not if you like the vessel, it is about what God thinks of the vessel that matters.
The fruit we bear is unto honor and God looks at us.
What does God see as value in our life?
We can find someone we are better than in the Christian life, but that goes against the Word of God.
If we compare our self to someone else we may be comparing our self to someone that is not a vessel unto honor, but unto dishonor.
- Identified by our faithfulness.
If we are not faithful we will never be meat for the Master’s use.
A faithful person is a valuable person.
Being set-apart is not just sitting part and doing nothing.
We have to be useable for God to use us. If we are not faithful, we are not useful.
If there is no fruit, there is no root.
God wants us to be sanctified so he can use us. The world will use us and others will abuse us if we are a used vessel for God. Being sanctified means we will do whatever God wants us to do with our life. God wants someone to do every good work. God can do whatever He wants to with a life that is sanctified unto Him. God is not going to ruin our life. Proverbs 3:5-6 “Trust in the LORD with all thine heart; and lean not unto thine own understanding. In all thy ways acknowledge him, and he shall direct thy paths.”