YE ARE SANCTITIED.

 

MARCH 20.

Ye are sanctified.
I Corinthians 6:11

 

THE Corinthians were by nature dreadfully depraved,
  but where sin abounded, grace did much more abound.
 
They were created anew in Christ Jesus,
  they were sanctified by the power of the Holy Ghost.
 
To be sanctified is to be separated from sinners;
  to be delivered from the power of sin, and
  to be set apart for God.
 
Sanctification begins in regeneration.
 
There is no holiness in any of God's fallen creatures,
   until regenerated by the Holy Spirit.
 
We may separate ourselves from others,
  but we shall not be truly sanctified to God,
  unless we are renewed in the spirit of our minds.
 
Every truly sanctified person loves holiness,
  pray for holiness, and strives for holiness.
 
In vain do we boast of a sound creed,
  rejoice in church privileges, or
  expect heaven at death,
     except we really desire and seek to be holy.
 
But, if we mourn over sin,
  fly to the fountain of the Saviour’s blood, and
  strives for conformity to the Lord Jesus Christ,
  unquestionably we are sanctified,
   as the Corinthians were, “in the name of the Lord Jesus,
        and by the spirit of our God.”
 
Beloved, are you sanctified?
Your God says, “Be ye holy, for I am holy.”
 

Lord, let thy grace with sweet control,

Bind all the feelings of my soul;

Bid all its vanities depart,

And ever sway my wayward heart.

 

James Smith 1849