Through the sacrifice of Jesus Christ and His blood and by faith and regeneration in Christ, you have been cleansed from all your sins and iniquities and made holy and righteous and reconciled with God. You have not been cleansed and made holy and righteous by your own works and by obeying all kinds of laws and regulations, but you have been cleansed and made holy and righteous by faith in Jesus Christ and His perfect work of redemption. When you have become a new creation and have been made holy and righteous, it’s time for the process of sanctification. Qual é o processo de santificação? What does the Bible say about sanctification?
Qual é o processo de santificação?
E você, que às vezes foram alienados e inimigos em sua mente por obras perversas, yet now hath He reconciled In the body of His flesh through death, para apresentá-lo santo e irrepreensível e irrepreensível aos Seus olhos: Se você continuar na fé fundamentado e estabelecido, e não se afastar da esperança do evangelho, que você ouviu, e que foi pregado a toda criatura que está debaixo do céu; do qual eu, Paulo, fui constituído ministro (Colossenses 1:21-23)
Através da regeneração em Cristo, você se tornou um filho de Deus (tanto masculino quanto feminino). You have been set apart from the world and belong to God.
After your repentance and regeneration in Christ, it’s time for the process of sanctification. Because although you have become a son of God in the spiritual realm and the Holy Spirit dwells in you, most likely you shall not immediately walk as a son of God on earth, como Jesus. This is mainly because the flesh is in the way.
A carne, including the carnal mind, still thinks and acts like the world and considers the wisdom and knowledge of the world and all the tangible things in the natural realm as the truth.
As long as the carnal mind doesn’t change, a person shall remain carnal (anímico) and sense-ruled and shall walk after the flesh.
Portanto, the first step in the process of sanctification is to renove sua mente com as palavras de Deus, which are the truth and have created all the visible things around you, incluindo você.
The renewing of your mind
E não se conforme com este mundo: mas transformai-vos pela renovação da vossa mente, para que possais provar o que é tão bom, e aceitável, e perfeito, vontade de Deus (Romanos 12:2)
Pois a palavra de Deus é rápida, e poderoso, e mais afiado que qualquer espada de dois gumes, penetrando até a divisão da alma e do espírito, e das articulações e medula, e é um discernidor dos pensamentos e intenções do coração. Nem há criatura alguma que não se manifeste à sua vista: mas todas as coisas estão nuas e abertas aos olhos daquele com quem temos que tratar (Hebreus 4:12-13)
The will of God is written upon your heart by the Holy Spirit, but your mind still thinks like the world. By reading and studying the words of God, you shall get to know God and gain insight into good and evil; what is according to the will of God and what is not according to the will of God.
The Word of God is alive and powerful and sharper than any two-edged sword, penetrando até a divisão da alma e do espírito.
The truth of the Word shall expose the false doctrines and all the lies of the devil.
Sanctified through the truth of God
Eu lhes dei a tua palavra; e o mundo os odiou, porque eles não são do mundo, mesmo que eu não seja do mundo. Eu oro para que você não os tire do mundo, but that thou shouldest keep them from the evil. Eles não são do mundo, mesmo que eu não seja do mundo. Santifica-os através da tua verdade: a tua palavra é a verdade. Como você me enviou ao mundo, Mesmo assim eu também os enviei para o mundo. E por eles eu me santifico, que eles também podem ser santificados através da verdade (John 17:14-19)
The Word is the Truth and becomes alive in you when you obey and apply the words of God in your life.
As long as you only read and listen to the words of God but don’t do anything with the words of God, the words of God shall remain written words, and although they possess the life, paz, and power of God, they shall not reap anything.
Only if you read, listen to, and study the words of God and obey and apply the words of God in your life, the written words of God shall come alive in your life.
You shall constantly cleanse yourself with the truth of God. And by the revelation of the Word and the Holy Spirit and the choice you make to follow the Word and the Spirit in your life, which means that you obey and do the words of God, you shall put off the works of the flesh and shall do the works of the Spirit.
Through obedience to the Word and the Spirit, your life shall change and you shall no longer live like the world and the way you lived before your repentance.
Uma pequena mentira branca não pode doer?
Por exemplo, the world says, that a lie is not so bad and that a little white lie doesn’t hurt anyone and is permissible, as long as you can substantiate the lie and/or when it’s for your own benefit. In some cultures lying is even considered normal and part of the culture. But the Word commands to lie not. God doesn’t lie and therefore those, who are born of Him and have His nature shall not lie. A Palavra diz, that the devil is a liar and that his children are liars and therefore shall lie (Oh. Levítico 19:11, Números 23:19, Efésios 4:25, Colossenses 3:9, Tito 1:2, John 8:44 (Leia também: ‘Toda cultura desaparece em Cristo'))
Lying is not a work of the Spirit, but lying is a work of the flesh and should be put away. Está escrito, that liars, who love the lie, will not inherit eternal life but eternal death (Oh. Revelação 22:15).
Only through the Word you will get to know the will of God and discern good and evil. The Holy Spirit shall guide you and show you when something is good and when something is evil and against the vontade de Deus.
When the telephone rings and you say to a member of your family: “just say that I’m not here”, you lie. But you are not the only one who lies. You put the other person in a difficult position and make the other person complicit by asking the person to lie for you. The Holy Spirit will show you immediately, that what you have done is not good.
If this doesn’t happen and you have no problem lying, you should wonder if you have received the Holy Spirit and if the Holy Spirit abides in you. Because one of the tasks of the Holy Spirit is that He reproves the world of sin.
Portanto, if the Holy Spirit dwells in you and He shall reprove the world of sin, He shall definitely reprove you of sin.
When the Holy Spirit confronts you and you become conscious of your sin, it’s up to you to obey Him and repent (in this case of your lie) and continue your walk.
And so there are many other areas in life that shall be dealt with during the process of sanctification. How fast the process of sanctification will go, all depends on your love for Jesus Christ.
“Seja você santo; porque eu sou santo”
Como filhos obedientes, não se moldando de acordo com as concupiscências anteriores em sua ignorância: Mas como aquele que vos chamou é santo, então sejam santos em todos os tipos de conversa; Porque está escrito, Seja você santo; pois eu sou santo (1 Peter 1:14-16)
De acordo como ele nos escolheu nele antes da fundação do mundo, que devemos ser santos e sem culpa diante dele (Efésios 1:4)
Every son of God will go through the process of sanctification. There is no one excluded from the process of sanctification. Since God is a holy God and He wants His sons to live holy lives. A holy life means to be set apart from the world unto God and do His will.
Durante o processo de santificação, the works of the flesh shall be put away. The old man shall be put off and the new man, que foi criado à imagem de Deus, shall be put on (Leia também: 'Adie o velho' e 'Revestir-se do novo homem').
Shall you make mistakes in the beginning? Sim! But there is a difference in the types of mistakes and whether you will make a mistake unconsciously or consciously and sin willfully. Because there are sins not unto death and sins unto death (Leia também: ‘What are sins not unto death and sins unto death?').
Mas agora sendo libertado do pecado, e nos tornarmos servos de Deus, tendes o vosso fruto para a santidade, e o fim da vida eterna. Pois o salário do pecado é a morte; mas o dom gratuito de Deus é a vida eterna por Jesus Cristo, nosso Senhor (Romanos 6:22-23)
Mas esses, who are born of God and have been made holy and righteous shall live from that righteous and holy position and from God’s nature in the will of God. Because as God is holy, those who are born of Him and belong to Him shall also be holy.
‘Seja o sal da terra’
