THE GIFT OF THE SANCTIFYING SAVIOR (3 OF 5)
by Jeff Strite
Scripture: 1 Corinthians 6:9-11
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The Gift Of The Sanctifying Savior (3 of 5)
Series: He Is Everything To Me
Jeff Strite
1 Corinthians 6:9-11
In Luke we’re told that the Shepherds went to Bethlehem to see the baby Jesus.
But back in 1999, someone not only went to see the baby Jesus... they took him home. They took him from the Daly Plaza in Chicago, IL and though authorities found Him and returned Him to the nativity, someone stole him again in 2004.
In fact, this happens almost every year - all across country - somebody steals Jesus. It’s called the ‘‘Stolen Baby Jesus Syndrome’’, and many communities have taken steps to protect their nativity babies with things like padlocks and chains - which apparently don’t always work. For example, in Arkansas - in 2008 - someone not only stole the baby Jesus, but also the concrete block and chain that secured him. Later, in Palm Beach, FL, authorities had given up using padlocks, and started implanted GPS units in their nativity child.
But why would they bother? Why would they care? Why spend the money to protect these ‘‘baby Jesuses.’’ Well, these figurines are fairly valuable - a baby Jesus can set you back anywhere from $500 to several thousand dollars. Anything that valuable is worth protecting.
When you have something that valuable, you want to protect it. You want to ‘‘fence it off’’ from the rest of the world so that people won’t damage, destroy or steal it.
And that’s the Biblical concept behind sanctification.
Sanctification is also called holiness - sanctification and holiness are English translations of the same Greek word. Sanctification means - we’ve been ‘‘set apart.’’ We’ve been set apart from the world to protect us from damage.
In our text today, we read that ‘‘(We) were washed, (we) were sanctified, (we) were justified in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ and by the Spirit of our God.’’ I Corinthians 6:11
You see, when we became Christians, we were sanctified by Jesus. We were set apart for God.
As I was working ...
Series: He Is Everything To Me
Jeff Strite
1 Corinthians 6:9-11
In Luke we’re told that the Shepherds went to Bethlehem to see the baby Jesus.
But back in 1999, someone not only went to see the baby Jesus... they took him home. They took him from the Daly Plaza in Chicago, IL and though authorities found Him and returned Him to the nativity, someone stole him again in 2004.
In fact, this happens almost every year - all across country - somebody steals Jesus. It’s called the ‘‘Stolen Baby Jesus Syndrome’’, and many communities have taken steps to protect their nativity babies with things like padlocks and chains - which apparently don’t always work. For example, in Arkansas - in 2008 - someone not only stole the baby Jesus, but also the concrete block and chain that secured him. Later, in Palm Beach, FL, authorities had given up using padlocks, and started implanted GPS units in their nativity child.
But why would they bother? Why would they care? Why spend the money to protect these ‘‘baby Jesuses.’’ Well, these figurines are fairly valuable - a baby Jesus can set you back anywhere from $500 to several thousand dollars. Anything that valuable is worth protecting.
When you have something that valuable, you want to protect it. You want to ‘‘fence it off’’ from the rest of the world so that people won’t damage, destroy or steal it.
And that’s the Biblical concept behind sanctification.
Sanctification is also called holiness - sanctification and holiness are English translations of the same Greek word. Sanctification means - we’ve been ‘‘set apart.’’ We’ve been set apart from the world to protect us from damage.
In our text today, we read that ‘‘(We) were washed, (we) were sanctified, (we) were justified in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ and by the Spirit of our God.’’ I Corinthians 6:11
You see, when we became Christians, we were sanctified by Jesus. We were set apart for God.
As I was working ...
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