Sanctification: The Means, The Ends, & The Way

Introduction

Great indeed, we confess, is the mystery of godliness. 1 Tim. 3:16

I. Two Mistakes

A. Mistaking the Ends for the Means (Col. 2:30-23)

B. Mistaking the Means for the Ends (Rom. 9:32)

II. Two Essentials

A. The Means of Grace (1 Cor. 1:30; Jn. 17:17)

B. By Faith (Jn. 6:27-29)

(WCF 14.2) ...the principal acts of saving faith are accepting, receiving, and resting upon Christ alone for justification, sanctification, and eternal life, by virtue of the covenant of grace.

III. Two Pictures

A. Union with Christ (Rom. 6:1-11)

B. The Withered Hand (Lk. 6; Matt. 12; Mk. 3)

Conclusion

“He must increase, but I must decrease.” (John 3:30)