Jhn 17:19 And for their sake I consecrate myself, that they also may be sanctified in truth.
Eph 5:26 that he might sanctify her, having cleansed her by the washing of water with the word,
Tit 2:14 who gave himself for us to redeem us from all lawlessness and to purify for himself a people for his own possession who are zealous for good works.
1Pe 2:24 He himself bore our sins in his body on the tree, that we might die to sin and live to righteousness.
Col 1:22-23 he has now reconciled in his body of flesh by his death, in order to present you holy and blameless and above reproach before him, if indeed you continue in the faith, stable and steadfast
Heb 2:11 For he who sanctifies and those who are sanctified all have one source.
Jhn 15:5 I am the vine; you are the branches. Whoever abides in me and I in him, he it is that bears much fruit, for apart from me you can do nothing.
Gal 5:22-23 But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, self-control
Love (tenderness, attachment, devotion, passion, appreciation, compassion, warmth, unselfishness, benevolence, zeal, caring, kindness, treasure, deep affection),
Joy (rejoicing, happiness, delight, radiant, satisfaction),
Peace (calm, quietness, still, composure, at rest, contentment, security, joy, harmony, untroubled, at ease),
Long suffering (patient, tolerant, uncomplaining, accommodating, forgiving, meek),
Gentleness (tenderness, lenient, mercy, forgiveness, understanding, sympathy, compassion, love, mild, peaceable, considerate),
Goodness (respectable, purity, just, fair, benevolent, decency, compassion, tender, kind, helpful, thoughtful, polite, nice),
Faith (trust, belief, conviction, reliance, dependence, hope, persuasion, confidence),
Meekness (humility, humbleness, obedience, softness),
Temperance (self-restraint, restraint, moderation, self-control, self-discipline, self-denial)
Sanctification is that inward spiritual work which the Lord Jesus Christ works in a man by the Holy Spirit, when He calls him to be a true believer. He not only washes him from his sins in His own blood, but He also separates him from his natural love of sin and the world, puts a new principle in his heart and makes him practically godly in life. The instrument by which the Spirit effects this work is generally the Word of God, though He sometimes uses afflictions.
He who supposes that Jesus Christ only lived and died and rose again in order to provide justification and forgiveness of sins for His people has yet much to learn. Whether he knows it or not, he is dishonoring our blessed Lord and making Him only a half Savior. The Lord Jesus has undertaken everything that His people’s souls require: not only to deliver them from the guilt of their sins by His atoning death, but from the dominion of their sins, by placing in their hearts the Holy Spirit; not only to justify them, but also to sanctify them. He is, thus, not only their “righteousness,” but their “sanctification”
If words mean anything, they teach that Christ undertakes the sanctification, no less than the justification, of His believing people. Both are alike provided for in that “everlasting covenant ordered in all things and sure,” of which the Mediator is Christ. In fact, Christ in one place is called “He who sanctifies,” and His people “they who are sanctified”
