SANCTIFICATION AND TRANSFORMATION - Sunday March 8, 2009.

SANCTIFICATION AND TRANSFORMATION - Sunday March 8, 2009.


Philippians 1:6
"being confident of this, that he who began a good work in you will carry it on to completion until the day of Christ Jesus"

Psalms 139:23-24
23- "Search me, O God, and know my heart; test me and know my anxious thoughts.
24- See if there is any offensive way in me, and lead me in the way everlasting."

2 Corinthians 7:1
"Since we have these promises, dear friends, let us purify ourselves from everything that contaminates body and spirit, perfecting holiness out of reverence for God"

Romans 5:5
"And hope does not disappoint us, because God has poured out his love into our hearts by the Holy Spirit, whom he has given us."

Ephesians 3:16
"I pray that out of his glorious riches he(GOD) may strengthen you with power through his Spirit in your inner being,"

Philippians 2:13
"for it is God who works in you to will and to act according to his good purpose."

Colossians 3:9-10
9- "Do not lie to each other, since you have taken off your old self with its practices
10- and have put on the new self, which is being renewed in knowledge in the image of its Creator."

Colossians 3:5,8-10
5- "Put to death, therefore, whatever belongs to your earthly nature: sexual immorality, impurity, lust, evil desires and greed, which is idolatry.
8- ... anger, rage, malice, slander, and filthy language from your lips."
9- Do not lie to each other, since you have taken off your old self with its practices
10- and have put on the new self, which is being renewed in knowledge in the image of its Creator."

CONCLUSION
SANCTIFICATION IS THE PROCESS OF TRANSFORMATION THAT THE SPIRIT OF GOD DOES IN THE MIND AND HEART OF MEN /WOMEN THAT HAVE ACCEPTED JESUS CHRIST AS HIS SAVIOR AND THEY HAVE TO BE LIVING TESTIMONY FOR THE WORLD.
AN EXAMPLE IS THE APOSTLE PAUL THAT HE ENDEAVORED EACH DAY IN FORTIFYING HIS SPIRITUAL LIFE UNTIL HIS DEATH.


You may also hear this preach in Spanish language at: www.alianzalince.org