For every creature of God is good, and nothing to be refused, if it be received with thanksgiving: For it is sanctified by the word of God and prayer (1 Timothy 4:4–5, KJV) The Lord recently showed me in the scriptures why we pray before eating. If you are a Christian, especially those brought up Read More
Sanctification
What is sanctification?
And for their sakes I sanctify myself, that they also might be sanctified through the truth (John 17:19, KJV) Sanctification is an important concept for us in Christianity. In a nutshell, it simply means to make someone or something holy. This implies sanctification can be conceived as a process; holiness is the finished state. If Read More
Washed, Clothed and Anointed
And Moses brought Aaron and his sons, and washed them with water (Leviticus 8:6, KJV) Aaron was chosen by God to be the first high priest along with his sons serving as priests. Their ordination ceremony was quite fascinating as it tells us what God did when we were also ordained as priests in the Read More
The Washing of Regeneration by the Holy Spirit
Not by works of righteousness which we have done, but according to his mercy he saved us, by the washing of regeneration, and renewing of the Holy Ghost (Titus 3:5, KJV) The Apostle Paul reveals to us two critical processes that accompany our born again experience —the washing of regeneration and the renewing of the Read More
You are washed, sanctified and justified
And such were some of you. But you were washed, you were sanctified, you were justified in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ and by the Spirit of our God (1 Cor. 6:11 ESV) The apostle Paul uses three words to describe the position of holiness and righteousness the believer occupies in Christ. He Read More
Jehovah Mekaddishkem
Sanctify yourselves therefore, and be ye holy: for I am the LORD your God. And ye shall keep my statutes, and do them: I am the LORD which sanctify you ( Lev. 20:7-8, KJV) Jehovah Mekaddishkem is the English transliteration of the Hebrew words for “I am the LORD which sanctify you” ( “mekaddish” = Read More
You Were Washed
“And such were some of you. But you were washed, but you were sanctified, but you were justified in the name of the Lord Jesus and by the Spirit of our God.” (1 Cor. 6:11 NKJ.) The Apostle Paul was addressing the Corinthian Christians in the verse above. He begins by saying “and such were Read More