RESOURCES: you might find extremely valuable for this class:
• http://www.biblegateway.com/ Looking up Scripture by topic, keyword, and for contextual references
• for Smart Phone: Free version of Touch Bible with Greek & Hebrew
• Lesson Blog: http://joyofbiblelearning.blogspot.com/ All lessons, audio, video, handouts, and Power Points will be available from here. Your comments and questions are invited here as we study. Also refer to: http://joyfullearning.org// for more resources.
Other Resources: RESOURCES for you to Take Advantage of:
Thy Word is Truth: http://www.thywordistruth.com/
Strong's Greek/Hebrew Lexicon: http://www.eliyah.com/lexicon.html
ALSO: http://crosswalk.com/ AND http://bible.logos.com/
Bible Study Tools: http://www.biblestudytools.net/OtherResources/ AND http://wbsa.logos.com/ for Word Studies.
West Erwin's Search the Bible: http://www.westerwin.com/tp40/Application.asp?app=bible&id=50265
Fun Resource for Religious History & Charts: http://www.hyperhistory.com/online_n2/History_n2/a.html
Pronunciation of Shekinah: http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/Shekinah - Let's all practice this one! ;-)
HANDOUTS:
Reflective Outline, Sanctification Scriptures, Compilation of All New Testament Passages on the Holy Spirit, Holy Spirit Is…, Balloons Graphic Can be found at: http://joyfullearning.org/
LESSON:
Definitions:
--Sanctification: Practice looking this up in both the Greek and Hebrew. (Use Touch Bible or Lexicon)
• Does it matter which version of the Bible you use?
• How will search results change? Practice with http://www.biblegateway.com/
• Why do the search results change?
Discussion: Read through Sanctification Scriptures (handout) in small groups…come up with a working definition of sanctification.
Sanctification Passages
Context is Everything! Who were these passages written to? Were these people alien sinners or Christians? How does that make a difference in how you interpret these passages? How important is the concept of sanctification? Read around the passages presented here. Discuss your thoughts in small groups. Come up with a working definition of sanctification. Use other resources that you have available to you.
Translation: New American Standard – NO REFERENCES are found in a search with the New International Version
Romans 6:19
I am speaking in human terms because of the weakness of your flesh For just as you presented your members as slaves to impurity and to lawlessness, resulting in further lawlessness, so now present your members as slaves to righteousness, resulting in sanctification.
Romans 6:22
But now having been freed from sin and enslaved to God, you derive your benefit, resulting in sanctification, and the outcome, eternal life.
But by His doing you are in Christ Jesus, who became to us wisdom from God, and righteousness and sanctification, and redemption,
1 Thessalonians 4:1
[ Sanctification and Love ] Finally then, brethren, we request and exhort you in the Lord Jesus, that as you received from us instruction as to how you ought to walk and please God (just as you actually do walk), that you excel still more.
1 Thessalonians 4:1-3 (in Context) 1 Thessalonians 4 (Whole Chapter)
1 Thessalonians 4:3
For this is the will of God, your sanctification; that is, that you abstain from sexual immorality;
1 Thessalonians 4:7
For God has not called us for the purpose of impurity, but in sanctification.
2 Thessalonians 2:13
But we should always give thanks to God for you, brethren beloved by the Lord, because God has chosen you from the beginning for salvation through sanctification by the Spirit and faith in the truth.
2 Thessalonians 2:13 New International Version
But we ought always to thank God for you, brothers and sisters loved by the Lord, because God chose you as firstfruits to be saved through the sanctifying work of the Spirit and through belief in the truth.
Hebrews 12:14
Pursue peace with all men, and the sanctification without which no one will see the Lord
Many more passages REFER to the PROCESS of Sanctification WITHOUT actually using the term. Let’s find those passages as we read through Scripture and share them with each other.
1 Peter 1:2 (New American Standard Bible)
2according to the foreknowledge of God the Father, by the sanctifying work of the Spirit, to obey Jesus Christ and be sprinkled with His blood: May grace and peace be yours in the fullest measure.
1 Peter 1:2 (New International Version 1984, ©1984)
2 who have been chosen according to the foreknowledge of God the Father, through the sanctifying work of the Spirit, for obedience to Jesus Christ and sprinkling by his blood:
Grace and peace be yours in abundance.
Romans 13:12
The night is nearly over; the day is almost here. So let us put aside the deeds of darkness and put on the armor of light.
Romans 13:11-13 (in Context) Romans 13 (Whole Chapter)
Ephesians 4:24
and to put on the new self, created to be like God in true righteousness and holiness.
Ephesians 4:23-25 (in Context) Ephesians 4 (Whole Chapter)
Ephesians 6:11
Put on the full armor of God, so that you can take your stand against the devil’s schemes.
Ephesians 6:10-12 (in Context) Ephesians 6 (Whole Chapter)
Ephesians 6:13
Therefore put on the full armor of God, so that when the day of evil comes, you may be able to stand your ground, and after you have done everything, to stand.
Ephesians 6:12-14 (in Context) Ephesians 6 (Whole Chapter)
Colossians 3:10
and have put on the new self, which is being renewed in knowledge in the image of its Creator.
Colossians 3:9-11 (in Context) Colossians 3 (Whole Chapter)
Colossians 3:14
And over all these virtues put on love, which binds them all together in perfect unity.
POWER POINT: http://joyfullearning.org/Lessons/Lesson1/Sanctification1.ppt
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VIDEO:
DISCUSSION:
(1) How can we be sure that we are filled with the Spirit?
HOMEWORK:
- READ: Chapter 1 of "Absolute Surrender" - Reflect on and add items to PEP Journal
- REFLECTIVE JOURNALING: PEP JOURNAL = Prayer, Epiphany****, Praise
- Application: What will I do differently from this point forward?
- Memorization: Select one passage to memorize and share next week
- Research: The difference between the letter of the law and the spirit
****Epiphany: an appearace or manifestation of Deity, sudden, intuitive perception of or insight into the reality or essential meaning of something usually initiated by some simple or commonplace occurance or experience... moment of revelation and insight.
If the Holy Spirit is working in our lives, then we will have assistance with our prayers, assistance with our understanding of God's will (epiphanies) and assistance with our life of praise.
