{"id":24084,"date":"2025-01-23T12:26:54","date_gmt":"2025-01-23T12:26:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.baptists.net\/history\/?p=24084"},"modified":"2025-01-23T12:26:54","modified_gmt":"2025-01-23T12:26:54","slug":"sanctify-us-through-thy-truth","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.baptists.net\/history\/2025\/01\/sanctify-us-through-thy-truth\/","title":{"rendered":"Sanctify Us Through Thy Truth"},"content":{"rendered":"

\u201cSanctify them through thy truth, thy word is truth.\u201d\u2014John 17:17<\/strong><\/p>\n

Thus prayed our great High Priest on earth. What he asked in his humiliation, is founded upon the word and will of his Father, and he hath power to effect it in his exaltation. Hence we have the fullest assurance of the perfect sanctification of all his members, hence the desires and breathings of souls after holiness are encouraged, and the prayers of the faithful gather the strongest confidence of success.<\/p>\n

While our Beloved expresses his affectionate concern for his people\u2019s salvation, we see an equal regard for the honour and glory of his Father\u2019s word. Love for holiness, and love of the truth are inseparable. As the gospel prevails in the heart, holiness is increased. It is first life, then liveliness in the soul; it is the ministration of the Spirit, in the sanctification of the spirit. Whatever working we find of the Spirit in the heart, it is by the word of truth. The life of believers is from Christ, who is the truth; therefore increasing light, refreshing comforts, stronger affections shall abound, and all by that same law of grace and truth, whereby the soul was at first converted to the faith of Jesus. The law of the Lord is perfect, converting the soul, making wise the simple, rejoicing the heart, and enlightening the eyes. Ps. 19:7, 8<\/p>\n

There is a peculiar glory in the order of salvation. \u2018God hath chosen us from the beginning,\u2019 before the foundation of the world, \u2018to salvation.\u2019 But how is this made manifest? Only \u2018through sanctification of the Spirit, and belief of the truth.\u2019 2 Thess. 2:13 Thus faith and holiness flow from electing love. So every word of God\u2019s truth is prized, and the fulfilment of every promise is expected. We love the truth, because it discovers God\u2019s most ancient love to us in Christ. It reveals Christ\u2019s righteousness to us for our justification, revives our hearts with the knowledge of pardon by his blood, and the certainty of full sanctification and perfect glory through his intercession. So Jesus prayed\u2014so we believe\u2014so poor sinners are saved. Saved, unspeakable mercy; saved from the power of sin and the prevalence of pride. Happy the heart where the love of holiness prevails, agreeable to the word of truth. Dreadful delusion, when the truth is held in unrighteousness; or zeal for holiness is contended for, while the truths of electing love, Christ\u2019s righteousness, his members\u2019 certain salvation are opposed and denied. Glory to the Father for his everlasting love. Glory to Jesus for his justifying righteousness and atoning blood. Glory to the Spirit for his sanctifying influences, will ever be ascribed to them by truly sanctified hearts. What God hath joined together, let no man put asunder.<\/p>\n

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Thus prayed our great High Priest on earth. What he asked in his humiliation, is founded upon the word and will of his Father, and he hath power to effect it in his exaltation. Hence we have the fullest assurance of the perfect sanctification of all his members, hence the desires and breathings of souls after holiness are encouraged, and the prayers of the faithful gather the strongest confidence of success.<\/p>\n

While our Beloved expresses his affectionate concern for his people\u2019s salvation, we see an equal regard for the honour and glory of his Father\u2019s word. Love for holiness, and love of the truth are inseparable. As the gospel prevails in the heart, holiness is increased. It is first life, then liveliness in the soul; it is the ministration of the Spirit, in the sanctification of the spirit. Whatever working we find of the Spirit in the heart, it is by the word of truth. The life of believers is from Christ, who is the truth; therefore increasing light, refreshing comforts, stronger affections shall abound, and all by that same law of grace and truth, whereby the soul was at first converted to the faith of Jesus. The law of the Lord is perfect, converting the soul, making wise the simple, rejoicing the heart, and enlightening the eyes. Ps. 19:7, 8<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":325,"featured_media":20656,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_vp_format_video_url":"","_vp_image_focal_point":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[1571],"tags":[1194],"class_list":["post-24084","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-william-mason","tag-gospel-law"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.baptists.net\/history\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24084","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.baptists.net\/history\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.baptists.net\/history\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.baptists.net\/history\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/325"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.baptists.net\/history\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=24084"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.baptists.net\/history\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24084\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":24085,"href":"https:\/\/www.baptists.net\/history\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24084\/revisions\/24085"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.baptists.net\/history\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/20656"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.baptists.net\/history\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=24084"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.baptists.net\/history\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=24084"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.baptists.net\/history\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=24084"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}