![]() ![]() ![]() Such peace and fellowship are pleasant to behold both to men and angels how much more to God Himself! ( Psalm 133).ġ. God does not bestow His choice blessings on the members of a Church who are given to strife and disorder, but on those who are bound together in one by the golden cord of love. THE GOD TO WHOM THE APOSTLE PRAYS, namely, "the very God of Peace." He is sometimes denominated "the God of all grace," "the God of love," but here - "the very God of peace," not only because He is "the Author of peace," but also "the Lover of concord." There was a special reason for this: Paul felt that by the peaceableness and unity of the Thessalonians themselves they would best obtain those things for which he prays. Fergusson.The apostle had told the Thessalonians in the beginning of his Epistle, that he always made mention of them in his prayers and, now he is Writing to them, and closing his Epistle, he lifteth up his whole heart for them. The calling implies perfection, as it is the first step to it. For whom he calls he justifies and glorifies. God is faithful "by whom ye were called into the fellowship of his Son" ( 2 Corinthians 1:8, 9).Ģ. He "also will do it." He will be faithful to his oath, to his promises, to his covenant for he has promised to cleanse his people from all their sins, and preserve them to his kingdom and glory. "Faithful is he that calleth you, who also will do it."ġ. THE GROUND OF HIS CONFIDENCE IN GOD'S PURPOSE OF SANCTIFICATION AND PRESERVATION. "He that hath begun a good work in you will perform it till the day of Jesus Christ" ( Philippians 1:6). Not till death, but till his coming, implying that body and soul are alike to share in the final redemption. ![]() The preservation is to extend till the second advent. Saints are "kept by his power" through faith unto salvation ( 1 Peter 1:5).Ģ. He "keeps us from falling," that "he may present us faultless before the presence of his glory with exceeding joy" ( Jude 1:24). "May your spirit and soul and body be preserved blameless."ġ. IT IS A PRAYER FOR THE PRESERVATION OF SAINTS TILL THE COMING OF CHRIST. The very prayer that God might sanctify them wholly implies that it was an attainment yet to be reached. Provision is made for the sanctification of the whole man.ģ. Yet the two words are parallel, though not equivalent signifying not two separate natures in man, but two separate functions of the same nature. ![]() The spirit is the higher aspect of self, the spiritual man being man as grace has reconstructed him. (3) The spirit points to the inner life as coming from God, as the soul is life as constituted in man. The individual life of man is to be fully sanctified. (1) The body is to be sanctified, for it is to become an "instrument of righteousness," a " temple of the Holy Ghost," and eventually will receive its "redemption" in the resurrection ( Romans 8:23). This sanctification is to extend to body, soul, and spirit. Our Lord came to "save his people from their sins," to "redeem them from all iniquity."Ģ. It is the design of the God of peace to do this. "And the very God of peace sanctify you wholly."ġ. IT IS A PRAYER FOR PERFECT SANCTIFICATION. The Result of Obedience to These Commandments - Sanctification Prayer for the Sanctification and Preservation of Thessalonian Believers ![]()
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