sanctify as pictured in the Old Testament:
Leviticus 19:2
Speak unto all the congregation of the children of Israel, and say unto them, Ye shall be holy (qadowsh): for I the LORD your God am holy
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"sanctification" is required of me because God is holy and I am called out by Him.
Sample Commentary:
It is required that Israel be a holy people, because the God of Israel is a holy God. Their being distinguished from all other people by peculiar laws and customs was intended to teach them a real separation from the world and the flesh, and an entire devotedness to God. And this is now the law of Christ (the Lord bring every thought within us into obedience to it!) You shall be holy, for I am holy. We are the followers of the holy Jesus, and therefore must be, according to our capacity, consecrated to God's honour, and conformed to his nature and will. Israel was sanctified by the types and shadows, but we are sanctified by the truth, or substance of all those shadows.
-- Matthew Henry
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Word: qadowsh (kaw-doshe')
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or qadosh (kaw-doshe')
Hebrew noun
Strongs number 4918
Number of verses: 106
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1) sacred, holy, Holy One, saint, set apart
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Lev 19:2 "Speak to the entire assembly of Israel and say to them: 'Be holy because I, the LORD your God, am holy.
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Leviticus 11:44,45 I am the LORD your God; consecrate yourselves and be holy, because I am holy. Do not make yourselves unclean by any creature that moves about on the ground. 45 I am the LORD who brought you up out of Egypt to be your God; therefore be holy, because I am holy.
Leviticus 20:7,26 " 'Consecrate yourselves and be holy, because I am the LORD your God. 26 You are to be holy to me because I, the LORD , am holy, and I have set you apart from the nations to be my own.
Leviticus 21:8 Regard them as holy, because they offer up the food of your God. Consider them holy, because I the LORD am holy-I who make you holy.
Exodus 19:6 you will be for me a kingdom of priests and a holy nation.' These are the words you are to speak to the Israelites."
Isaiah 6:3,4 And they were calling to one another: "Holy, holy, holy is the LORD Almighty; the whole earth is full of his glory." 4 At the sound of their voices the doorposts and thresholds shook and the temple was filled with smoke.
Amos 3:3 Do two walk together unless they have agreed to do so?
Matthew 5:48 Be perfect, therefore, as your heavenly Father is perfect.
2 Corinthians 6:14-16 Do not be yoked together with unbelievers. For what do righteousness and wickedness have in common? Or what fellowship can light have with darkness? 15 What harmony is there between Christ and Belial ? What does a believer have in common with an unbeliever? 16 What agreement is there between the temple of God and idols? For we are the temple of the living God. As God has said: "I will live with them and walk among them, and I will be their God, and they will be my people."
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.
1 Peter 1:15,16 But just as he who called you is holy, so be holy in all you do; 16 for it is written: "Be holy, because I am holy."
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| sanctify as revealed in the New Testament:
John 17:17
Sanctify (hagiazo) them through thy truth: thy word is truth.
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"sanctification" is through the Word of God
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First, It is the prayer of Christ for all that are his that they may be sanctified; because he cannot for shame own them as his, either here or hereafter, either employ them in his work or present them to his Father, if they be not sanctified.
Secondly, Those that through grace are sanctified have need to be sanctified more and more. Even disciples must pray for sanctifying grace; for, if he that was the author of the good work be not the finisher of it, we are undone. Not to go forward is to go backward; he that is holy must be holy still, more holy still, pressing forward, soaring upward, as those that have not attained.
Thirdly, It is God that sanctifies as well as God that justified, 2 Corinthians 5:5.
2 Corinthians 5:5
Now it is God who has made us for this very purpose and has given us the Spirit as a deposit, guaranteeing what is to come.
Fourthly, It is an encouragement to us, in our prayers for sanctifying grace, that it is what Christ intercedes for for us.
-- Matthew Henry
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Strong's Lexicon Definition
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Word: hagiazo (hag-ee-ad'-zo)
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Greek verb
Strongs number 37
Number of verses: 26
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1) to render or acknowledge, or to be venerable or hallow
2) to separate from profane things and dedicate to God
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a) consecrate things to God
b) dedicate people to God
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3) to purify
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a) to cleanse externally
b) to purify by expiation: free from the guilt of sin
c) to purify internally by renewing of the soul
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John 17:17 Sanctify them by the truth; your word is truth.
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John 17:19 For them I sanctify myself, that they too may be truly sanctified.
John 8:32 Then you will know the truth, and the truth will set you free."
John 15:3 You are already clean because of the word I have spoken to you.
Psalms 19:7-9 The law of the LORD is perfect, reviving the soul. The statutes of the LORD are trustworthy, making wise the simple. 8 The precepts of the LORD are right, giving joy to the heart. The commands of the LORD are radiant, giving light to the eyes. 9 The fear of the LORD is pure, enduring forever. The ordinances of the LORD are sure and altogether righteous.
Psalms 119:9,11,104 How can a young man keep his way pure? By living according to your word. 11 I have hidden your word in my heart that I might not sin against you. 104 I gain understanding from your precepts; therefore I hate every wrong path.
Luke 8:11,15 "This is the meaning of the parable: The seed is the word of God. 15 But the seed on good soil stands for those with a noble and good heart, who hear the word, retain it, and by persevering produce a crop.
Acts 15:9 He made no distinction between us and them, for he purified their hearts by faith.
2 Corinthians 3:18 And we, who with unveiled faces all reflect the Lord's glory, are being transformed into his likeness with ever-increasing glory, which comes from the Lord, who is the Spirit.
Ephesians 5:26 to make her holy, cleansing her by the washing with water through the word,
2 Thessalonians 2:13 But we ought always to thank God for you, brothers loved by the Lord, because from the beginning God chose you to be saved through the sanctifying work of the Spirit and through belief in the truth.
James 1:21 Therefore, get rid of all moral filth and the evil that is so prevalent and humbly accept the word planted in you, which can save you.
1 Peter 1:22,23 Now that you have purified yourselves by obeying the truth so that you have sincere love for your brothers, love one another deeply, from the heart. 23 For you have been born again, not of perishable seed, but of imperishable, through the living and enduring word of God.
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John 8:40 do the things Abraham did. As it is, you are determined to kill me, a man who has told you the truth that I heard from God. Abraham did not do such things.
2 Samuel 7:28 O Sovereign LORD , you are God! Your words are trustworthy, and you have promised these good things to your servant.
Psalms 12:6 And the words of the LORD are flawless, like silver refined in a furnace of clay, purified seven times.
Psalms 19:7 The law of the LORD is perfect, reviving the soul. The statutes of the LORD are trustworthy, making wise the simple.
Psalms 119:144,151,152 Your statutes are forever right; give me understanding that I may live. 151 Yet you are near, O LORD , and all your commands are true. 152 Long ago I learned from your statutes that you established them to last forever.
Ephesians 4:21 Surely you heard of him and were taught in him in accordance with the truth that is in Jesus.
2 Timothy 2:25,26 Those who oppose him he must gently instruct, in the hope that God will grant them repentance leading them to a knowledge of the truth, 26 and that they will come to their senses and escape from the trap of the devil, who has taken them captive to do his will.
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