JESUS THE GREAT SANCTIFIER-
Wednesday 7th August 2013
1 Thess 5:22-23
When you are genuinely saved, you stop thinking of what
Jesus can do for you but start asking what I can do for this Jesus. When you
note how close you are to hell before your soul is saved you will not be asking
God for more but Lord what can I do for you.
When Saul (Paul) had an encounter with Jesus, one of his
first questions is “what will you have me do?” Acts 9:1- 6. As a fool heading
for hell, Lord you saved me, so, what can I do for my Jesus who saved me? I can’t
just keep my mouth shut, this Jesus saved my soul.
What shall I render to my God?
When we first gave our life to Jesus, we always volunteer to
work for Him, spirit, soul and body spending money, time and energy.
When you are genuinely saved you can’t but think of
restitution. How many damages can I put right again? Luke 19: 9-10
When you are genuinely saved if you had served the devil
before, you want to serve God in a greater proportion. Luke 7: 37-47
QUESTION: Can something be more horrible than being a
sinner?
Yes. To be an ex-saved, to be a backslider.
There is no such
thing as once saved, forever saved.
Examples: Philemon 24. Demas, 2 Tim 4:10 Demas has forsaken
Paul, having loved this present world.
Backsliding is considered as a dog going back to its vomit.
Luke 15: 11-32. The prodigal son became an ex-rich, became a
companion of pigs.
Samson lost it, David lost it at a point. That is why you
need SANCTIFICATION.
Jeremiah 17:9, Matthew 15: 19-20, Prov 4: 23
The heart of man is desperately wicked who can know it? The
heart is deceitful. From the heart proceeds evil thoughts, murder, immoral
thought etc.
So, though you are born again, you still find in your heart
evil thought, God decided to step in and help solve the problem. He said I will
give you a new heart. Eze 36: 24-26
God decided to perform an operation, a divine operation. But
for a new heart there must be a donor. The donor will have to be somebody who
probably had an accident and had no chance for survival at all.
Jesus made a new heart available. He said Father, into your
hands I commit my spirit, I hereby make my heart available for my friends.
WHAT ARE THE EVIDENCES OF SANCTIFICATION?
Philippians 2: 5-8
1.
You begin to think like Jesus. Acts 7: 59-60.
Stephen prayed like Jesus prayed, Father, don’t hold this sin against them
2.
You become humble, truly humble, when you get
this heart, you won’t even recognize yourself.
3.
You can’t have this heart and be disobedient. Jesus
became obedient to death. Acts 21: 8-14
4.
You have a meek and lowly heart. Not a weak
heart. You have tremendous power, but not to destroy.
5.
You have a pure heart. Mat 5: 48 you become
perfect like your heavenly father.
PROCEDURE TO HAVE A NEW HEART
1.
Agree that it is possible to live holy. God
can’t ask you for what you cannot do. 1 Pet 1: 15-16
2.
Admit it is possible to be 100% holy. You can’t
have 70% holiness. You mean I can’t have a little anger, no sir.
3.
Admit you can’t do it on your own. John 15:5
4.
Go to Jesus the sanctifier.
To have a heart transplant, the doctor first clean you up,
puts you to sleep, deep sleep. Gen 2: 21-22. Likewise, for Jesus to perform a
heart operation on you there must be absolute surrender, a total surrender of
yourself. You give your spirit, soul and body to Him and saying Lord, there is
no looking back now. You call upon Him, Lord, dig out this stony heart and put
a heart of flesh.
Before I had a new heart, I find it difficult to weep. I had
a father that loved me so much, did everything to make sure I go to school, and
sold everything he had to give me education. But when he died, I wished I could
weep, but I didn’t. A stony heart indeed.
But when I gave my life to Jesus and I cried to Him for a
new heart, He gave me. Such that when I looked at the congregation and I saw a
woman weeping, I will also begin to weep. He gave me a heart of flesh.
To have this new heart, you must be saved first allow the
Blood of Jesus to wash you clean from your sins. Then surrender absolutely and
totally.
PRAYER POINT:
Father, I surrender completely, take the heart of stone out of me, give me a heart of flesh,
sanctify me wholly, body, soul and spirit, let me live a life of absolute
holiness, I lay myself on the altar now.
