Sanctification

Connections List
 * Justification
 * Chief end of man
 * Salvation
 * Death to Sin
 * Spiritual Disciplines
 * 1 John 5
 * Sets of Two
 * 1 Thessalonians 5
 * Repent
 * HS
 * All Commands
 * Death
 * Dictionary
 * Perfect
 * Head to heart, guard
 * Discipleship
 * Mans role on earth
 * Slavery
 * Just Sanct Glory
 * Rebuke
 * Christian Liberty
 * Art, exploratory
 * Eternal Life
 * Purgatory
 * Man and Husband Role
 * Baptism
 * Hero

Scope
 * The word, concept header, and pure form mech. For tactics or other concepts see connections.

Definition
 * The process in which we have 1) removing imperfection 2) gainin skills/weight
 * Includes all time

Etymology
 * Greek "agaismos" process of being made holy "agaizo"

Topics
 * Theo mech
 * Power to drive it
 * Promise completed
 * Imagery, examples
 * Verses

Theo mech
 * I wonder, during this life to physical death, is it:
 * x% -> 100% perfect?
 * e% -> greater e%? (where e is epsilon)
 * e^2% build up (slower than heaven)
 * Then at death to heaven
 * 100% perfect (so that not sin)
 * e% build up (much faster than earth, but still happens forever)
 * Sanct may be exponential because the better we know him, the better we experience, the more we know....
 * Natural because we are not God but we are infinite potential containers. "If your God never challenges you then you are your own God."
 * Process works as community too. Eph 5 JC sanctifies church (as a whole). Matt 18, Rom 14, 1 Cor 8, do not cause brother to stumble, do not lead little ones to sin, liberty
 * No one particular sin should last a long time? 1 John 3:6 no one who lives in him keeps on sinning, 1 John 5:18 anyone born of God does not continue to sin

Power
 * Regeneration power within you Eph 1:20
 * Driven by hope? 1 John 3:3 all who have this hope [to see jc and be like him] purify themselves as he is pure

Promise completed Though it appears sanct may be of value now (as compared to physical things) so will anything carry over into heaven? See eternal life page.
 * 1 thess 5:23-24 promise to be made blameless at his coming
 * Php 1:6 confident began a good work will complete until the day of JC
 * Rom 8:28 all things work together for the good. Context v12 of sanct, v29 promises/predest
 * 1 Pet 5:10 at end, God will restore you, make strong, firm, steadfast

Imagery, examples
 * Man and Husband role is to sanctify (eph 5)
 * Foot washing (like JC) could be like sanct. Servanthood in sanct. OR foot wash could be baptism, which we think is more like Justification.

More Verses
 * Jeremiah 3:22 "Return, faithless people; I will cure you of backsliding.."
 * Eph 2:10 we are gods handiwork / workmanship, created to do good works
 * Ps 138:8 "do not abandon the works of your hands." (meaning the psalmist)
 * 2 Cor 3:18 we w/unveiled, transformed into image, ever increasing glory