Good News about Christian Sanctification, part 4 of 4

Good News about
Christian Sanctification
Part 4 of 4

Confidence in God

Due to the extended length of this Bible study on Christian Sanctification, it has been divided
into sections, using four separate webpages. Since each part is essential to understanding
the subject more completely, consider downloading all four pages to obtain a
comprehensive review. Each page link follows below.

Sanctification and Your
Relationship with God,
part 1 of 4

Conversion, part 2 of 4

Sanctification in the Life,
part 3 of 4

Confidence in God, part 4 of 4

Confidence in God
Regarding Sanctification

Simon Peter, a servant and an apostle of Jesus Christ, to them that have
obtained like precious faith with us through the righteousness of God and our
Saviour Jesus Christ:
Grace and peace be multiplied unto you through the knowledge of God, and of
Jesus our Lord,
According as his divine power hath given unto us all things that pertain unto life
and godliness, through the knowledge of him that hath called us to glory and
virtue:
Whereby are given unto us exceeding great and precious promises: that by these
ye might be partakers of the divine nature, having escaped the corruption that is
in the world through lust.
And beside this, giving all diligence, add to your faith virtue; and to virtue
knowledge;
And to knowledge temperance; and to temperance patience; and to patience
godliness;
And to godliness brotherly kindness; and to brotherly kindness charity.
For if these things be in you, and abound, they make you that ye shall neither
be barren nor unfruitful in the knowledge of our Lord Jesus Christ.
But he that lacketh these things is blind, and cannot see afar off, and hath
forgotten that he was purged from his old sins.
Wherefore the rather, brethren, give diligence to make your calling and election
sure: for if ye do these things, ye shall never fall:
For so an entrance shall be ministered unto you abundantly into the everlasting
kingdom of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ. 2 Peter 1:1-11

If we receive the witness of men, the witness of God is greater: for this is the
witness of God which he hath testified of his Son.
He that believeth on the Son of God hath the witness in himself: he that believeth
not God hath made him a liar; because he believeth not the record that God gave
of his Son.
And this is the record, that God hath given to us eternal life, and this life is in
his Son.
He that hath the Son hath life; and he that hath not the Son of God hath not life.
These things have I written unto you that believe on the name of the Son of God;
that ye may know that ye have eternal life, and that ye may believe on the name
of the Son of God. 1 John 5: 9-13

That if thou shalt confess with thy mouth the Lord Jesus, and shalt believe in
thine heart that God hath raised him from the dead, thou shalt be saved.
For with the heart man believeth unto righteousness; and with the mouth
confession is made unto salvation.
For the scripture saith, Whosoever believeth on him shall not be ashamed.
For there is no difference between the Jew and the Greek: for the same Lord
over all is rich unto all that call upon him.
For whosoever shall call upon the name of the Lord shall be saved.
Romans 10: 9-13

But we are bound to give thanks alway to God for you, brethren beloved of
the Lord, because God hath from the beginning chosen you to salvation through
sanctification of the Spirit and belief of the truth... Now our Lord Jesus Christ
himself, and God, even our Father, which hath loved us, and hath given us
everlasting consolation and good hope through grace,
Comfort your hearts, and stablish you in every good word and work.
2 Thessalonians 2: 13, 16, 17

And ye are complete in him, which is the head of all principality and power:
Colossians 2: 10

For both he that sanctifieth and they who are sanctified [are] all of one: for
which cause he is not ashamed to call them brethren... Hebrews 2:11

And the very God of peace sanctify you wholly; and I pray God your whole
spirit and soul and body be preserved blameless unto the coming of our Lord
Jesus Christ.
Faithful is he that calleth you, who also will do it. 1 Thessalonians 5: 23, 24

For it is God which worketh in you both to will and to do of his good pleasure.
Philippians 2:13

For God hath not given us the spirit of fear; but of power, and of love, and of
a sound mind.
Be not thou therefore ashamed of the testimony of our Lord, nor of me his
prisoner: but be thou partaker of the afflictions of the gospel according to the
power of God;
Who hath saved us, and called us with an holy calling, not according to our
works, but according to his own purpose and grace, which was given us in Christ
Jesus before the world began,
But is now made manifest by the appearing of our Saviour Jesus Christ, who hath
abolished death, and hath brought life and immortality to light through the gospel:
2 Timothy 1:7-10

Cast not away therefore your confidence, which hath great recompence of reward.
For ye have need of patience, that, after ye have done the will of God, ye might
receive the promise.
For yet a little while, and he that shall come will come, and will not tarry.
Now the just shall live by faith: but if any man draw back, my soul shall have no
pleasure in him.
But we are not of them who draw back unto perdition; but of them that believe to
the saving of the soul. Hebrews 10:35-39

I can do all things through Christ which strengtheneth me. Philippians 4:13

Let not your heart be troubled: ye believe in God, believe also in me.
In my Father's house are many mansions: if it were not so, I would have
told you. I go to prepare a place for you.
And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come again, and receive you
unto myself; that where I am, there ye may be also. John 14: 1-3

... Salvation is of the LORD. Jonah 2: 9

Promises to Remember

For whatsoever is born of God overcometh the world: and this is the victory
that overcometh the world, even our faith.
Who is he that overcometh the world, but he that believeth that Jesus is the
Son of God? 1 John 5: 4, 5

He that overcometh shall inherit all things; and I will be his God, and he shall
be my son. Revelation 21:7

For this is the covenant that I will make with the house of Israel after those
days, saith the Lord; I will put my laws into their mind, and write them in their
hearts: and I will be to them a God, and they shall be to me a people:
And they shall not teach every man his neighbour, and every man his brother,
saying, Know the Lord: for all shall know me, from the least to the greatest.
For I will be merciful to their unrighteousness, and their sins and their iniquities
will I remember no more. Hebrews 8:10-12

And I will cleanse them from all their iniquity, whereby they have sinned
against me; and I will pardon all their iniquities, whereby they have sinned,
and whereby they have transgressed against me. Jeremiah 33:8

He that hath an ear, let him hear what the Spirit saith unto the churches; To him
that overcometh will I give to eat of the tree of life, which is in the midst of the
paradise of God. Revelation 2:7

He that hath an ear, let him hear what the Spirit saith unto the churches;
He that overcometh shall not be hurt of the second death. Revelation 2:11

He that hath an ear, let him hear what the Spirit saith unto the churches;
To him that overcometh will I give to eat of the hidden manna, and will give
him a white stone, and in the stone a new name written, which no man knoweth
saving he that receiveth it. Revelation 2:17

And he that overcometh, and keepeth my works unto the end, to him will I give
power over the nations... Revelation 2:26

He that overcometh, the same shall be clothed in white raiment; and I will not
blot out his name out of the book of life, but I will confess his name before my
Father, and before his angels. Revelation 3:5

Him that overcometh will I make a pillar in the temple of my God, and he shall
go no more out: and I will write upon him the name of my God, and the name of
the city of my God, which is new Jerusalem, which cometh down out of heaven
from my God: and I will write upon him my new name. Revelation 3:12

To him that overcometh will I grant to sit with me in my throne, even as I
also overcame, and am set down with my Father in his throne. Revelation 3:21

For God is not unrighteous to forget your work and labour of love, which ye
have shewed toward his name, in that ye have ministered to the saints, and do
minister. Hebrews 6:10

The wicked worketh a deceitful work: but to him that soweth righteousness
shall be a sure reward. Proverbs 11:18

For the Son of man shall come in the glory of his Father with his angels;
and then he shall reward every man according to his works. Matthew 16:27

Wherefore the LORD God of Israel saith... them that honour me I will honour...
1 Samuel 2:30

And as Moses lifted up the serpent in the wilderness, even so must the Son of
man be lifted up:
That whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have eternal life.
For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever
believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life.
For God sent not his Son into the world to condemn the world; but that the world
through him might be saved. John 3:14 -17

But my God shall supply all your need according to his riches in glory by Christ
Jesus. Philippians 4:19

What Jesus is
Able To Do

... I commend you to God, and to the word of his grace, which is able to build
you up, and to give you an inheritance among all them which are sanctified.
Acts 20: 32

Wherefore Jesus also, that he might sanctify the people with his own blood,
suffered without the gate. Hebrews 13:12

For in that he himself hath suffered being tempted, he is able to succour them
that are tempted. Hebrews 2:18

By the which will we are sanctified through the offering of the body of Jesus
Christ once for all. Hebrews 10: 10

For by one offering he hath perfected for ever them that are sanctified.
Hebrews 10: 14

Sanctify them through thy truth: thy word is truth...
And for their sakes I sanctify myself, that they also might be sanctified
through the truth. John 17: 17, 19

Wherefore he is able also to save them to the uttermost that come unto God
by him, seeing he ever liveth to make intercession for them. Hebrews 7:25

And being fully persuaded that, what he had promised, he was able also to
perform. Romans 4:21

And God is able to make all grace abound toward you; that ye, always having
all sufficiency in all things, may abound to every good work: 2 Corinthians 9:8

Now unto him that is able to do exceeding abundantly above all that we ask or
think, according to the power that worketh in us,
Unto him be glory in the church by Christ Jesus throughout all ages, world
without end. Amen. Ephesians 3:20, 21

Now unto him that is able to keep you from falling, and to present you faultless
before the presence of his glory with exceeding joy,
To the only wise God our Saviour, [be] glory and majesty, dominion and power,
both now and ever. Amen Jude 24, 25

Closing Thoughts

Consider what I say; and the Lord give thee understanding in all things.
2 Timothy 2: 7

Beloved, now are we the sons of God, and it doth not yet appear what we shall
be: but we know that, when he shall appear, we shall be like him; for we shall
see him as he is. 1 John 3: 2

...we pray always for you, that our God would count you worthy
of this calling, and fulfil all the good pleasure of his goodness, and the work
of faith with power:
That the name of our Lord Jesus Christ may be glorified in you, and ye in him,
according to the grace of our God and the Lord Jesus Christ.
2 Thessalonians 1: 11, 12

...I am not ashamed of the gospel of Christ: for it is the power of God unto
salvation to every one that believeth; to the Jew first, and also to the Greek.
For therein is the righteousness of God revealed from faith to faith: as it is
written, The just shall live by faith. Romans 1:16, 17

For this cause I bow my knees unto the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ,
Of whom the whole family in heaven and earth is named,
That he would grant you, according to the riches of his glory, to be
strengthened with might by his Spirit in the inner man;
That Christ may dwell in your hearts by faith; that ye, being rooted and
grounded in love,
May be able to comprehend with all saints what [is] the breadth, and length,
and depth, and height;
And to know the love of Christ, which passeth knowledge, that ye might be
filled with all the fulness of God. Ephesians 3:14-19

Therefore, my beloved brethren, be ye stedfast, unmoveable, always abounding
in the work of the Lord, forasmuch as ye know that your labour is not in vain
in the Lord. 1 Corinthians 15:58

This is a faithful saying, and these things I will that thou affirm constantly,
that they which have believed in God might be careful to maintain good works.
These things are good and profitable unto men. Titus 3: 8

...be not weary in well doing. 2 Thessalonians 3:13

Looking for that blessed hope, and the glorious appearing of the great God and
our Saviour Jesus Christ;
Who gave himself for us, that he might redeem us from all iniquity, and purify
unto himself a peculiar people, zealous of good works. Titus 2:13-14

*Unless otherwise noted, all verses presented
are from the King James version of the Bible

To Return to other parts in this study
use these links:

Sanctification and Your
Relationship with God,
part 1 of 4

Conversion, part 2 of 4

Sanctification in the Life,
part 3 of 4

Confidence in God, part 4 of 4

Other Visda studies regarding
the plan of salvation include:

Good News about Faith
for People in Need

Good News about
Christian Sanctification

Grace in a Barren Place

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