Bradford Mullen writes that…
The generic meaning of sanctification is “the state of proper functioning.” To sanctify someone or something is to set that person or thing apart for the use intended by its designer. A pen is “sanctified” when used to write. Eyeglasses are “sanctified” when used to improve sight. In the theological sense, things are sanctified when they are used for the purpose God intends. A human being is sanctified, therefore, when he or she lives according to God’s design and purpose…1
A tree is sanctified by being a tree. It does not try to be a tree, but just IS. I’ve noticed as I grow in the Lord, according to the sanctifying work of the Holy Spirit, 2 Thess. 2:13, 1 Pet. 1:2, by grace, that I AM in Him by truth and grace. As stated in the quote above, if I am created to be a pen then I am not “being” if I am in the drawer. I am just an object in the drawer without use and not being used according to my purpose. I believe there are many pens in church drawers today. If I am put into the hand of the artist or writer then I am BEING. I am existing. In my opinion, “existing” and “being” seem to have to have purpose. Otherwise, why be or exist? I am not very real if I don’t have purpose. If I am spiritually dead then what is the purpose of my existence?
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- to have being or reality; to be (He is the Truth.)
- to be living; live (He is the Life.)
- to be actual rather than merely possible (He is the Truth and the Way.)
The disciple whom Jesus loved said Jesus came from the Father FULL of grace and truth. Jehovah means, “the existing One“. The “Existing One” Who was and Is and Is to come became flesh. I believe now by grace and revelation, according to hearing the word of the truth of the gospel, Col. 1:5, we can grow into BEING in Him according to the good pleasure of the Father, Phil. 2:13. In this being, a separation occurs unto the calling and function preordained before the foundations of the earth for each individual believer.
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