Sanctification
Sanctification is becoming a rarely used work in pulpits, but an important one to learn and follow. The word sanctify means to be separated from the world , be holy and be for God’s purpose. Which basically means, the effective results or works as a result of our faith. After being saved, the Holy Spirit is in our bodies and work with us to reduce the frequency and eliminate the habit of sinning. This will be evident in our lives. We will start to bear the fruits of the Spirit (Gal 5:22) and less of the sins (Gal 5:19, 23). The secret to doing this is walk with the Spirit (Gal 5:16). This means spending time to pray, read the Bible and spend time with fellow Christians. It is mainly the work of the Spirit, but we have to do our parts to work with the Spirit (Heb 12:14, James 4:7–8). And we can see the results of our salvation with our increasing love for other people and decreasing urge to sin (1 John 3:10). We will still sin occasionally (1 John 1:10), but a truly saved Christi