UNDERSTANDING PATHWAYS TO SANCTIFICATION, PART 4B – PASTOR BENWONDER CHIGBO NWABUEZE

November 30, 2022
UNDERSTANDING PATHWAYS TO SANCTIFICATION, PART 4B - PASTOR BENWONDER CHIGBO NWABUEZE

Beginning Statements:

  1. God has a path to every way He commands us to go. Ps 23:3.
  2. God’s ways are standard Highways for man. Isa 58:8-9.
  • Every way of God is a standard highway for man
  1. The ways of God are the highways of holiness for man. Isa 35:8
  2. Sanctification is the standard for the distribution of divine inheritances. God has inheritance but sanctification is the standard for our distribution of God’s inheritance. Acts 26:18. This dimension of inheritance is reserved for those who are saved. Colossians 1:12-14. Everyone whose sins have been forgiven has access to divine inheritance
  3. When we talk about divine inheritance, we are talking about the inheritance that destiny has allocated to you. 1 Peter 1:3-4
  4. Repentance towards God is key to our full redemption and restoration. Acts 20:21
  5. Anything stopped, removed, or denied, repentance can restore it. Acts 26:20, Matthew 3:8
  6. When repentance is in place, restoration is activated. Acts 3:19, Acts 2:37
  7. Iniquity is the limiting factor of human dignity. Isa 59:1-2, Isaiah 1:18-19, Isaiah 33:24

What is Sanctification?

  1. Sanctification is the art of purifying oneself to be fit for the Master’s Who you associate with in life matters. Malachi 3:1-4
  • It is not every offering that stops suffering. It is not every giving that leads to gaining. You have to find out what it is that makes your seed acceptable. Until Heaven receiev’s your seed it cannot return to you as a blessing.
  • It is the art of purification that makes your offering acceptable. Deuteronomy. 33:19 it is when you have offered your seed in obedience that you will have access to the inheritance from God. 2 Corinthians 9:7-8
  • Giving is as purposed, not done grudgingly or of necessity. 2 Corinthians 9:9-11. It is your righteousness that brings increase. Joshua 18:1-3
  • In Shiloh we come to partake of our heavenly inheritance. Joshua 19:49-52
  • Inheritance is defined basically in value. Houses don’t increase in value, but wealth increases in value. Joshua 19:51, Deuteronomy 8:7, Galatians 2:10-12, Nehemiah 9:24-25, Deuteronomy 6:9-10-11, Deuteronomy 11:8-12

How do I possess sanctification?

  1. Engage in self-purification. 2 Timothy 2:19-21, 2 Timothy 3:17, Amos 4:17, James 4:17, Exodus 18:10-11
  2. Engage the power of testimony of conscience. That is simplicity and Godly sincerity. 2 Corinthians 1:12, Acts 24:14-16, Acts 23:1, James 5:10-11, Revelation 12:11
  3. Mortify the gift of the flesh in the spirit. Kill the flesh using the spirit, Romans 8:12-13, Colossians 3:5-6, Ephesians 5:3,5,9, Ephesians 4:2-4, 30-32, Hebrews 11:6,
  • All things answer to our beliefs, whatever you believe, you become. 1 Thessalonians 4:3, Habakkuk 2:4. 1 Thessalonians 2:10

 

Benefits of sanctification

  1. It secures supernatural rescue when under any attack. Isaiah 59:19, 2 Peter 2:9, 2 Corinthians 10:13
  2. It engenders peace and serenity. Proverbs 28:1, Isaiah 59:8
  3. It engenders access to divine secrets. Secret is not for the stained. Psalm 25:14, Daniel 1:8. Daniel 2:19. Only those who are sanctified will get access to divine secrets. Daniel 6:1-4,28
  4. It secures supernatural supplies. You can’t be righteous and God will not reach you with His riches, Proverbs 8:18, Psalms 33:18-19
  5. It procures generational blessings. Everybody connected to God has access to divine blessing. Gen 18:16-18. Ps 112:3
  6. It secures eternity with Christ. Matthew 7:22-23, Ephesians 5-5-8, Hebrews 9:27-28

Costs of Ungodliness

  1. It blocks access to God’s presence. Hebrews 12:14. The greatest presence in life is God’s access to divine presence. Acts 7:9-10
  2. It blocks access to divine favour. Favour is for the righteous, it is never for everybody. Psalms 5:12
  • Repentance is a non-negotiable requirement for forgiveness. Until sins are confessed, they will never be addressed and forgiven. Sins are not to be covered, if you cover it, it will kill you, but if you confess it, it will make you live, Proverbs 28:13, 1 John 1:8-10, Titus 2:14-15