Sanctification Part Two

Text: I Corinthians 1:2

           

 Sanctified in Jesus Christ

            Notice that those who are sanctified by God the Father are preserved or sanctified in Jesus Christ, Jude verse one. During the flood of Noah’s day, the elect of God were secured in God’s ark which Noah built. The ark which Noah built is an Old Testament type of Jesus Christ, (who is the Old Testament ark’s, antitype) in whom God has secured his elect from all eternity; (Psalms 90:1) having chosen his elect in Jesus Christ before the world was.

The Father declares in Isaiah 42:1 “Behold my servant, whom I uphold; mine elect in whom my soul delighteth;” Jesus Christ is God’s elect; all the people of God are chosen in him (Christ). The Lord Jesus Christ was foreordained before the foundation of the world (I Peter 1:20) He was set up (ordained and installed) in all his offices toward the election of grace (that is the Church of God or the Israel of God) from all eternity, (Proverbs 8:23). Those who are chosen in Christ, are chosen by God the Father and set apart in Christ, in whom they are preserved, they are set apart to partake of the benefit of having Christ  Jesus as their mediator to bring them to God. The elect of God have Jesus Christ as their covenant and federal head. God’s elect, his sanctified ones, that body, of which Jesus Christ is the head, have Christ Jesus as their advocate, who takes up and pleads their cause before his Father. The children of God are chosen in Jesus Christ, Ephesians 1:1-23, II Thessalonians 2:13-17, Romans 8: 28-39. The immutable God has loved his elect in Christ from all eternity Jeremiah 31:3, Revelation 1:5, Malachi 3:6, and therefore has placed them in covenant in Christ as their surety from everlasting, In whom they were kept secure even through the fall of Adam, Jesus Christ is God’s elect and all his members are chosen of God in him, an called.

The effect of this sanctification in Jesus Christ

Is there an immediate fruit and effect of this sanctification in Christ by God the Father? Yes, there is a necessary consequent of this sanctification.