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Sunday Worship Gathering
JJ Spurling
JJ Spurling
Sunday, July 31, 2022
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1. Can you remember in your own experience the definite beginning to sanctification that occurred when you became a Christian? Did you sense a clear break from the ruling power and love of sin in your life? do you really believe that you are even now dead to the ruling power and love of sin in your life? How can this truth of the Christian life be of help to you in specific areas of your life where you still need to grow in sanctification?

2. As you look back over the last few years of your Christian life, can you see a pattern of definite growth in sanctification? What are some things that you used to delight in which no longer interest you? What are some things that you used to have no interest in that now hold great interest for you?

3. As you have grown to greater maturity and holiness in the Christian life, have you become more conscious of the weight of sin that remains in your heart? If not, why has this not been so? Do you think that it would be helpful if you had greater consciousness of the sin that remains in your own life? If you had this, what difference would it make in your own life?

4. How would it affect your life if you thought more about the fact that the Holy Spirit is continually at work in you to increase your sanctification? In living the Christian life, have you maintained a balance between your passive role and your active role in sanctification, or have you tended to emphasize one aspect over the other, and why? What might you do to correct this imbalance, if there is one in your life? 

5. Have you thought previously that sanctification affects your intellect and the way you think? What areas of your intellect still need quite a bit of growth in sanctification? With regard to your emotions, in what areas do you know that God still needs to work to bring about greater sanctification? Are there areas or aspects of sanctification that need to be improved with respect to your physical body and its obedience to God's purposes? 

6. Are there areas where you have struggled for years to grow in sanctification, but with no progress at all in your life? Has this message helped you to regain hope for progress at all in your life? Has this helped you regain hope for progress in those areas? (For Christians who have serious discouragement over lack of progress in sanctification it is very important to talk personally to your pastor or another mature Christian about this situation, rather than letting it go on for a long period of time).