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God Is Making Us More Holy
Sanctification is the process of becoming more holy. It is an extraordinary calling lived out by ordinary people through ordinary means. The traditional means of sanctification include prayer, Bible reading and study, involvement with God’s people in the local church, and participating in the ordinances of baptism and Communion.
God Uses the Mundane to Do the Miraculous
These practices don’t seem exciting. It’s easy to think there must be something more. Or there must be something more powerful in the moment. But they are essential. If you look at the life of any Christian who is an example of spiritual growth and maturity, they will most certainly have practiced these fundamentals.
Holiness is pursuing a person – Jesus. He meets us in prayer. He meets us in the pages of the Bible. He meets us when we come to the table of the Lord’s Supper. He meets us in his body, the church. These are practices everyone can do. But many people just don’t often try them very well or very long. But to continue with these ordinary means of grace will yield extraordinary results.
- What is your initial reaction to this topic? What jumped out at you?
- Read Hebrews 10:10. How does holiness begin in our lives?
- How do you think God uses prayer to develop holiness in our lives?
- How do you think God uses the Bible to develop holiness?
- Why is involvement in the church so important to sanctification?
- How does God use the Lord’s Supper to grow us in holiness?
- Why do you think many Christians are not satisfied with “ordinary” means but seek “extraordinary” means of sanctification?
- Write a personal action step based on this conversation.
