WHAT SANCTIFICATION IS, AND WHY IT IS IMPORTANT

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~*~ 1 Thessalonians 4:3 ~*~

“For this is the will of God, your SANCTIFICATION...”

Do you know someone that believes in the “Always Saved Doctrine” without realizing what it actually means to be SAVED as opposed to SANCTIFIED? There is a HUGE difference! Simply put, the act of Salvation comes when a person believes that Yahshua is the Son of God and the Lamb of God who washes away their sins and the sins of the world by His shed blood on the Cross. In addition, those who are saved believe that Yahshua rose from the dead into everlasting life to show His victory over sin and death.

In contrast, after one's initial Salvation is achieved through belief in Yahshua, and after our baptism with the Holy Spirit, the process of Sanctification begins. With the Spirit of God as our Mentor, we become sanctified gradually over time. As we grow spiritually and learn to follow Yahshua's Commandments to love God and one another fully, we become fully Sanctified, which means we grow in righteousness and become fully equipped to serve God and others.

I once believed the “Always Saved Doctrine” too - until I became better educated in God's Word and read it for myself! Once I did, I could see the errors I was being taught with the Holy Spirit's help, and I recognized that Salvation is not really complete without Sanctification, in which we learn how to apply the Word of God and follow Yahshua. Growing in this way is a spiritual issue, however, and those of us who are truly born again and can hear the Spirit of God sometimes find ourselves at odds with those who don't know how to hear the Spirit, and thereby believe many incorrect doctrines.

For those who are confused by this issue, I have written several articles at my POEM Ministry Blog that could help you in understanding the fact that Salvation and Sanctification are not the same thing, but are both necessary for us to grow in our faith. In addition, these articles show how the “Always Saved Doctrine” is not totally true, but twisted. This is because - though a wayward believer in Yahshua may be eternally saved from the fires of Hell - they are NOT saved from being left behind and experiencing the full horror of the Great Tribulation.

Indeed, the Great Tribulation is where God can either succeed in refining wayward believers and purifying them for His service, or where He can allow them to have to experience the Last Judgment after the Millennial Kingdom is over. At that time, I believe that God will save most of them from the Lake of Fire. But they will have sadly missed the Rapture and the Millennial Kingdom.

Here is a list of the 5 most important articles I wrote on the subject, with the most recent article listed at the top.  Please contact me on Facebook or through my contact information on the POEM Ministry Web Site and let me know if these articles help you in your walk with Yahshua, or if you need more information. In the meantime, may our beloved Messiah Yahshua bless you richly and keep you safe this Holiday Season as we celebrate His Incarnation!

FIVE ARTICLES EXPLAINING GRACE VERSUS ELECTION,

AND SANCTIFICATION VS JUSTIFICATION:

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OUR HEAVENLY FATHER EXPECTS US
TO PREACH AGAINST WICKEDNESS!

http://pillarofenoch.blogspot.com/2014/09/our-heavenly-father-expects-us-to.html

WHAT DOES IT MEAN TO BE HOLY?

http://pillarofenoch.blogspot.com/2013/03/what-does-it-mean-to-be-holy_15.html

SPIRITUAL BLINDNESS,

THE DESTROYER OF THE CHURCH

http://pillarofenoch.blogspot.com/2013/08/spiritual-blindness-destroyer-of-church.html

GRACE VERSUS ELECTION

http://pillarofenoch.blogspot.com/2013/12/grace-versus-election.html

DO YOU MANIFEST THE

FRUITS AND GIFTS OF THE HOLY SPIRIT?

http://pillarofenoch.blogspot.com/2014/05/do-you-manifest-fruits-and-gifts-of.html

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Here's wishing you all Happy Holidays as you grow in Sanctification!

Your Sister In Yahshua,
Helena Lehman of the
Pillar of Enoch Ministry
Ministry Web Site: http://pillar-of-enoch.com

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GRACE VERSUS ELECTION

When I consider the Grace of God and Christ's redeeming sacrifice for us all, I have to do it through the lens that God gave me with His indwelling Spirit. One thing that God's Spirit has made clear to me is that I have always had the free will to choose Him or not, and God also has had the free will to redeem me or not, and what this ultimately means is that God knows who among us will truly choose Him and succeed in following Him to the end with the help of His Spirit, and who will not.

Though it deeply saddens God, there are those who may try to choose Him but who will never truly repent and receive the Holy Spirit, will fail miserably at following God's will without the gifts of the Spirit, and will thereby lose the salvation that they NEVER REALLY HAD without the indwelling presence of the Spirit of God, Who is the SEAL guaranteeing our salvation in Christ (See Eph. 1:13 & Eph. 4:3). If we are truly saved, we can and should demonstrate the gifts of the Spirit.

I also know that all of us have some redeeming qualities and good traits that sway God's decisions. In fact, I can identify some of my good traits that God admired, and the wicked traits that God decided to overlook when God chose me to fulfill a special role in His Kingdom. I can also testify that God has been reaching out to me ever since I was a little girl through dreams, visions and other supernatural experiences, and I have been thwarted and abused by people who refused to believe that I was chosen by God for any purpose.

Many of these were people that claimed to be saved and baptized believers, but who have not had any supernatural experiences, and therefore doubt my testimony so much that they have called me a liar, or a lunatic, or both. My point in sharing this is that God definitely chooses who He will reveal Himself to with mercy and love, and in Power and Glory, and who He prefers not to reveal Himself to at all, and this is based as much on God's unmerited favor as it is on our natural inclinations that are admirable enough for God to appreciate.

To find out how Yahweh God has been reaching out to me and attempting to steer me in the right direction toward salvation, justification and sanctification in Yahshua since I was 5 years old, please read my Spiritual Testimony posted at my Pillar of Enoch Ministry web site. The following link leads to this 46-page PDF file that can be downloaded, read in Adobe Reader, or printed and read:

From The Desert To The Promised Land, 

One Person's Journey Of Faith

http://pillar-of-enoch.com/author/Helena-Lehman_Testimony.pdf 

I also recommend reading a much longer and more detailed treatment of the difference between Grace and Election and Justification versus Sanctification in several more of my POEM Ministry blog articles, as listed below:

WHAT DOES IT MEAN TO BE HOLY?

http://pillarofenoch.blogspot.com/2013/03/what-does-it-mean-to-be-holy_15.html

SPIRITUAL BLINDNESS,

THE DESTROYER OF THE CHURCH

http://pillarofenoch.blogspot.com/2013/08/spiritual-blindness-destroyer-of-church.html

DO YOU MANIFEST THE 

FRUITS AND GIFTS OF THE HOLY SPIRIT?

http://pillarofenoch.blogspot.com/2014/05/do-you-manifest-fruits-and-gifts-of.html

As you study these teachings to grow in your faith, may our loving Father God bless you with understanding. Maranatha!

Your Sister in Yahshua,
Helena Lehman of the
Pillar of Enoch Ministry
Ministry Blog: http://pillarofenoch.blogspot.com/
Ministry Web Site: http://pillar-of-enoch.com/
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