I have appeared to you for this purpose, to appoint you to serve and bear witness... to whom I send you to open their eyes, that they may turn from darkness to light and from the power of Satan to God, that they may receive forgiveness of sins and a place among those who are
sanctified by faith in me.
Not exact matches
But the Holy Spirit has called me
by the gospel, enlightened me with his gifts,
sanctified and kept me
in the true
faith.
I believe that I can not of my own understanding and strength believe
in or come to Jesus Christ my Lord, but that the Holy Ghost has called me
by the Gospel and illuminated me with His gifts, and
sanctified and preserved me
in the true
faith..
It is we who are
sanctified, made fit for divine service,
by the call of Christ to
faith and obedience, just as the fishermen were given roles
in God's great drama of salvation.
Acts 26:18 To open their eyes, and to turn them from darkness to light, and from the power of Satan unto God, that they may receive forgiveness of sins, and inheritance among them which are
sanctified by faith that is
in me.
That glorious treasure which was just as old as
faith in Abraham's heart, many, many years older than Isaac, the fruit of Abraham's life,
sanctified by prayers, matured
in conflict — the blessing upon Abraham's lips, this fruit was now to be plucked prematurely and remain without significance.
If we are the Messiah's and have been justified
by faith then we will be
sanctified by the power of God working
in us.
The followers of Christ, called
by God... have been made sons of God
in the baptism of
faith and partakers
in the divine nature, and so are truly
sanctified.
Meanwhile, the conception of the church under the impact first of «toleration» and then of complete freedom and separation had largely lost the sacramental dimension which traditionally had
sanctified her regular observances under Episcopal direction
by making them intrinsically meaningful, and had become that of a voluntary association of explicitly convinced Christians for the purpose of mutual edification
in the worship of God and the propagandization of the Christian
faith as the group defined it.