Oh, sanctify us, Lord; now add Thyself to us

This hymn is so helpful. I first sang this hymn with a dear brother in 1980 out of an upstairs window in Newton, Mass. — right after attending my first live training, Philippians. The melody and lyrics ushered me into genuine prayer and the release of my spirit.

Recently some matters have left me feeling conflicted, confused, and embittered. But my prayer buddy of twenty years texted this hymn to me, and I find myself once again in the loving touch of the Savior, the Shepherd and Overseer of our souls. The Savior who conquered death (Acts 2:24), and will swallow up death (2Cor. 5:4).

The Holy city New Jerusalem has the Foundation. You shall be holy as I am holy. Holy holy holy is the lamb. Oh glorious God. Thank you she won't change. She is established forever. We love you dear bridegroom Jesus!

I. THE MEANING OF SANCTIFICATION

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Sanctification, whether in the Hebrew language of the Old Testament or in the Greek language of the New Testament, means primarily separation. Therefore, sanctification, or being made holy, in the Scriptures means separation from what is ordinary or common.

Holiness is the quality of God’s nature. The quality of God’s nature is not merely to be sinless, without any defilement, but it is even more to be different, distinct, from everything common. Therefore, the Bible speaks of God and the things pertaining or belonging to God as being holy. A certain thing is not holy until it is offered to God and belongs to God. Only then is it sanctified, separated. A bull or a goat, for example, is not intrinsically holy, but when it is placed on the altar, it is made holy (Matt. 23:19), because the altar separates it unto God. Gold is not holy in itself, but it is sanctified when it is placed in the temple (Matt. 23:17), because the temple separates it unto God. Food is not intrinsically holy, but it is sanctified through the saints’ prayer, because the saints’ prayer separates the food for the use of the saints of God (1 Tim. 4:3-5). Bulls, goats, gold, and food are in the world, of the world, and for the world. Hence, they are common, not holy. But the altar has separated some bulls or goats, the temple has separated some gold, and the saints’ intercession has separated some food. When these things are separated, they are unto God, of God, and directly or indirectly for God. Hence, they are sanctified.

To sanctify a certain thing is not to make it sinless but to separate it unto God. A bull, a goat, gold, and food do not have the problem of sin, but they do have the problem of the world. Although they are not evil, they are common. They belong to the world and they are for the people in the world; they are not to God or for God. Hence, they need to be sanctified, that is, to be separated unto God and to be for God. Not only do they need to be separated from sin, but even more they need to be separated from the world, from worldliness, and from everything that is not of God or for God, that they may be sanctified unto God and correspond to the quality of God’s holy nature.

Truth Lessons, Level One,
Lesson 38 Redemption (3) Sanctification
(LSM)

"What a man looks for in a bride is not first ability ; it is beauty. When Christ presents the church to Himself, the church will not be a strong man; she will be a beautiful bride."

Praise Him the Beautiful One (Isa. 28:5)! We just need to take time day by day to behold this Beautiful One. He wants to beautify us every day -- sanctifying us (moving us out of ourselves and into Him), purifying us (cleansing us by the washing of the water in the word Eph 5:26), nourishing us ('not only purify but fill and satisfy'), cherishing us (meeting our every need), and thus making us glorious.. So that He can present the church as His beautiful Bride to Himself.

Lord make us willing to spend time beholding Your beauty day by day.

Ephesians 5:26 That He would sanctify her and purify her by the washing of the water in the word.

Ephesians 5:29 For one ever hated his own flesh but nourishes and cherishes it even as Christ also the church,

Sanctify, purify, nourish, cherish Ify, ify, ish ish

Oh, purify us, Lord, by speaking in our heart;
Thy living, spoken word this washing will impart.
Increase Thy speaking, Lord, and cleanse our every part.
Oh, purify us, Lord, we pray.
Oh, purify us, Lord, today;
Wash all our natural life away.
Speak now Thy words in us,
And make us glorious.
O Lord, do speak in us today.

Loving in the crystals of Ezra, that the more we see God the more we become a part of Him.

The more dispensing - the more the oldness is discharged;

The more beholding and reflecting - the more transformation is taking place!

What a wonderful position we have been placed - Lord make us willing to take the time, to be obedient to the working One within us!

O Lord, do nourish us and You be the food we need and as we are eating You through the pages of Your Holy Word, satisfy us so we’ll be transformed indeed! Oh, the works of Your grace and and the fruits of Your Spirit we desire to be nourished with.

So nourish us, O Lord, we pray.

oh Lord Jesus ! we worship you we praise you oh Lord Jesus! oh Lord Jesus! Amen

Praise the Lord!