 So we've been looking at sanctification and we have understood that it's not just something that is theoretical. We also have our role to play. It's something very practical where we also have to cooperate and participate with the Lord in making it happen. So we basically noticed there are two aspects to this sanctification. So we see that at the time of salvation, God does something inside of us. He takes us from the dominion of darkness. He has placed us in the kingdom of the sun and now we become set apart. So you see the entire human race is living over there under the dominion of darkness. But these people who reach out to Him, these people who trust Him and say that we want to make you our Lord, those people, He takes them and He sets them apart. They are now set apart in a new kingdom. They have been placed in an entirely different realm. So they have been set apart and now God says regarding these people, these people are now mine. They are my own special people. So we see that in 1 Peter chapter 2 verse 9 which talks about this initial aspect of sanctification. Because the word sanctification is basically meaning something which is set apart. So initially in that moment of salvation, God sets us apart for Himself. What you are a chosen generation, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, His own special people that you may proclaim the praises of Him who called you out of darkness into His marvels light. So the description given over here about these people that God has set apart for Himself, He calls them chosen generation. God has chosen them to be removed from the dominion of darkness and brought into His kingdom. They are His own special people, it says. So those are the descriptions which are given to talk about a people who have now been set apart to be entirely His belonging to Him. No longer under the control of Satan but now belonging entirely to Him and set apart for Him. So obviously the other aspect of sanctification will now be if we are a set apart people, then we should be behaving like as if we have been set apart. We must be acting according to this new status. So in our lifestyle, are we set apart for God? Or are we living in the same way the rest of the world is living? Then in practical reality, we are not living set apart lives. So even those status wise, we have been set apart and declared to be His. In practice, we are not following that. So that should not be the case. So which is why it says in Ephesians 4-1, what does it say in Ephesians 4-1? So Paul says over here, I urge you, strong words that he uses. I urge you to live a life worthy of the calling. You have been called to live to be a set apart people, a chosen generation. So live in a way that is worthy of this high calling that you have received is what he says over here. And with what authority does he say it? He says, as a prisoner of the Lord, I urge you to do this. So he says, I was willing to go to the extent of becoming a prisoner so that I could live a set apart life. That is my level of commitment. So because I'm also practicing what I'm preaching, I'm telling you people, you also be like me. Live a life that is worthy of the calling that you have received. So we have been set apart by God for himself at the moment of salvation. So sanctification began with that, but now we also need to behave like set apart people in our actions and live a life that is worthy of this calling that we have been called to. So just to look at some basic features of sanctification, some basic facts and truths about sanctification. Sanctification is possible only by God's help, with God's help. It cannot be done on our own. It's a supernatural work that God does in us. First Thessalonians 5, 23. It starts off by saying, may God himself, the God of peace, may he sanctify you through and through. So he's the one who will keep your spirit, soul and body blameless. But then what do we need to do from our side? Galatians 5, 16. Galatians 5, 16. I say then, walk in the spirit and you shall not fulfill the lust of the flesh. Yes, so people who choose to walk by the spirit, who are following the leading of the spirit, they are the ones that God will be able to sanctify through and through. They are the ones who will be kept blameless in their spirit, soul and body. So God will do that, but he can only do it for people who have made a choice to walk by the spirit rather than walking according to the desires of the flesh. So it's a supernatural work. God is more than ready to do it, but we need to walk by the spirit, walk and be led by the Holy Spirit. Listen to what he is saying, be guided by him, be warned by him. When he corrects us of some sin, we choose to submit and say, okay, Lord, I will no longer do that. So we choose to walk by the spirit and as we do that, he will sanctify us. He will start making us more and more like Christ. So it is a supernatural work that God does in us if we choose to cooperate with him. And it's also a continual process. It's not something which happens in just one day. One day when you're in the presence of the Lord, you may have a great encounter. You may feel God's presence extremely powerfully. You may even have a vision of the Lord himself and he may speak things to you. So you may go through that beautiful experience which encourages you to walk in greater holiness. But you can't just depend on that one experience. That one experience alone will not make you perfect. It's an ongoing continual process which goes on throughout your entire life. Which is what Philippians 1 6 says, Philippians 1 6. So this process of him completing it, it will go on until the day of Jesus Christ. On the day of Jesus Christ when he comes back during his second coming. On that day we will be rewarded. But up to that time the process continues on and on. So it's a continuous process. It's an ongoing process. And the aim of sanctification, the chief main goal of sanctification is that we should become like Christ. So that would be Romans 8 29. So we could say that sanctification has got three stages at the moment of salvation. He turns us into a new creation which now has a desire to live like God. Because now he has initiated the process of us becoming like Jesus in that moment onwards. From that moment of regeneration when we become a new creation. We have new desires. We have a new passion. Our loyalties are now new and different. So everything changes in that moment of salvation. Which is what we see in 1st John 3 verse 9. 1st John 3 9. So once that person is made into a new creation. They now have new desires. No longer do they want to continue living in sin. Rather they want to be loyal to God. They want to be clean. They want to feel clean. So there are new desires and passions which are created inside them. Why does all of this happen? Because now the Holy Spirit has given birth to that person as a new creation. So in a sense it says God's seed is now in them. If we were to use modern wording we would say that the DNA of God is now inside that person. Because the Holy Spirit has given birth to that new creation. So in a sense God's DNA is God's seed is now inside that person. If you have a mind using a human example. If a person has a deep love let us say for music. And that little kid that he has. A 3 year old, 4 year old. The child can't even walk properly, talk properly. But the kid tries to take the guitar and start playing it. Because this is deep love for music which is birthed in that child. Why? Because the father's DNA has been passed on to the child. So we have these kids who are so musically inclined. Why? Because the DNA of the parent has been passed on to the child. And they literally have it inside them. It drives them to start playing music. Even before they are old enough to hold the instruments in their hands. You know they are driven to do that. Because the DNA is driving them to be like that. That is what is supposed to happen with us. We literally have God's seed inside us. Which drives us to want to be holy. It makes us long to be loyal to Him. It makes us want to please Him. And no longer are we having that same passion that we had earlier for sinful things. So that is what happens for us. And that is how sanctification begins with God's seed being inside us. Which makes us long for new things which we never longed for earlier. And of course the process then goes on for the rest of our days. It continues to increase sanctification as time goes by. It is supposed to go on increasing. And we have a couple of verses which talk about that. Hebrews 12 verse 1. Hebrews 12 verse 1. Therefore we also since we are surrounded by a great a cloud of witnesses. Let us lay aside every weight and the sin which so easily ensnare us. And let us run with endurance the race that is set before us. So there are two things which are mentioned over here. First it says throw of everything that is holding you back. Everything that is restricting you from having the sanctified holy life. Throw it off. Get rid of it. If it is the wrong company, wrong kind of friends. Get rid of them. If it is certain things that you are attracted to and you are wasting your time on those things. Get rid of those things. So it says throw of everything that is hindering you. And it especially says that sin which so easily entangles. For different people it is different things. Some may be drawn by one particular sin. But for another person their temptation, area of temptation may be something else. So for most people there are this one or two things which are a real area of weakness. They very easily fall into sin. So for them it is that particular sin which is entangling them. Which is ensnaring them. Placing them in a trap. So it says over here throw of all the things which are slowing you down. And especially throw of those particular sins which always end up trapping you. Get rid of those things first. Because then you will be able to run with perseverance. And another verse which talks about something similar. 2 Corinthians 3 18. So you see we are supposed to be transformed into Jesus image with ever increasing glory. And that's only going to happen for people who are throwing off everything which hinders. These are the people who are throwing off the sins which are especially trapping them. And because they are doing this on a daily basis. Because they are running with perseverance. What happens to them? They start being transformed into Jesus image with ever increasing glory. It cannot happen for people who are not cooperating with the Lord. And so sanctification is supposed to continue. It's supposed to increase as you go through life. And finally when will it the sanctification process be complete? When the Lord returns at his second coming. Because at his second coming. Not only are you sanctified in your spirit. Not only are you sanctified in your thinking. You actually even your physical body will be sanctified at that time. It's quite an interesting thought. Let's first actually look at Romans 7.5 which talks about sin in the flesh. Romans 7 verse 5. That would be our NIV. NKJV kind of brings it out more literally. Where it says when we were in the flesh. The sinful passions which were aroused by the law. Were at work in our members to bear fruit to death. So it's literally talking about the physical members of the body. Our hands, our feet, our eyes, our ears. So the sin was active in our human flesh. So even the human flesh, the human body is unsanctified in that sense. So when Jesus Christ comes back and our bodies are resurrected. At that time not only are we sanctified in spirit and in mind. In fact even our physical body itself will be sanctified. And turned into a glorious resurrected body. So in God's eyes even the human container that you're living in. That also has got value. Even that will be sanctified one day. Is what it says in Philippians 3, 20 and 21. Philippians 3, 20 and 21. For our citizenship is in heaven. From which we also eagerly wait for the Savior, the Lord Jesus Christ. Who will transform our lowly body. That it may be confirmed to his glorious body. According to the working by which he is able even to subdue all things to himself. So it says over here, he will transform our lowly bodies. So that they will be like his glorious body. Even this lowly body which is so easily tempted by sinful desires. Even that will be turned into a glorious body. Even the physical body will be sanctified on that final day when the Lord returns. So it's going to be a complete sanctification. And that process first began when we were birthed as a new creation. And God put his DNA inside us so that we would be driven. We would have the same passions that he has. We would long to be like him. We would want to do the things that he does. So it begins with that and it finally ends with even the physical body being sanctified by the Lord. That is his dream for us. That is what he actually longs for us. And because God has gone to great cost to make this possible. Because you know he had to sacrifice his son so that we can have this privilege. What are we supposed to do? We are supposed to do Philippians chapter 2 verses 12 and 13. If someone could read out. Philippians chapter 12 and 13. Now we have received not the spirit of the word. What the spirit who is from God that we might know the things that have been freely given to us by God. Are you sure? Philippians 2, 12 and 13 unless I have written the wrong reference. It says here continue to work out your salvation with fear and trembling. So because of what God has done for us. Now it is our duty to continue to work out our salvation with fear and trembling. That word which is used over there work out. That's the Greek word. I am sure I destroyed the poor word. Continue to continue to work out your salvation. That word literally means to produce something to create something. So over here it is saying please continue to produce your salvation. What does that mean? Produce fruits of salvation. You were saved for a purpose so that you can live in a different way. So now on a daily basis in us for living. Kindly work out, kindly produce, kindly create the fruits of salvation. So when people look at us they should say oh this person is saved because the fruit which is coming out of their life. It's the fruits of salvation that I see. So in that sense when it says work out that word is literally talking about creating something, producing something. What are you supposed to produce? You're supposed to produce the fruits of salvation on a daily basis. So we are actively supposed to do that. And it says continue to produce the fruits of salvation. How with what kind of an attitude with fear and trembling is how you're supposed to do it. Now what on earth does that mean? So over here it's not talking about doing good works to earn salvation. Salvation has already been given to us. Here it is talking about how now that we have received the salvation. Let us start producing fruits which are in line with salvation. That is when the physical body also will be sanctified. The question asked over here was when will the sanctification process be completed? It would be completed at that time when even the physical body also will be sanctified. As for us becoming like Jesus Christ it says that when we see Him we will be like Him. So I guess that would be depending on what comes first. If Jesus Christ comes down now while we are still alive then yes we would become like Him now itself. On the other hand if we die physically first before the coming then after death we will be sanctified. So we have been justified. We have been declared perfectly righteous. When God looks at us he sees the righteousness of Christ. Yes but when we look at our attitudes and our behavior we don't see that working out in practice. Why? Because status wise He has given it to us. But when it comes to practical reality we have to start living like that. And I had given this example once. I remember mentioning it over here in this class. I am pretty sure it was in this class where I talked about a child with learning disabilities. The child doesn't have the ability to ever get good marks. So the teacher gives the child 100 on 100. At the beginning of the year itself the child has already been given 100 on 100. So the end of the year when the marks card is given the child will be receiving 100 on 100. It's already been given already been granted. Now the child has the freedom to start attaining towards whatever the child can do from his side. He puts in the effort starts working towards it. Not because he is striving to get that 100 on 100 but because it has been freely given. Now he wants to show that yes this is something that I want to reach towards. So rather than being lazy and sitting back and say I have anyway got the 100 on 100. Let me just play around with nothing. It's not the intention with which the teacher gave the 100 on 100. The teacher gives that the child will no longer feel pressurized. Will no longer feel under condemnation. Will no longer feel under the judgment of receiving a failed card at the end of the year. All that has been removed, wiped out. The child has technically been justified. But on a daily basis does the child appreciate what has been done for him? Does he start reaching towards that thing which the teacher has so lovingly done for him? Or does he sit back in laziness? So it says in the efficient thing, you know, live in a way which is worthy of the calling. You've already been justified. So therefore choose to be sanctified. Which is why Hebrews 4. 10. What was it? 10. Hebrews 10. 14 I think was it. 10. 4 is where it said he has made perfect forever. Those who are being sanctified. So that term made perfect forever is talking about justification. So legally we have already been made perfect. When God sees us, he sees the righteousness of Christ. We have been made perfect. But we are still being sanctified. That's the process that we are doing. Like the child, we are grateful for the status that has been given to us. And so we don't even have to feel under pressure anymore. We don't have to work towards that 100. The 100 is already received. But now let us in our actions start behaving like people who have received 100 on 100. Let's put in our very best. Of course, in this example, the child, because he has learning disabilities, he will never become a person who can get 100 on 100. But we believers, we can increase in our sanctification because the Holy Spirit is working with us. So like we said, it's a supernatural work. The Holy Spirit is the one who will sanctify. But for that to happen, we have to walk by the spirit on a day to day basis. As we are led by him, he starts sanctifying. If we choose not to be led by him, then we are wasting what has been given to us. And so the reward that we would receive would be almost nothing. Because the reward would be based in heaven. The rewards that we receive will be based on how to what extent we chose to become Christ-like. And to what extent we chose to fulfill his purposes for our lives. So yes, so we are not completely sanctified as yet. What? Working out. The Greek word for work out. Where is it? Okay, K-A-T-E-R. Then G-A-Z-O. G-A-Z-O. And then M-A-I. So K-A-T-E-R-G-A-Z-O-M-I. It's basically you producing something, creating something. And over here in this case saying, produce your salvation in the sense, produce the fruits of salvation. So continue to produce the fruits of salvation with what kind of an attitude? With fear and trembling. So let's look at one more verse. 2 Timothy 1 verse 7. 2 Timothy 1 verse 7. Okay, so the Spirit of God has not given us a spirit of fear. We have not been given a spirit of fear. Rather, we have been given a spirit. I know who imparts to us power and love and self-discipline. So over here when it says, produce the fruits of salvation with fear and trembling. It's not talking about that negative kind of fear. That would be a very, very wrong understanding of what it says over here. We have most definitely not been given a spirit of fear or timidity. So what is Paul meaning when he uses this term over here when he says with fear and trembling. Is he saying all our days we're supposed to go on being scared and worried that we will lose our salvation? No, that's not what he is saying. Paul uses this particular phrase fear and trembling four times in his epistels. And in all the four places he's trying to bring out a different meaning. Let's just look at one example. Mainly 1 Corinthians chapter 2 verses 2 to 4. If someone could read out 1 Corinthians verse 4. Okay, he's talking about how he demonstrated the spirit's power. So this was not a man who came there all scared and terrified and trembling in that sense. No, it's not talking about a spirit of fear and a spirit of timidity. That's not the kind of spirit that he received from the Lord Jesus. No, he's a man who is in fact demonstrating the power. So what is it talking about over here? He says, I resolved to know nothing while I was with you except Jesus Christ and him crucified. And then in verse 4, he says, my preaching was not with wise and persuasive words. Okay, but with a demonstration of the spirit power. He's saying, I made a choice that I'm not going to come to you and make those fancy, nice sounding, beautiful speeches, which were very, very popular in those times. The Greeks especially, honored people who could stand in the front and make this beautiful sounding speeches. Where everyone would say, wow, the way he sounds amazing. Paul makes a resolution. He decides I will not use any persuasive words or any fancy preaching. I will only talk one thing. I will talk about Jesus Christ and that to the crucified Jesus Christ is what I'm going to talk about. And that would be like such a weak topic in the eyes of the Greeks. First of all, the cross was something very humiliating for them in their eyes. It was something very pathetic and humiliating. And he's saying, I'm going to talk about my Lord and Master Jesus Christ. I want to talk about him undergoing that, that shameful humiliating process of crucifixion. That's the only thing I'm going to talk about. Why? Because by doing that, I'm going to demonstrate the power of the Spirit. So he is talking about how he came to them in weakness with great fear and trembling. The term over there is talking about a sheer attitude of humility, where he chooses not to be wise, where he chooses not to show off his knowledge, where he chooses not to give grand speeches. He chooses to be humble enough to only talk about the crucified Christ, which in their eyes, in the eyes of the world would be something very silly. But for those who are catching the power of what's being taught, it would be the very power of God. So over there, the term fear and trembling is talking about an attitude of humility. And we see the same thing in the other two places also where this particular term is used. Did you raise your hand? You didn't raise your hand. Thank you. So we will look at the other two references also just so that we can be very, very clear that this is what he means by that particular term. Second Corinthians 715. Okay, so I can't simply remember. Who is it being talked about in that thing? In 715? Is it talking about Timothy? Who is this person that they are receiving? Titus. Titus, yes, Titus. So Titus is being sent to them. And so rather than ignoring what he is saying, they're supposed to receive him with humility. Listen to what he is offering them. He's coming over there as a visiting leader who has been sent by Paul. So he says, when Titus comes to you, receive him with a humble attitude. So it's not saying that they should all be terrified of him. That's definitely not what is being said over there. So in the same thing again in Ephesians 6-5, if someone can read out Ephesians 6-5. Ephesians 6-5, born servants be obedient to those who are your masters according to the flesh with fear and trembling in sincerity of heart as to Christ. So here the slaves are being told have a humble attitude. Serve this master of yours, this human flesh master of yours. Serve him as he's serving Christ himself with sincerity of heart. So again, it's talking about the humble attitude. So coming back to the original verse with which we started off this whole process. Philippians chapter 2 verse 12. Continue to produce the fruits of salvation with all humility. It takes humility to produce the fruits of salvation. We don't feel like submitting to God. We don't feel like obeying his laws. We don't feel like giving up the things of the world, but we choose to humble ourselves and produce the fruit of salvation on a daily basis. So there are two things especially that we need to know that we choose to do. How two main things that we actually should be doing if we want to produce the fruits of salvation. First of course is Romans chapter 12 verse... Okay, let's separate it. Romans chapter 12 verse 1 if someone can read out. I wish you therefore brethren by the message of God that you present your bodies in living sacrifice wholly acceptable to God which is your responsible service. So we are first of all asked to present ourselves as a living sacrifice. In that context let us also look at Romans chapter 8 verse 13. Romans chapter 8 verse 13. For if you live according to the flesh you will die. But if by the spirit you put to death the deeds of the body you will live. Okay, so here it's saying how are you supposed to become a living sacrifice? It's explained you choose to put to death on a daily basis the wrong things that your flesh is crying out for. So by going on killing those things, the desires of yours you are literally becoming a living sacrifice on a day to day basis. So it says put to death the misdeeds of the body. So every single day, every time your physical body as well as the sinful desires even as they go on attracting you, urging you to do sinful things you choose to put to death those things. By doing that you are literally becoming a living sacrifice. That of course is the first thing that we do in producing the fruit of salvation. The second thing that we do of course is in your second verse, Romans 12 verse 2. Romans 12 verse 2. And do not we conform to this world what we transformed by the renewing of your mind that you may prove what is that good and acceptable and perfect will of God. So the first thing is we choose to be a living sacrifice on a daily basis. The second thing that we do is we constantly renew our mind. Only when you have a renewed mind will you get transformed. That's what it says be transformed by the renewing of your mind. If you don't renew your mind you will never get transformed. So we need to renew our minds. And as we start renewing our minds and start living as a living sacrifice we make a discovery, we test and approve what God's will is. We discover that oh God's will is really good. It is pleasing, it is perfect. We practice God's will on a daily basis and start discovering that indeed it is pleasing. Indeed it is good for us. So by renewing our mind and by being a living sacrifice we discover that God is indeed good and pleasing. That what he wants for us is indeed beneficial. That's the discovery which we make. So Romans 12, 1 and 2 is what we would have to keep in mind. That is how we start producing the fruit of salvation on a daily basis. And it takes humility to do that because we would have to humble ourselves. So maybe we can read out Matthew chapter 5 verse 16. Let your light so shine before men that they may see your good works and glorify your Father in heaven. So over here it's talking about how we do good deeds and people who are watching us, they look at our lifestyle and they realize that our master is Jesus Christ and so they glorify Him. So because of our good deeds, because of our righteous lifestyle God's name is glorified. So we produce fruit in the sense that we are doing works which are bringing honor and glory to God's name. Because people always ask, what does it mean by bearing fruit? Jesus said, abide in me and you will bear fruit. So some people they say fruit bearing basically is how many people you know you can bring to the Lord. That is basically the fruit. But the thing is none of us are able to save anyone. So actually we are not bearing the fruit. God is the one who bears that fruit. We only bring people to Him and He brings them into the kingdom. So He makes them believers. So fruit bearing when we say cannot be taken in the sense of apple tree produces apples. So believers produce believers. No, because we don't have the ability to produce a believer. All we can do is bring a person to the Lord, explain to them what the Lord is all about, what He has done and then we leave it to the Lord Jesus to convict Him and bring Him into the family. So we are believers but we can't produce believers. All we can do is show them that this is the gospel message. This is what Jesus has done for you. And once we present them with this information, the Holy Spirit works inside them and produces a believer. So we literally believers don't produce believers. But what can believers do? They can live in such a way. They can live such a lifestyle that people who are watching will say, my goodness, these people are full of light. They are reflecting the light of their God. And so they are attracted to this light and they too want to be part of this light. They too want to be part of this kingdom in which there is so much light. So they are drawn to God by the way we live. So the fruit of salvation would be literally the way we are living on a day to day basis. We are becoming living sacrifices and we are renewing our mind and we are discovering that God's will is indeed good and perfect. And then the people who are watching are convinced that this is something good. We also would like to have it. So in that sense, we choose to bear fruit. So can any person be completely sanctified while they are still on this earth? Now that's a topic up for debate. But one thing we do know that Paul being the amazing man that he was, even he did not reach complete sanctification while he was on this earth that's what he says about himself. Where does he say that? Yeah, Philippians is where he writes about that. Philippians 3 verse 12. Philippians 3 verse 12. Not that I have already attained or I am already perfected but I praise on that I may lay hold of that for which Christ Jesus has also lay hold of me. So he says very frankly, I have not yet been perfected. I have not yet arrived but I'm pressing towards that. Just because I have not completely attained it yet I'm not going to give up. No, even though I have not yet achieved it I am pressing forward towards it is what he says and that is why in 1st John 1.8 where John is writing to these believers who have kind of gotten into a wrong doctrine. He tells them if we claim to be without sin we deceive ourselves and the truth is not in us because they were going after this wrong teaching where someone was preaching and saying you have now become believers so now you are perfect people. Whatever you do, whatever on earth you do it's not sinful because now you are incapable of sinning which is not true. Believers still can make a choice to sin. They can still fall into sin so they should be careful and examine themselves on a daily basis and if we see that something that we have done is sinful we go to him and we humbly confess and say yes Lord, what I have done is sinful and then the Lord is just and faithful in forgiving us. So can a person regard themselves as completely sanctified while they are on this earth? Most probably not. So we would have to think of it in those terms. Well, we have eight minutes left and let's see what we can tuck into those eight minutes with regard to the law. So sanctification doesn't necessarily mean keeping the mosaic law but Jesus seems to be saying that we should be fulfilling the law. So how do we understand that? Okay, let's go to those verses and see what we can read. John chapter 15, 10 to 12 if someone could read out. John 15, 10 to 12. If you keep my commandments, you will abide in my love. Just as I have kept my father's commandments and abide in his love. These things I have spoken to you that my joy may remain in you and that your joy may be full. This is my commandment that you love one another as I have loved you. So you see even believers have commandments which they are supposed to follow. So it's true that we were redeemed from under the law. We are no longer under the law but we are under Christ and Christ is having a commandment for us. What is the commandment that he gives over here? He says that we should love each other. Greater love has no one. This is my commandment that you love one another as I have loved you. Greater love has no one than this than to lay down one's life for his friends. So we are called to follow this commandment which God has given. Let's look at another verse. Galatians 6, 2. We are one another's burdens and so fulfill the law of Christ. So when you are bearing each other's burdens what are you actually doing? You are fulfilling the law which Christ has laid down. So believers are also in the process of following the law but now this is the law of Christ which they are following. Let's also look at Romans chapter 13 verses 8 to 10. Romans 13, 8 to 10. 10. Oh no one anything except to love one another. He who loves another has fulfilled the law. For the commandments you shall not commit adultery, you shall not murder, you shall not steal, you shall not bear false witnesses. You shall not covet and if there is any other commandment are all summed up in this saying namely you shall love your neighbour as yourself. Love does no harm to a neighbour therefore love is the fulfillment of the law. So there is one commandment which believers are again and again trying to follow and that is the law of love because if we keep this commandment and we choose to live in an attitude of love towards one another then it says the entire law is automatically fulfilled. So Jesus in his talks with the people when he was on this earth he brings out this point. We don't have the time to go into those verses so we will not look at that but all along Jesus made it very clear if you can keep this one commandment by the power of the Holy Spirit it's not something that we can do on our own then we will automatically be walking in sanctification because sanctification involves to a large extent living in love and this is what makes sanctification so difficult. If it is just doing things for the Lord the Lord is so beautiful He is so wonderful we don't mind doing things for the Lord but to live in love towards people who have all kinds of attitudes all kinds of mood swings and all kinds of habits to live in love towards them that is where the fear and trembling comes in the sheer humility it says work out your salvation with fear and trembling and to use our translation of that produce the fruits of salvation with all humility and in fact if you look at the context of that passage where he says that all talking about living in love putting other people's interests first in that context that wording is written produce the fruits of salvation with a humble attitude that's where that wording is used in that context so a large part of living a sanctified life is all about what I select towards other people so you know if you're feeling really good about yourself about the amount of time that you're spending prayer you know the amount of time that you meditate on scriptures the amount of time that you're doing going out and doing mystery work all that is excellent but always remember that a large percentage of sanctification actually involves living in love and that is where true humility is required because when we look at Philippians 2 we get to know that we are being asked to have the same mindset as Christ who placed other people's interests first and that is where real Christlikeness shows up so when we take you know if you are doing evaluation sheets we get right I mean how patient are you and then you tend questions you have to tick tick tick you know so like that if you were doing an evaluation sheet you know the question over there is how Christlike are you most of those questions will be dealing with loving one another so if we can tick mark those and say yes I'm doing good in these areas then you are genuinely Christlike you're somebody to be amazingly praised so because it's a very very difficult thing so it is something that can be done by the Holy Spirit because that's what Jesus says may God himself the God of peace he will sanctify you through and through so it is possible it can be done we just have to choose to be humble if we are humble he will enable us to live in that way alright so we are like out of time so these wonderful students have no questions good we can finish the time yeah so let's just close with the word of prayer Lord we just thank you so much for today and the lessons that we could learn we truly want to live sanctified lives so Lord because we want to live worthy of the calling the high calling to which you have called us you set us apart and you called us a chosen generation you said my own special people is how you talked about us so that is the kind of calling to which you have called us so help us to actually live set apart lives not like the world but Lord set apart from the world set apart exclusively for you to please you to honor you and Lord even as it involves us having to live in love towards each other please Lord you enable us to do that you start imparting a spirit of humility to us where we will be willing to have the mindset of Jesus Christ where we will be willing to put the interests of others before our own and Lord I pray that you will genuinely really help us a lot to become Christ like in these areas of our lives Lord we just commit ourselves into your hand this is the divine work that you alone can do in us and Lord we look to you with eager anticipation that you will indeed do your work in us thank you Lord in Jesus name amen yeah thank you so much