Sanctifying Spirit

• Stop fighting a battle that Christ already won.

Observations

• If you hold Jesus’ crucifixion as a historical fact and a theological foundation, don’t substitute its power with your efforts (3:1).'
• You didn’t start by the Spirit only to finish by the flesh (3:2-3).
• Anything miraculous in our lives is due to the Spirit’s involvement – not ours (3:4-5).
• Abraham’s conduct revealed unrighteousness; his faith obtained righteousness (3:6).
• The gospel of the Messiah created one multiethnic and multigenerational family of God (3:7-8).
• The only hope for unrighteous people like us is the same faith from which Abraham’s righteousness came (3:9).

Applications

• Maybe you have believed in God, but have you ever believed God?
• The same Spirit that saved you can sanctify you.
• You will never make spiritual progress if you depend upon your physical efforts.
• Believing the gospel is necessary for faith’s initiation and implementation.