April 7, 2025 • 7 mins
Sanctification is the process of spiritual growth, but to what purpose? Are you a strong, healthy, majestic branch connected to the tree, or are you a tightly pruned branch producing much fruit? The point of sanctification, or our aim, is to realize and apply what we know to every area of life, not just to look good but to do good.
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Jeremy Thomas is the pastor at Spokane Bible Church in Spokane, Washington and a professor at Chafer Theological Seminary. He has been teaching the Bible for over 20 years, always seeking to present its truths in a clear and understandable manner.
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Speaker 1 (00:00):
Welcome to Beyond the Walls with Jeremy Thomas and
our series on the New TestamentFramework.
Today a smaller, bite-sizedpiece from the larger lesson.
We hope you enjoy it.
Speaker 2 (00:10):
And I want to talk about the doctrine that's
associated with those pages ofScripture and that is, it
focuses on the aim ofsanctification.
The aim, which is the idea ofsaying what is the goal or what
is the target.
You know, If you shoot riflesand handguns and all that stuff,
you have sights and you havethe target.
(00:30):
That's what you're eitherputting your sights on or lining
up your sights for your frontsight, all that stuff.
And you have to know how yoursights work and you have to know
what you're aiming at.
If you think you're ever goingto hit it, you have to know what
you're aiming at, right.
So what are we aiming for insanctification?
What was the nation Israelaiming for?
Well, of course, we've alreadydiscussed it the aim was to
(00:56):
learn loyalty to God through hisword.
For him, that meant meditatingupon the Mosaic law day and
night, so that they would beable to keep it and therefore
find success.
And that's what you find in thetime of Solomon, right,
Tremendous success, becauseyou're talking about not just
one generation, but you're inlike the fourth or fifth
generation, okay, From Boaz toObed to David, and now you've
got Solomon.
You've got at least four, maybeeven more generations back
(01:16):
behind that that have beenbuilding loyalty to God and
passing it on.
So this becomes the idea thatwe want to work with in the time
of David and that's the aim ofsanctification and what it looks
like when we move into what Icall advanced sanctification.
(01:36):
Advanced sanctification isbasically the idea of your now
seeing that the Bible applies toevery area of life and there's
no area of life that you can gointo.
That is a separate compartmentthat God doesn't have anything
to say about.
God has spoken to every area oflife.
Now, the Bible is not amathematics textbook, but it
(01:59):
contains the presuppositionsunderlying mathematics, In other
words, why mathematics worksand who established and governs
the universe so that math worksright.
The Bible is not a biologytextbook, but it definitely
contains the presuppositionsunderneath our biology and the
(02:21):
principles that are involved,that these things are the way
they are because God designedthings in a certain pattern.
So we can't say, well, I'mgoing to just be a biologist and
go through the secular blah,blah, blah and accept all the
humanist philosophy and garbageto put it French, garbage that's
underlying their underlyingpresuppositions.
(02:44):
No, we have to start with.
The God of the Bible is theultimate presupposition for
biology, and what we'rediscovering in the design
features that he has built intoorganisms the DNA, the
endoplasmic reticulum, theribosomes, all that transfer RNA
, messenger RNA, all this very,very complicated stuff that
people look at and say, wow,this is so neat.
And I'm like, yeah, but youwon't take the next step,
(03:10):
Because the next step is how didall this get there?
Like, where is all thisinformation coming from?
Information doesn't come out ofnothing.
Information comes out of a mind, a mind that puts information
there.
So in advanced, I'm just tryingto give you the idea that in
advanced sanctification, you'rebeginning to see that every area
of life is rooted back to andrelated to God in some way.
So let's talk about what thisresults in.
(03:30):
This results in what we call ahigh biblical culture.
So here are the big ideas forthe aim of sanctification.
When you're talking aboutadvanced sanctification that you
see in the time of Solomon,when there was so much blessing,
it says in the text of thosepages that you know everything.
In the time of Solomon, whenthere was so much blessing, it
says in the text of those pagesthat everything in the temple
that was engraved in cedar andall this was then covered in
(03:51):
gold.
Everything was covered in goldand it says silver was not used
in that day.
It wasn't considered valuable.
So everything was just gold.
He was bringing in 666 talentsof gold a year gold.
He was bringing in 666 talentsof gold a year, which is 666
times.
(04:11):
Let's just say somewhere around70 to 80 pounds of gold they
were bringing in every year.
He built a naval fleet down inthe Red Sea.
I mean like he was going allover the world sending ships out
, you know, discovering things,and bringing back all sorts of
different trees it talks aboutalmond trees and all sorts of
very interesting things thatwere coming to Israel, because
Israel was just like the centerof everything.
So that was a biblical cultureand we want to talk a little bit
(04:35):
about that with the connectionto the golden era.
So the first point is biblicalculture is a byproduct of
advanced sanctification.
What does this mean?
Okay, this means, number one,you're educated in the
Scriptures.
But it means a little more thanjust being educated in the
Scriptures.
It means being educated in theScriptures to the point you're
able to explain the Scripturesto other people.
(04:57):
Can you explain to someone elsewhat you know or think you know
.
The best test to know if youreally know something is if you
can explain it to someone else,and so advanced sanctification
is being educated in theScriptures to the point you can
(05:18):
explain it, articulate it tosomeone else.
And also this another thingthat is related to it is you
yourself are applying thescriptures to your own life.
You yourself are applying thescriptures to your own life.
It's not just all you know uphere and like, oh, I know so
much theology.
This is what every seminarystudent thinks.
They get out and they're like,oh, I know all this stuff, I sat
(05:39):
under the best professors.
This is what you thought, too,whenever you went through
whatever discipline you wentthrough to study, and you, oh, I
went to the best schools and Iknow all this stuff.
Yeah, but you haven't got outthere and applied it.
That's just theoretical.
You actually need time in lifeto have the situations arise
where you have to apply what youlearn, Because those situations
(06:02):
don't come up instantaneously.
So education is, is in.
In one sense, it's a.
It's just a way to compact alot of information and give it
to you, and most of the times,the people who are learning that
say why will I ever need this.
You haven't lived long enoughto need it.
That when you see that, thenyou go, oh, okay, but you
(06:24):
probably won't see it untilyou're 45 or 50 years old Okay.
And people who are older thanme?
They're saying, well, no, youreally won't see it until you're
65 years old.
And that may be Okay Because Istill don't have all the
experiences I could have thatrequire me to apply the things
I've learned.
Speaker 1 (06:41):
Thank you for joining us on Beyond the Walls with
Jeremy Thomas.
If you would like to see thevisuals that went along with
today's sermon, you can findthose on Rumble and on YouTube
under Spokane Bible Church.
That is where Jeremy is thepastor and teacher.
We hope you found today'slesson productive and useful in
(07:02):
growing closer to God andwalking more obediently with Him
.
If you found this podcast to beuseful and helpful, then please
consider rating us in yourfavorite podcast app, and until
next time, we hope you have ablessed and wonderful day.
Welcome to Beyond the Walls with Jeremy Thomas and
our series on the New TestamentFramework.
Today a smaller, bite-sizedpiece from the larger lesson.
We hope you enjoy it.
Speaker 2 (00:10):
And I want to talk about the doctrine that's
associated with those pages ofScripture and that is, it
focuses on the aim ofsanctification.
The aim, which is the idea ofsaying what is the goal or what
is the target.
You know, If you shoot riflesand handguns and all that stuff,
you have sights and you havethe target.
(00:30):
That's what you're eitherputting your sights on or lining
up your sights for your frontsight, all that stuff.
And you have to know how yoursights work and you have to know
what you're aiming at.
If you think you're ever goingto hit it, you have to know what
you're aiming at, right.
So what are we aiming for insanctification?
What was the nation Israelaiming for?
Well, of course, we've alreadydiscussed it the aim was to
(00:56):
learn loyalty to God through hisword.
For him, that meant meditatingupon the Mosaic law day and
night, so that they would beable to keep it and therefore
find success.
And that's what you find in thetime of Solomon, right,
Tremendous success, becauseyou're talking about not just
one generation, but you're inlike the fourth or fifth
generation, okay, From Boaz toObed to David, and now you've
got Solomon.
You've got at least four, maybeeven more generations back
(01:16):
behind that that have beenbuilding loyalty to God and
passing it on.
So this becomes the idea thatwe want to work with in the time
of David and that's the aim ofsanctification and what it looks
like when we move into what Icall advanced sanctification.
(01:36):
Advanced sanctification isbasically the idea of your now
seeing that the Bible applies toevery area of life and there's
no area of life that you can gointo.
That is a separate compartmentthat God doesn't have anything
to say about.
God has spoken to every area oflife.
Now, the Bible is not amathematics textbook, but it
(01:59):
contains the presuppositionsunderlying mathematics, In other
words, why mathematics worksand who established and governs
the universe so that math worksright.
The Bible is not a biologytextbook, but it definitely
contains the presuppositionsunderneath our biology and the
(02:21):
principles that are involved,that these things are the way
they are because God designedthings in a certain pattern.
So we can't say, well, I'mgoing to just be a biologist and
go through the secular blah,blah, blah and accept all the
humanist philosophy and garbageto put it French, garbage that's
underlying their underlyingpresuppositions.
(02:44):
No, we have to start with.
The God of the Bible is theultimate presupposition for
biology, and what we'rediscovering in the design
features that he has built intoorganisms the DNA, the
endoplasmic reticulum, theribosomes, all that transfer RNA
, messenger RNA, all this very,very complicated stuff that
people look at and say, wow,this is so neat.
And I'm like, yeah, but youwon't take the next step,
(03:10):
Because the next step is how didall this get there?
Like, where is all thisinformation coming from?
Information doesn't come out ofnothing.
Information comes out of a mind, a mind that puts information
there.
So in advanced, I'm just tryingto give you the idea that in
advanced sanctification, you'rebeginning to see that every area
of life is rooted back to andrelated to God in some way.
So let's talk about what thisresults in.
(03:30):
This results in what we call ahigh biblical culture.
So here are the big ideas forthe aim of sanctification.
When you're talking aboutadvanced sanctification that you
see in the time of Solomon,when there was so much blessing,
it says in the text of thosepages that you know everything.
In the time of Solomon, whenthere was so much blessing, it
says in the text of those pagesthat everything in the temple
that was engraved in cedar andall this was then covered in
(03:51):
gold.
Everything was covered in goldand it says silver was not used
in that day.
It wasn't considered valuable.
So everything was just gold.
He was bringing in 666 talentsof gold a year gold.
He was bringing in 666 talentsof gold a year, which is 666
times.
(04:11):
Let's just say somewhere around70 to 80 pounds of gold they
were bringing in every year.
He built a naval fleet down inthe Red Sea.
I mean like he was going allover the world sending ships out
, you know, discovering things,and bringing back all sorts of
different trees it talks aboutalmond trees and all sorts of
very interesting things thatwere coming to Israel, because
Israel was just like the centerof everything.
So that was a biblical cultureand we want to talk a little bit
(04:35):
about that with the connectionto the golden era.
So the first point is biblicalculture is a byproduct of
advanced sanctification.
What does this mean?
Okay, this means, number one,you're educated in the
Scriptures.
But it means a little more thanjust being educated in the
Scriptures.
It means being educated in theScriptures to the point you're
able to explain the Scripturesto other people.
(04:57):
Can you explain to someone elsewhat you know or think you know
.
The best test to know if youreally know something is if you
can explain it to someone else,and so advanced sanctification
is being educated in theScriptures to the point you can
(05:18):
explain it, articulate it tosomeone else.
And also this another thingthat is related to it is you
yourself are applying thescriptures to your own life.
You yourself are applying thescriptures to your own life.
It's not just all you know uphere and like, oh, I know so
much theology.
This is what every seminarystudent thinks.
They get out and they're like,oh, I know all this stuff, I sat
(05:39):
under the best professors.
This is what you thought, too,whenever you went through
whatever discipline you wentthrough to study, and you, oh, I
went to the best schools and Iknow all this stuff.
Yeah, but you haven't got outthere and applied it.
That's just theoretical.
You actually need time in lifeto have the situations arise
where you have to apply what youlearn, Because those situations
(06:02):
don't come up instantaneously.
So education is, is in.
In one sense, it's a.
It's just a way to compact alot of information and give it
to you, and most of the times,the people who are learning that
say why will I ever need this.
You haven't lived long enoughto need it.
That when you see that, thenyou go, oh, okay, but you
(06:24):
probably won't see it untilyou're 45 or 50 years old Okay.
And people who are older thanme?
They're saying, well, no, youreally won't see it until you're
65 years old.
And that may be Okay Because Istill don't have all the
experiences I could have thatrequire me to apply the things
I've learned.
Speaker 1 (06:41):
Thank you for joining us on Beyond the Walls with
Jeremy Thomas.
If you would like to see thevisuals that went along with
today's sermon, you can findthose on Rumble and on YouTube
under Spokane Bible Church.
That is where Jeremy is thepastor and teacher.
We hope you found today'slesson productive and useful in
(07:02):
growing closer to God andwalking more obediently with Him
.
If you found this podcast to beuseful and helpful, then please
consider rating us in yourfavorite podcast app, and until
next time, we hope you have ablessed and wonderful day.
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