Many benefits come with sanctification and this post will discuss 10 major benefits of sanctification in the lives of believers that makes it easier for one to live a holy life.
Our Lord Jesus Christ has called us unto sanctification so that we can live lives of holiness and righteousness He expects of us due to the new nature sanctification brings.
If you are not a sanctified believer, you will find it hard to live a consistently holy life that’s above sin as the Adamic nature that makes it easy for you to sin is still active in your life.
Only when your heart gets truly sanctified by the Holy Spirit’s power and the cleansing power of the blood will you find it easy to overcome sin and live a life of holiness free from sin.
Having said that, let’s look at the 10 major benefits of sanctification that will remind you why sanctification is vital in the life of every Christian who’s on their way to heaven.
10 Benefits That Come With Sanctification.
Take your time to read the 10 benefits of sanctification in the lives of believers that will help you see the need for sanctification in your life if you are to live a life of holiness.
- Makes Holy Living Easier.
- Prepares Us For Every Good Work.
- Makes It Easy To Overcome Sinful Habits.
- Brings About The New Nature.
- Makes It Easy To Love God Wholeheartedly.
- Makes You Easily Love Others Selflessly.
- Produces The Purity Of Heart.
- Brings About The New Life.
- Makes Obedience To God’s Word Easier.
- Makes You Heaven-Ready.
1. Makes Holy Living Easier.
One of the first benefits of sanctification in the life of every true believer is that it makes it easy for you to live a life of holiness and righteousness that’s free from sin.
God has called us unto sanctification and holiness, which is why Leviticus 20:7,8 tells us in the old testament that we must sanctify ourselves so that we can be holy and righteous even as He’s holy.
Without sanctification, you will struggle a lot with habitual sins which will explain why you find it hard to give up certain sinful habits in your Christian life that are hindering you from living a holy life that’s completely free from the bondage of sin.
Related: 10 Major Reasons Why Is It Difficult To Live A Holy Life.
2. Prepares Us For Every Good Work.
The second benefit of being sanctified as a believer is that it prepares us for every good work meet for the Master’s use in His kingdom.
2 Timothy 2:21 in the new testament tells us if we cleanse ourselves who what’s dishonorable i.e. sin, we will be vessels unto honor, ready for every good work in the Master’s house.
This is only made possible by sanctification which cleanses our inner man by removing the root of sin that we are naturally born with that makes us dirty and vessels unto dishonor as the Lord Jesus Christ only wants holy vessels cleansed from sin to use in His house.
3. Makes It Easy To Overcome Sinful Habits.
Another benefit you will notice when you get sanctified is that you will now find it easy to overcome sin and any sinful habits that you used to find a challenge to overcome when you were unsanctified.
This will be so because of the new nature of Christ created in God’s likeness and righteousness Ephesians 4:24 talks about that will now be active in your life as your old nature of sin will now be done away with at sanctification.
So, if you are struggling with certain sinful habits you are finding hard to overcome, it’s a sign that you need sanctification ASAP. All you need to do is pray for God to sanctify your heart today so that you are no longer enslaved by the sin you may be struggling with.
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4. Brings About The New Nature.
Sanctification also brings about the new nature of Christ Jesus in the life of every genuinely saved believer with a real salvation experience that makes one finds it easy to live a holy life and shun sin.
It’s this new nature found in every sanctified believer we earlier saw in Ephesians 4:24 that will enable you to overcome sin as the old nature of sin that made you a slave to sin is no longer in your life.
If you are finding it hard to live a life of holiness and righteousness, it shows that you need to be sanctified so that this new nature of Christ Jesus that makes one desire righteousness and hate sin is imputed into you. Only then, will you be able to overcome sin.
Related: 13 Characteristics Of The New Nature Of Christ All True Believers Have.
5. Makes It Easy To Love God Wholeheartedly.
Another important benefit that comes with sanctification is that it will make it easy for you to love God with all your heart, soul, and mind as we are commanded in Deuteronomy 6:4-7 in the Old Testament.
Loving God with all our hearts without any rivals as Christians is the most important commandment God has given us in the Bible, which is naturally hard for us to do due to our sinful self that only wants to please itself.
However, when you get sanctified, you will find it easy to love God the way you ought to as the self that makes you not love God the way you ought to has been taken care of. Explaining why you will find it easy to serve God with all your heart after being sanctified.
Related: How To Train Your Heart To Truly Love God Wholeheartedly.
6. Makes You Easily Love Others Selflessly.
Also, when you get sanctified with God’s Holy Spirit in your heart, you will begin to find it easy to selflessly love others with the selfless agape love 1 Corinthians 13:4-8 talks about without any selfish motives or expecting to get something in return.
You need to understand as humans, we are naturally brutally selfish and self-centered creatures which is why we can’t truly love others the way God wants us to if we are not sanctified.
Moreover, if you get sanctified, that selfish nature that naturally makes you self-centered and only loves others if you are benefitting from them is completely removed in your heart so that you can selflessly love others as God’s love is now in your life.
Related: 12 Practical Examples Of Agape Love God Wants Us To Show To Others.
7. Produces The Purity Of Heart.
The purity of heart is also another benefit that will come if you get sanctified. Jesus Christ tells us in Matthews 5:8 that only those with a sanctified pure heart free from sin will ever enter heaven and see God in His full glory.
When your heart becomes sanctified, you will notice that you will no longer have those evil desires that made you fulfill the sinful desires of the flesh you once had.
Instead, your heart after being sanctified will now be holy and pure. You now have pure and holy desires that make you want to be holy and righteous as well as hate the sin you once loved when your old Adamic sinful nature was active before sanctification.
Related: 7 Benefits Of Having A Pure Heart [That’s Heaven-Ready].
8. Brings About The New Life.
You will also have a new life after getting sanctified due to the new birth experience and new nature you will have by the sanctifying power of the Holy Spirit that regenerates one from the inside.
In 2 Corinthians 5:17, we are told that anyone who’s in Christ Jesus becomes a new creation and old things have passed away, and all things have become new. Implying that you will no longer live your old life of sin.
Instead, after experiencing sanctification, you will begin to live a new life characterized by holiness and righteousness. No longer will you desire to go back to your old sinful lifestyle since you are a new creation in Christ.
9. Makes Obedience To God’s Word Easier.
Another benefit of sanctification in the Christian life of every believer is it makes obedience to God’s word easier with His imputed grace in us.
Naturally, our sinful self and the flesh hate to submit to God’s word as God’s word is against everything our sinful self desires to do. It’s why we find obeying God’s word hard if we are unsanctified.
On the other hand, if you get sanctified, obeying God’s word in totality, not partially will become much easier for you to do and His word won’t be grievous for you to do as 1 John 5:3 tells us since our natural sinful self has been put to death by the sanctification of the heart.
10. Makes You Heaven-Ready.
Last but not least, the last vital benefit of sanctification is it will make you heaven-ready in the sense that you will find it much easier to live a consistent life that’s above sin if you are sanctified.
If you are not sanctified, however, you will find it hard to live a consistently holy life, which is why you will find yourself rising and falling all the time in the same sins as your Adamic sinful nature that makes you prone to sin has not yet been dealt with.
Hebrews 12:14 tells us that without holiness, none will see the Lord. So, if you want to be heaven-ready all the time, be sanctified if you are not yet sanctified. Doing so will make you heaven-ready as you will find it easy to be consistently holy in your Christian life.
Related: How To Get To Heaven According To The Bible [+Sermon].
Conclusion.
Have the above 10 benefits of sanctification in the lives of believers made you understand why you need sanctification in your life to be heaven-ready? If so, drop a comment below, and do not forget to share before you leave. Stay blessed.
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The write up is an eye opening. Holiness seems impossible because of my cultural background which affirms that it is not possible to move without your head shaking. l now realise that sanctification is a gift of God that will help a willing soul to move away from sin. As l embrace sanctification this morning, l pray it will continually improve in my life unto the glorious morning.
Glad you enjoyed the post. God bless.