TOPICAL SERMON OUTLINE (12/07/20)
Growing in sanctification: 1 Thess. 4: 3-8
1. The Introduction: Growing in sanctification.
1.1 Big Idea: To look at two stages of sanctification to encourage us to grow in sanctification.
2. The first stage is to know that sanctification starts at our new birth.
3. The second stage is to know that sanctification is an everyday process.
4. Conclusion: the exhortation: These two stages of sanctification to encourage us to grow in sanctification – will we be encouraged grow in sanctification.
Reflection: Do you know what sanctification is as a Christian? Do we need to grow in sanctification? Do you agree that sanctification starts at new birth? Do you agree that sanctification is an everyday process? Are you growing in sanctification? (Gen. 1: 1, 26-28, 31; 2: 16-17; Lev. 19: 2; Jn. 3: 5; Rom. 5: 12; 6: 6, 11, 13; 8: 13; 10: 9; 1 Cor. 1: 30; 6: 11; Gal. 5: 22, 23, 25; Eph. 1: 4; 2: 1-3; Phil. 2: 12-13; 1 Thess. 4: 3-8; 5: 23; Titus 3: 4-6; Heb. 12: 14; 1 Pet. 1: 16)
