FULL SALVATION (Sermon Outline)
FULL SALVATION
TEXT: I THESSALONIANS 5:15-24
THEME: The believer is fully saved if he is fully sanctified.
INTRODUCTION:
Evangelical salvation is salvation from sin. There are two classes of sin: the committed and the habitual sin and the sin as a principle in the heart of a man. The word sin which is “hamartia” in Greek denotes the act of disobedience and at the same time a condition or the state of the heart. Salvation is the deliverance from all sin, the habitual and the root of sin. If a believer is only justified and not fully sanctified he is considered as not fully saved yet. He needs the second work of grace of entire sanctification done in the heart through the agency of the Holy Spirit by purifying it from the carnal sin: when these works are accomplished in the life of a believer he is fully saved from sin. How can a believer or a child of God be fully sanctified?
I. FIRSTLY, ONE HAS TO BE SURE HE OR SHE IS REALLY JUSTIFIED AND EXPERIENCES THE REGENERATION (BORN AGAIN) OF THE HOLY SPIRIT.
A. Repentance is fully done. (Isaiah 55:7)
B. Regeneration is experience in the heart. (Titus 3:4, 5)
C. By living Godly and righteously. (Titus 2:11, 12)
II. SECONDLY, ONE HAS TO WALK IN THE LIGHT OF THE WORD OF GOD. (I John 1:7)
A. There is a ready mind to obey what is required of a child of God upon Illumination of the WORD OF GOD.
B. There is an attitude of real love and fellowship with the children of God.
III. THIRDLY, EXERCISE THE NATURAL DUTIES OF THE CHILD OF GOD. (I Thess. 5:15-22)
A. Render not evil for evil, Rejoice evermore, Pray without ceasing, in everything give thanks.
B. Quench not the spirit: despise not prophesying; prove all things, hold fast that which is good, abstain from all appearance of evil.
(NOTE: The approach to entire sanctification is the exercise of all Christian duties known.)
IV. FOURTHLY, CONSECRATE ENTIRE ONE’S PERSON AND ALL TO THE GLORY OF GOD. (Rom. 12:1)
A. Consecration of self is the natural requirement of God from His child.
B. Consecrate to God what He has given you.
A. After fully consecrating one’s self, believe that the work is done in the heart.
B. The altar sanctifies the gift. (Ex.29:37; Matt.23:19)
CONCLUSION:
Entire sanctification gives us holiness in the heart. In regeneration the holy life begins. In full sanctification holiness is completed in the life or soul of the child of God. There is power in living for God in full sanctification. Entire sanctification is full-salvation from sin.
