We are all blessed in soooo many ways. Of course, not all blessings are equal. We are all partakers of God's grace, in one way or the other. Of course, not all grace is saving grace. Therefore, when a believer calls the Divine work of heart purification, The Blessing, or says it is a, WORK OF GRACE, he is recognizing that Entire Sanctification is as special as Justification and more significant than many of the other Divine blessings and acts of grace that we enjoy.
ENTIRE SANCTIFICATION...
ENTIRE SANCTIFICATION IS THE WORK OF GOD
Sanctified by God the Father
1 Thessalonians 5:23
(23) And the very God of peace sanctify you wholly; and I pray God your whole spirit and soul and body be preserved blameless unto the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ.
Hebrews 13:20-21
(20) Now the God of peace, that brought again from the dead our Lord Jesus, that great shepherd of the sheep, through the blood of the everlasting covenant,
(21) Make you perfect in every good work to do his will, working in you that which is wellpleasing in his sight, through Jesus Christ; to whom be glory for ever and ever. Amen.
1 Peter 5:10
(10) But the God of all grace, who hath called us unto his eternal glory by Christ Jesus, after that ye have suffered a while, make you perfect, stablish, strengthen, settle you.
Jude 1:1
(1) Jude, the servant of Jesus Christ, and brother of James, to them that are sanctified by God the Father, and preserved in Jesus Christ, and called:
Sanctified by the Sacrifice of Christ
Hebrews 2:9-11
(9) But we see Jesus, who was made a little lower than the angels for the suffering of death, crowned with glory and honour; that he by the grace of God should taste death for every man.
(10) For it became him, for whom are all things, and by whom are all things, in bringing many sons unto glory, to make the captain of their salvation perfect through sufferings.
(11) For both he that sanctifieth and they who are sanctified are all of one: for which cause he is not ashamed to call them brethren,
Hebrews 10:10
(10) By the which will we are sanctified through the offering of the body of Jesus Christ once for all.
Hebrews 10:14
(14) For by one offering he hath perfected for ever them that are sanctified.
Hebrews 10:29
(29) Of how much sorer punishment, suppose ye, shall he be thought worthy, who hath trodden under foot the Son of God, and hath counted the blood of the covenant, wherewith he was sanctified, an unholy thing, and hath done despite unto the Spirit of grace?
Hebrews 13:12
(12) Wherefore Jesus also, that he might sanctify the people with his own blood, suffered without the gate.
Sanctified by the Holy Spirit
Romans 15:16
(16) That I should be the minister of Jesus Christ to the Gentiles, ministering the gospel of God, that the offering up of the Gentiles might be acceptable, being sanctified by the Holy Ghost.
1 Corinthians 6:11
(11) And such were some of you: but ye are washed, but ye are sanctified, but ye are justified in the name of the Lord Jesus, and by the Spirit of our God.
2 Thessalonians 2:13
(13) But we are bound to give thanks alway to God for you, brethren beloved of the Lord, because God hath from the beginning chosen you to salvation through sanctification of the Spirit and belief of the truth:
1 Peter 1:2
(2) Elect according to the foreknowledge of God the Father, through sanctification of the Spirit, unto obedience and sprinkling of the blood of Jesus Christ: Grace unto you, and peace, be multiplied.
INSTRUMENTS OF ENTIRE SANCTIFICATION
Sanctified Through The Word
John 17:17
(17) Sanctify them through thy truth: thy word is truth.
Ephesians 5:26
(26) That he might sanctify and cleanse it with the washing of water by the word,
James 1:21
(21) Wherefore lay apart all filthiness and superfluity of naughtiness, and receive with meekness the engrafted word, which is able to save your souls.
Sanctified Through Faith
Acts 15:9
(9) And put no difference between us and them, purifying their hearts by faith.
Acts 26:18
(18) To open their eyes, and to turn them from darkness to light, and from the power of Satan unto God, that they may receive forgiveness of sins, and inheritance among them which are sanctified by faith that is in me.
Sanctified Through Obedience
Acts 5:32
(32) And we are his witnesses of these things; and so is also the Holy Ghost, whom God hath given to them that obey him.
1 Peter 1:22
(22) Seeing ye have purified your souls in obeying the truth through the Spirit unto unfeigned love of the brethren, see that ye love one another with a pure heart fervently:
