2. The Concluding Petition. 5:23-24
V.23 a) Complete - In Sanctification. (What God will do)
I. He is the God of peace, but also has the peace of God. Phil.4:7 Meaning that absolute peace is in God and that He gives that peace in Christ.
II. The Quality aspect: Sanctification
Sanctify means to set aside; God wants to separate us completely to Himself
to become a most useful vessel but He needs a willing heart!
III. The Quantity aspect: Wholeness
God’ s plan for every believer is to be preserved in sanctification so that
blamelessness would also be preserved at Christ’ s coming.
IV. The definition of the triune man: Heb.4:12; Rom.7:17-23
1. Body - (Gr. sooma) The physical aspect of man that is used to relate to the physical part of the universe.
A. Consists of: Physical senses - seeing, hearing, touching, smelling, tasting.
B. The body gives awareness of the natural.
2. Soul - (Gr. psuchee) The psychological aspect of man that is used to relate to the psychological part of the universe.
A. Consists of: Psychological senses - Thinking, reasoning, personality, character.
B. The soul gives awareness of self.
3. Spirit - (Gr, pneuma) The spiritual side of man that is used to relate to the spiritual side of the universe.
A. Consists of: Spiritual senses - Perceiving, intuition, conscience.
B. The spirit gives awareness of God.
C. The spirit is foremost created to have communion with God. D. When God communicates with believers He foremost speaks to their spirits.
E. The spirit also has senses to see, hear, taste, touch, smell or believers would be blind and etc.
when they enter heaven after the physical death.
V. Some Scriptural references to the operation of the spirit. The spirit can:
1. Rejoice or be angry. Luke 1:47; Eccl.7:9
2. Slumber or be fervent. Rom.11:8; 12:11; Acts 18:25
3. Be haughty, proud and hardened. Prov.16:18; Eccl.7:8; Deut.2:30
4. Be humble and gentle. Prov.16:19; 29:23; Isaiah 57:15; 1.Cor.4:21; 1.Pet.3:4 5. Knows. 1.Cor.2:11
6. Be moved. Ezra 1:5
7. Be overwhelmed. Psalms 77:3; 142:3; 143:4
8. Perceive. Mark 2:8
9. Speak, pray, sing, bless and worship. 1.Cor.14:2, 14-16; John 4:24
10. Be willing. Exod.35:21; Matt.26:41
11. Be witnessing. Rom.8:16
12. Be calm or restless. Prov.17:27; 2.Cor.2:13
13. Be revived, stirred, quickened and refreshed.
Gen.45:27; Isaiah 57:15; 1.Chron.5:26; 2.Chron.21:16; 36:22;
Hag.1:14; 1.Cor.16:18; 2.Cor.7:13
14. Be strengthened and strong. Eph.3:16; Luke 2:40
15. Be troubled, heavy, sorrowful, sad, wounded, grieved, groaning, anguished and broken.
Gen.41:8; Exod.6:9; 1.Sam.1:15; Job 7:11; Psalms 51:17; Prov.15:13; 17:22; 18:14;
Isaiah 54:6; 61:3; 65:14; Dan.2:1; 7:15; Mark 8:12; John 11:33; 13:21
VI. The spirit, soul and body can be likened to the tabernacle:
The body is the outer court, the soul is the holy place and the spirit is the holy of holies.
V.24 b) Calls - But also Succeeds. (Why God will do it)
God is faithful to accomplish complete sanctification and blamelessness in our lives,
but He needs a continual willing corporate soul. 1.Cor.1:9; 2.Thess.3:3