Sanctification – Grace Evangelical Society

Abiding in Christ Is Not the Same as Being Saved

September 19, 2023 by Kenneth Yates in Blog - 2 Kgs 25:8-17, Fellowship, John 15:1-5, Sanctification

In John 15:5, the Lord says, “I am the vine, you are the branches. He who abides in Me, and I in Him, bears much fruit.” This verse is often used by Bible teachers, preachers, and even seminary professors, to argue that all believers bear spiritual fruit. They maintain that “abiding in Christ” is the

Spiritual Psychological Warfare

September 5, 2023 by Kenneth Yates in Blog - 2 Kgs 18:17-35, mind, Rom 12:1-2, Sanctification, temptation

Every war utilizes what military people call “psyops.” It is a shortened way of saying psychological operations. This psychological warfare is an attempt to get into the heads of the enemy’s soldiers. The goal is to discourage them. This would make them less effective in fighting or maybe even convince them to give up altogether.

Is Faith Quantitative?

July 18, 2023 by Kenneth Yates in Blog - Christian Growth, Faith, Matt 15:28, Matt 8:10, Sanctification

A friend of mine recently had a great way to describe faith. He said it is a state. It is not quantitative. We usually don’t use such words to define faith, but they are very appropriate. Most people think of faith as quantitative; they think we can measure how much we believe something. For example,

Believing What You Hear (Mark 7:25)

March 17, 2023 by Kenneth Yates in Blog - Faith, Sanctification

To believe something is to be convinced that it is true. To believe in Jesus Christ for eternal life is to be convinced that He gives it to you by faith in Him alone. But there are many other things that the believer is called to believe in after he has received eternal life. When

Delivered by the Death of Christ (Galatians 1:4)

January 3, 2023 by Kenneth Yates in Blog - Galatians, law, Sanctification, spirit

As Christians, we recognize the importance of the death of Christ on the cross. In fact, it is impossible to overstate the importance of what He did. In that death He paid for the sins of the whole world (1 John 2:2). Because of that payment, all who believe in Him for eternal life are

Using What We Have Been Given (Rom 8:11)

December 29, 2022 by Kenneth Yates in Blog - rewards, Rom 8:11, Sanctification, spirit

All of us have probably tackled a job without realizing that we had a tool right next to us that would have made the job much easier. In fact, because we did not use that tool, we may not have been able to complete the job at all. Only later did we realize that we

The Most Attractive Person that Ever Lived (Isaiah 53:2)

December 22, 2022 by Kenneth Yates in Blog - deity, humanity, Isaiah 53, Sanctification

Recently, I was talking with a friend who worked with the ministry called Young Life. It is an organization that focuses on young people. Its founder was Jim Rayburn. My friend told me that Rayburn often began his messages to teenagers with a statement that would get their attention. He would say, “Jesus Christ is

Delivered by the Death of Christ (Galatians 1:4)

December 13, 2022 by Kenneth Yates in Blog - Galatians, law, Sanctification, spirit

Remember Who You Are (Ephesians 4:1-2)

December 8, 2022 by Kenneth Yates in Blog - child of God, Church, Eph 4:1, Sanctification

I, therefore, the prisoner of the Lord, beseech you to walk worthy of the calling with which you were called, with all lowliness and gentleness, with longsuffering, bearing with one another in love… Wealthy people in the first century hired tutors to play a large role in raising their sons. These tutors would teach them

Christians and Civil Bravery in Hostile Societies

April 14, 2022 by Shawn Lazar in Blog - Quaker, Sanctification, Thomas Kelly

Thomas Kelly (1893-1941) was a Quaker philosopher and writer. Kelly’s son wrote a biography of his father (see here), in which he tells of what happened when Kelly was sent to Nazi Germany in the summer of 1938, out of concern for the welfare of Quakers who were feeling the oppression of life under Hitler.