Washed, Sanctified And Justified
by Pastor Cornelius R. Stam
“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” (I Cor. 6:11).
The preceding verses of I Cor. 6 contain a long list of vile sins and vices into which men have fallen, and the Apostle adds:
“And such were some of you.”
God’s Church is not made up of “good people” who have never fallen into
sin. It is rather made up of sinners, saved by grace, through the
infinite payment made for sin by Christ on Calvary’s cross.
“And such were some
of you.” Had the Apostle included the more “refined” sins, such as
pride, self-righteousness, etc., he would have had to say: “And such
were all of you.”
Note further, however, that the Apostle says: “And such were
some of you.” Thank God, he goes on to say of those who had been thus
stained with sin: “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.”
How
beautiful these three phrases: “But ye are washed, but ye are
sanctified, but ye are justified”! The word “but” appearing before each
phrase indicates that each should be considered separately. Such vile
creatures were some of you, “but ye are washed,” cleansed from the sins
that contaminated you. “But ye are sanctified.” Having been cleansed you
are now set apart as sacred for His glory. “But ye are justified.” When
God justifies us, who can condemn?
“Who shall lay anything to the charge of God’s elect? It is God that justifieth; who is he that condemneth?”
All this is done for the believing sinner, as our verse says, “in the name of the Lord Jesus, and by the Spirit of our God.”
Les Feldick Ministries
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