In Numbers 7:1 is the setting apart of the altar, instruments and vessels and the sanctification of Eleazer which kept the ark of the Lord. First Samuel 7:1 and Joshua 20:7 speak of appointed to sanctification. It means setting apart holy uses. In John 10:36 it speaks of sanctification by His Father. Jesus had no sin because someone with no sin could be purged from sin. He was gloriously sinless and had no need of the Spirit’s work against sin because He was immaculate. Jesus was set apart and removed from every dross or corruption. In John 17:19 Jesus sanctifies Himself so they may be sanctified by His truth and He gave Himself in a special way to the service of Almighty God. He was all about the Father’s business. It was His meat and drink to do God’s will. And the passage in Jude speaks of sanctification by God the Father. He has especially sanctified God’s people. However, it is not the Father alone but the Spirit who work operatively and effectively in the heart of a believer in Christ. In the decree of election He set a people separated unto Himself forevermore. It was the precious gift of His Son to redeem them so they may be holy. His people are sanctified and set apart among men. All Christians are already perfectly sanctified in a past tense. The Father in Christ through His Spirit sets us apart. Before creation they were set apart.
We are legally set apart by the purchase of Christ. We are also set apart manifestly and visibly by the effectual calling of the Spirit of divine power, grace and truth. We are at all periods sanctified. The Father sanctifies us unto the Lord forever.
