Journal: Central Bible Quarterly
Volume: CENQ 18:2 (Summer 1975)
Article: Sanctification … Or … Saint Paul’s Secret Of Sainthood
Author: Richard V. Clearwaters

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Sanctification … Or … Saint Paul’s Secret Of Sainthood

Richard V. Clearwaters

President, Central Baptist Theological Seminary of Minneapolis

Outline

Subject: Sanctification

Theme: St. Paul’s Secret of Sainthood

Text: Ephesians 5:18, “And be not drunk with wine, wherein is excess; but be filled with the Spirit.”

Introduction:

1. St. Paul’s world which backgrounds the text.

a. The outward ceremonial of Greek culture.

b. The outward restraint of Roman law.

c. The outward law of Hebrew religion.

2. St. Paul’s way of living above his world.

a. The “way” taught by those of Old Testament times.

b. The “way” emphasized in the “days of His flesh.”

c. The “way” with which the New Testament closes.

3. St. Paul’s ageless warning to all Christians.

a. A warning against drinking for pleasure.

b. A warning against drinking to drown troubles.

c. A warning against drinking to gain courage.

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Body:

I. St. Paul’s Secret of Sainthood as Seen in the Person of the Filler:

A. In the Person of the Filler we find the extension of Christ’s own faithfulness.

1–7 Christ’s Name; Teacher; Reminder; Witness; Conviction; Voice; Revealer; Glorifier.

II. St. Paul’s Secret of Sainthood as Seen in the Process of the Filling:

A. The process of the filling as seen in the Greek grammar.

1. The present tense of the verb.

2. The imperative mode of the verb.

B. In the Person of the filler we find the fruitfulness of the believer.

1. The nine fruits of the Spirit.

2. Fruitless lives explained by “grieving” and “quenching” the Spirit.

C. In the Person of the filler we find the believer’s fullness.

1. The Holy Spirit is the substance of the filling.

2. The Holy Spirit is the self of the filler.

3. The passive voice of the verb.

4. The syntax of the sentence.

D. The process of the filling as seen in the only logical conclusions.

III. St. Paul’s Secret of Sainthood as Seen in the Pre-requisites of the filled:

A. Some may require being filled again with the Spirit.

B. Some may...

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