<TITLE>08. Par 21-23</TITLE>L-21 Jude, the servant of Jesus Christ, the brother of James, to them that are sanctified by God the Father, and preserved in Jesus Christ, and called:
I just love that address. I like the way he places that out there. Now, look. This letter is not written to unbelievers. Notice, he's--he states specifically, "to them that are sanctified." As I heard our brother speaking awhile ago on his little boy being sanctified... How many believes in sanctification, say, "Amen." That's right. Without holiness, no man shall see God.
Hebrews 13: 12 and 13, said, "Jesus suffered without the gate that He might sanctify the people with His own blood. Let us go forth to Him bearing the reproach."
Now, sanctification is a cleansing, cleaning up of the spirit, getting ready for the baptism of the Holy Spirit. Justification is believing on the Lord. And you're justified by faith, Romans 8:1, "Therefore being justified by faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ": Romans, 8:1.
Hebrews 13 and 12 and 13 is sanctification, and Luke 24:49, He said, "Tarry ye in the city of Jerusalem, until you're endued with power from on high."

L-22 The first thing, there's a glass laying out in the hog pen, chicken yard, whatever it is. You want to use it. The first thing, you pick it up. That's justification. You've got it in your hand. You can't use it yet; it needs to be cleansed. Then you take it in; you wash it, sterilize it, boil it, and takes all the germs and the--out of it. That's what God does through sanctification: takes all the desire of sin out of your heart, cleans you up. And then you are a candidate for the filling of the Holy Spirit. See? Then the word "sanctify" means "to be cleansed and set aside for service." That's the Old Testament: the altar sanctified the vessels. And cleansed and set aside for service is not "in service." It's "set aside for service." And when it's "in service," "Blessed are they that hunger and thirst after righteousness for they shall be filled." The Holy Spirit comes in and fills up that vessel till running over, bubbling over, and then you're "in" the service of the Lord.

L-23 I seen a little woman so backwards she couldn't hardly raise her hand, when the insurance man come to the door, kinda cowed down... And let her go down and get an old fashion case of salvation, I'm telling you, she could testify that'll just make your heart quiver (That's right.); because something has happened to her.
Jude's addressing that group of people:
... to those that are sanctified by God the Father and preserved in Jesus Christ and called.
Now, he's addressing this to the church, not to the outside world. Just like in Ephesians, Paul, fixing to speak of grace through redemption, through election, he addresses his letter directly. Now, the Acts of the Apostles are showing what the acts, the Holy Spirit did by the apostles: how He showed signs, and wonders, and give visions and so forth. That is kindy like the history of what the Holy Spirit did. But these letters are directed to the saints in the church, this letter directed directly to them.


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