Keeping Our Soul in Sanctification

 

Keeping Our Soul in Sanctification

Phil. 2:13 "For it is God who operates in you both the willing and the working for His good pleasure"

Rom. 12:2 "Be transformed by the renewing of the mind that you may prove what the will of God is, that which is good and well-pleasing and perfect"

 

Category	Specific Item	Meaning	Method	Example	Application	Related Scriptures
Overall Concept	Core Definition	Cooperate with God to keep our soul in sanctification by clearing the three main "arteries" of our psychological heart	Thoroughly confess to the Lord, stay before Him to receive His shining and exposure	Be examined under the divine microscope, confessing specific sins	Spend sufficient time clearing blockages, experiencing the resurrection of our whole being	1 John 1:5-9 "God is light... If we confess our sins, He is faithful and righteous to forgive us our sins" Rom. 12:2 "Be transformed by the renewing of the mind that you may prove what the will of God is, that which is good and well-pleasing and perfect"
Mind Artery	Mind Renewal	Our mind must be renewed to become the mind of Christ	Confess all sinful things in our thoughts and natural understanding	"Lord, my understanding of married life is completely natural, save me from this"	Ask the Lord to shine on and expose our mind, confess natural understanding of family and work
	Problem Diagnosis	Mind is full of filth, thinking patterns are natural and unspiritual	Come before the Lord for shining: "Lord, expose my mind, bring me completely into Your light"	Confess that understanding of husband, wife, children is all natural, not spiritual at all	According to the Lord's shining, confess difficulties in thinking one by one	Phil. 2:2,5 "Have this mind in you, which was also in Christ Jesus" Eph. 3:17,19 "That Christ may make His home in your hearts... that you may be filled unto all the fullness of God"
Emotion Artery	Love's Saturation	Emotions must be touched and saturated by Christ's love	Confess the naturalness and impropriety of emotional expressions	Confess "many times I hate what I should love and love what I should hate"	Examine and confess natural manifestations in joy, sorrow, love and hate
	Expression Pattern	Expression of joy and sorrow should be spiritual, not natural	See the impropriety of emotional use in the light of the sanctuary	"My way of expressing joy and sorrow is natural and fleshly"	Feel ashamed of natural, fleshly emotional expressions and confess	Phil. 1:8 "How I long after you all in the inward parts of Christ Jesus"
Will Artery	Conquest and Infusion	Will must be conquered and infused by the resurrected Christ	Confess the germs of rebellion in will and past wrong decisions	Confess "years ago I did wrong in a certain matter, wronged a certain brother or sister"	Come before the Lord specifically regarding our will for thorough and detailed exposure	Phil. 2:13 "For it is God who operates in you both the willing and the working for His good pleasure"
	Submission Issue	See how rebellious we are, not knowing what it means to submit to the Lord	Be examined under the divine microscope	The Lord shows you specific rebellious acts and wrong decisions from the past	Each time we need to confess, be thankful for being exposed in His light	Songs 4:4a, 7:4a (will like a victorious tower)
Integrated Application	Love the Lord with Whole Being	Love the Lord your God with all your heart, soul, mind, and strength	After all three arteries are healthy, able to love the Lord completely	Love the Lord with mind, emotion, and will all cleansed and renewed	Love the Lord with our whole being in daily life	Mark 12:30 "You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, and with all your soul, and with all your mind, and with all your strength"
Practical Steps	Shining and Exposure	Let the Lord completely shine on and expose all parts of our soul	Stay before the Lord for a long time in fellowship with Him	"Lord, shine on me, expose my mind, emotion, and will"	Need a long time of being with the Lord to receive exposure	1 John 1:7 "If we walk in the light as He is in the light"
	Confession and Cleansing	According to the Lord's exposure, confess shortcomings, mistakes, failures, errors, evil deeds and sins	According to the Lord's exposure, confess specific sins one by one	Separately confess specific sin items regarding mind, emotion, and will	Each time we need to confess and receive the Lord's forgiveness and cleansing	1 John 1:9 "If we confess our sins, He is faithful and righteous to forgive us our sins and cleanse us from all unrighteousness"
Final Result	Resurrection of Whole Being	Feel that our whole being is alive and in very healthy condition	Clear the blockages of the three main arteries	Mind, will, and emotions are all very healthy, all filth has been dug out	Able to prove God's good, well-pleasing, and perfect will	Rom. 12:2 "That you may prove what the will of God is, that which is good and well-pleasing and perfect"
Cooperation with God	Sanctification Process	Keeping our soul in sanctification requires cooperation with God	God operates, we cooperate in willing and working	God operates within us, enabling us to will and work	Actively cooperate with God in the sanctification process

  

Key Points Summary: 

• Core Concept: Cooperating with God to keep our soul in sanctification by clearing three main arteries (mind, emotion, will)
• Essential Method: Thorough confession before the Lord with His shining and exposure
• Final Goal: Complete resurrection of our being with healthy mind, emotion, and will

 

Conclusion:

This process requires spending adequate time before the Lord for thorough confession and cleansing. When the three main arteries of our psychological heart are cleared, our whole being becomes alive and healthy, enabling us to love the Lord with our entire being and prove His good, well-pleasing, and perfect will.

  

*Please refer to the June 2025 Summer Training, General Topic: Experiencing, Enjoying, and Manifesting Christ (III), Chapter 5: The Reason for Our Being Blameless in Holiness and the Reason for Our Perfect Sanctification of Our Spirit, Soul, and Body