Discussion Jumpstarter
Study leader reference - not a definitive answer
Question 4
The speaker describes sanctification as “daily self-examination…self-denial…put off…and put on,” citing 1 Thessalonians 4:3-4 and Romans 12:1—what specific heart-motives or “sinful desires” do you most tend to excuse rather than treat as matters of consecration, and what would it look like to “put on” something concrete in their place?
Another way to ask: What sinful wants or excuses do you usually let slide instead of treating them as part of consecration? What is one clear “put on” habit or action you could replace them with?
Discussion Jumpstarter
Direct Answer
The transcript doesn’t list every specific “heart-motive,” but it does name sexual immorality and the broader habit of excusing “sinful desires” instead of treating them as consecration issues. “Putting on” means replacing what is denied with active obedience—“armor of God,” honor, and living-sacrifice practices.
- Sanctification is “daily self-examination…consecration to God,” involving “separating ourselves from sin and sinful desires.”
- It includes “self-denial” and a deliberate exchange: “put off the works of the flesh and put on the armor of God.”
- He warns sanctification is not only subtraction: “It’s not about just putting off…It’s about putting something on.”
- He cites a concrete example from 1 Thessalonians 4:3-4: “abstain from sexual immorality…possess his vessel in sanctification and honor.”
- He points to Romans 12:1 as the posture: “present our bodies as a living sacrifice…separating ourselves unto God to be holy.”