Sanctification Archives - Sermon Illustration Ideas

The Forgiveness Cycle

Confession, Forgiveness, Grace, Repentance, Sanctification

Dissonance is a musical term that indicates a lack of harmony. Cognitive dissonance is having disharmony in our thoughts. It happens when our idea…

Divine Work of Art

Divine, Salvation, Sanctification

In The Problem of Pain, C. S. Lewis writes of how pain can refine us and how though we would wish for it less, yet…

Proof of Purchase

Christian Life, Discipleship, Salvation, Sanctification

Have you ever tried to return something to the store without a receipt? It can sometimes be a hassle, because your receipt is the easiest…

Happily-Ever-After Moments

Christian Living, Growth, Movies, Sanctification

In a movie or sitcom, so many of life’s problems or grand adventures happen in less than three hours. One short montage wraps up…

A Balanced Approach

Faith, Forgiveness, Gift, Grace, Salvation, Sanctification, Sin

Recidivism is a problem in the American justice system. Recidivism refers to the likelihood of an individual who has been released committing a crime…

Grace Empowers

Empowering, Empowerment, Grace, Obedience, Power, Salvation, Sanctification, Strength

Imagine children in a home being told to pick up. They’ll fight the parent over it. They don’t want to do it. But the…

Our Need For Grace

Forgiveness, God's Love, Grace, Love, New Creation, New Life, Salvation, Sanctification, Sin, Struggles

Brennan Manning was a Franciscan priest who struggled with alcoholism. Eventually, his alcoholism led him out of the priesthood. It may come as a…

Use The Tools

Application, Overcoming, Power, Purpose, Salvation, Sanctification, Transformation, Victory

Imagine going to the tech store and inquiring about the latest smartphone. The tech guy begins to explain all of its many features, and…

Rate of Success

Effort, God's Plan, God's Will, Growth, Patience, Preparation, Process, Quick Fix, Sanctification

Isn’t it incredible to think that, in our day, we have access to just about anything and can get just about anything we want…

Running The Race

1 Corinthians 9:24, 2 Corinthians 5:17, Acts 9:1-19, Colossians 1:11, Endurance, Growing, Hebrews 10:36, Hebrews 12:1-3, Matthew 24:13, Paul, Philippians 3:12, Philippians 3:13-14, Salvation, Sanctification, Strength

Olympic runner Dave Wottle can teach us something about running a race: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=120Bi0vhRPg. In the Bible, the Apostle Paul describes the process of sanctification (growing…

Becoming Who You Are

1 John 3:1, 1 Peter 2:2, 2 Peter 3:18, Adoption, Children of God, Christlikeness, Ephesians 4:13-16, Galatians 3:26, Growth, John 1:12, Maturity, Philippians 1:6, Philippians 2:13, Philippians 3:12, Sanctification

This video from Oprah Winfrey shows those first moments when a baby bird is nudged out of the nest by its mother and takes…

Character Development

1 Thessalonians 5:23, 2 Corinthians 5:17, 2 Peter 3:18, Change, Character, Development, Ephesians 4:22-24, Galatians 2:20, Growth, Philippians 1:6, Philippians 2:13, Salvation, Sanctification, Transformation

The best stories have character development. This is where a character changes throughout the events of the story. For example, the 2008 blockbuster movie Iron…

Get Out of Jail Free

1 Thessalonians 5:23, 2 Corinthians 5:17, Change, Galatians 2:20, Galatians 5:16, Heaven, Hell, Life, New Life, Philippians 1:6, Relationship with God, Romans 12:1-2, Romans 6:1-23, Romans 6:6, Salvation, Sanctification, The Gospel, Transformation

One of the best cards you can draw in the game Monopoly is the “get out of jail free” card. It completely lets you…

Grace For The Process

1 Thessalonians 2:13, 1 Thessalonians 5:23, 2 Corinthians 5:17, Change, Colossians 3:10, Grace, Hebrews 2:11, Journey, Marriage, Now And Not Yet, Philippians 1:6, Philippians 2:13, Process, Romans 12:2, Salvation, Sanctification, Transformation

When a bride and groom get married, the bride’s name (usually) changes immediately. One or both of their addresses change and often so do…

God’s Masterpiece

2 Corinthians 3:18, 2 Corinthians 5:17, Ephesians 2:10, Ephesians 4:24, God's Masterpiece, New Creation, New Life, Philippians 1:6, Philippians 2:13, Restoration, Salvation, Sanctification

There was a sad but true incident that took place in an old Spanish church not too long ago. A parishioner took it upon…

Battles We Continue To Fight

1 Corinthians 10:13, 1 John 4:4, 1 Thessalonians 5:23, 2 Corinthians 12:9-10, 2 Corinthians 5:17, Battle, Galatians 2:20, Identity, New Life, Now And Not Yet, Philippians 2:13, Romans 7, Romans 8:1, Salvation, Sanctification, Sinful Nature, Struggles With Sin

Romans 6:8-14 captures the central tension of the Christian life on earth: we have died to sin, but we still sin. Why do we…

Spiritual Cultivation

1 Corinthians 3:7, Effort, Ephesians 3:17, Faith, Farming, Fruit, Fruit of the Spirit, Galatians 5:22-23, Galatians 6:9, Gardening, God's Work, Grace, John 15:5, Philippians 2:12, Philippians 2:13, Psalm 1:1-3, Reaping, Sanctification, Sowing, Spiritual Growth

There’s one type of image that pops up in Scripture repeatedly when describing the growth of Christians—farming or gardening. Perhaps we should think of…