Pastor Jeff Manion continues our Saved series by exploring sanctification—the ongoing process of becoming more like Jesus. We discover that we've been set free from sin's power, not through a one-time fix but through a daily process of walking with Jesus in freedom. We learn that good works are a grateful response to grace already given, not a way to earn God's love, and that sanctification requires both God's work in us and our willing cooperation. We are challenged to cooperate daily with the Holy Spirit's shaping work, trusting that if we've been justified, growth—however uneven—will happen over time.

1 Corinthians 1:18

For the message of the cross is foolishness to those who are perishing, but to us who are being saved it is the power of God.

John 8:34

Jesus replied, “Very truly I tell you, everyone who sins is a slave to sin.

Philippians 2:12-13

¹²Therefore, my dear friends, as you have always obeyed—not only in my presence, but now much more in my absence—continue to work out your salvation with fear and trembling, ¹³for it is God who works in you to will and to act in order to fulfill his good purpose.

1 John 4:7-8

⁷Dear friends, let us love one another, for love comes from God. Everyone who loves has been born of God and knows God. ⁸Whoever does not love does not know God, because God is love.