Sanctification is the act of being made holy and set apart by God for service in His kingdom. It is also a gift from God through the sacrifice of Christ Jesus at Golgotha that the Believer receives immediately but grows into gradually over time. The sanctification is ready, pure and holy for the Believer right away, but the flesh needs time to recover, to heal and be delivered from a lifetime of sin.
However, please do not take it lightly that you received the "impartation" of sanctification not the ability to "imitate" the sanctified life. The expectation of the Lord God is that we exhibit the perfect qualities of sanctification through our mortal bodies as did Christ Jesus. It ain't easy; but it can be done!
This impartation happens as a result of God's grace through faith in the One who became sanctification for me; the One who died for me and the One who lived for me (through His Spirit). What is this gift? It is the gift of His patience, love, holiness, purity, faith and godliness manifested through every soul.
Sanctification is not drawing from Jesus the ability to be holy...it is drawing from Jesus the (very same) holiness that was transferred to and exhibited by Him from the Father
Imitation is impersonation. It is advanced behavior whereby an individual observes and then attempts to replicate the traits and characteristics of another. It is the will of God that we receive Christ and not be a "knock-off" imitation of His mortal body. It is His intention that we receive and become all the perfect qualities that are exhibited in true sanctification where the Believer can only be kept by the power of God! Selah...
"But of Him you are in Christ Jesus, who became for us wisdom from God - and righteousness and sanctification and redemption..." (1Corinthians 1:30)
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