RE: Biblical Christianity 101, a study of the book of Romans
November 7, 2015 at 9:57 am
(This post was last modified: November 7, 2015 at 9:59 am by jenny1972.)
God sanctifies (sets apart as holy) those who respond to his truth (John 17:17) in obedience to the gospel. One is sanctified when he is cleansed, which occurs when his faith leads him to demonstrate the death and resurrection of Christ in the washing of water (i.e., burial in water — Romans 6:3-4; Colossians 2:12) by means of the instruction of “the word” (Ephesians 5:26; 1 Corinthians 6:11). The “water” is an allusion to baptism, as virtually all scholars concede.
so then if the gay couple are baptised and married their marriage is a sanctified marriage according to the bible
or should we go to the classical greek interpretation of the word? Basically, to be “sanctified,” carries the idea of “having been separated from (something), set apart.” In classical Greek the concept was that of something “sacred” that is not accessible to the general public.
Herodotus wrote concerning a “sacred grove of plane-trees” where a certain deity was worshipped only by the Carians (5.119), i.e., it was a segregated, separated area.
so then if the gay couple are baptised and married their marriage is a sanctified marriage according to the bible
or should we go to the classical greek interpretation of the word? Basically, to be “sanctified,” carries the idea of “having been separated from (something), set apart.” In classical Greek the concept was that of something “sacred” that is not accessible to the general public.
Herodotus wrote concerning a “sacred grove of plane-trees” where a certain deity was worshipped only by the Carians (5.119), i.e., it was a segregated, separated area.
Imagine there's no heaven It's easy if you try No hell below us Above us only sky Imagine all the people Living for today 
Imagine there's no countries It isn't hard to do Nothing to kill or die for And no religion too Imagine all the people Living life in peace You may say I'm a dreamer But I'm not the only one I hope someday you will join us And the world will be as one - John Lennon
The easy confidence with which I know another man's religion is folly teaches me to suspect that my own is also - Mark Twain
Imagine there's no countries It isn't hard to do Nothing to kill or die for And no religion too Imagine all the people Living life in peace You may say I'm a dreamer But I'm not the only one I hope someday you will join us And the world will be as one - John LennonThe easy confidence with which I know another man's religion is folly teaches me to suspect that my own is also - Mark Twain
