Sanctifying Grace - Rev Isaac Tan

𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐛𝐥𝐨𝐨𝐝 𝐨𝐟 𝐉𝐞𝐬𝐮𝐬 𝐢𝐬 𝐨𝐧 𝐮𝐬. 𝐖𝐞 𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐬𝐚𝐯𝐞𝐝, 𝐰𝐞 𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐫𝐞𝐝𝐞𝐞𝐦𝐞𝐝 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐰𝐞 𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐛𝐞𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐬𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐟𝐢𝐞𝐝. 𝐒𝐨 𝐰𝐡𝐞𝐧 𝐆𝐨𝐝 𝐥𝐨𝐨𝐤𝐬 𝐮𝐩𝐨𝐧 𝐮𝐬, 𝐇𝐞 𝐬𝐞𝐞𝐬 𝐉𝐞𝐬𝐮𝐬’ 𝐛𝐥𝐨𝐨𝐝 𝐜𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐮𝐬 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐇𝐢𝐬 𝐟𝐚𝐯𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐬 𝐮𝐩𝐨𝐧 𝐮𝐬.

This sermon on sanctifying grace explored the question "Who am I?" through 1 John 2:1-6. The pastor outlined four key points: We have a goal (to not sin), we have an advocate (Jesus Christ who stands beside us), we are protectors of God's Word (called to guard and be shaped by Scripture), and we are being perfected towards Christ (as God's love accomplishes its purpose in our lives). The sermon emphasized that while sin is serious, our greatest problem is God's wrath—yet Jesus is our propitiation, turning God's wrath away from us. Through Jesus' blood, God looks upon us with favor, transforming us from sinners to sons and daughters as we walk in the same way Christ walked.