Jude 1:1

Sanctified in Christ Jesus. (1 Corinthians 1:2)

Through sanctification of the Spirit. (1 Peter 1:2)

Notice the union of the Three Divine Persons in all their gracious acts. How unwisely those believers speak who make preferences among the Persons of the Trinity, who think of Jesus as if he were the embodiment of everything lovely and gracious, while they regard the Father as severely just but lacking kindness.

Equally wrong are those who magnify the decree of the Father and the atonement of the Son so as to devalue the work of the Spirit. In deeds of grace, none of the Persons of the Trinity act independently of the others. They are as united in their deeds as in their essence.

In their love towards the chosen they are one, and in the actions which flow from that great central source they are still undivided. Especially notice this in the matter of sanctification. While we may, without mistake, speak of sanctification as the work of the Spirit, yet we must be careful not to view it as if the Father and the Son had no part in it.

It is correct to speak of sanctification as the work of the Father, of the Son, and of the Spirit. Jehovah still says, Let us make man in our own image after our likeness, and thus we are his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus unto good works, which God hath before ordained that we should walk in them. See the value which God sets upon real holiness, since the Three Persons in the Trinity are represented as co-working to produce a Church without spot, or wrinkle, or any such thing.

And you, believer, as the follower of Christ, must also set a high value on holiness—upon purity of life and godliness of conduct. Value the blood of Christ as the foundation of your hope, but never speak disparagingly of the work of the Spirit, which is your suitability for the inheritance of the saints in light. Today, let us live so as to manifest the work of the Triune God in us.