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@Darrell C,
Given the word sanctified derives its meaning from the context, how about we consult the very Writer of Hebrews
Hebrews 13:12 (KJV)
Wherefore Jesus also, that he might sanctify the people with his own blood, suffered without the gate.
The blood sanctifies men. So if you fantasize a different meaning to sanctify in the subject verse, the burden of proof quadruples. You have to walk me through scriptures where the blood of Jesus sanctified him.
And I can't stop emphasizing that ALL references to the Blood are without exception references to its sin cleansing power.....except this if your imagination is anything to go by
That's not the context of Hebrews 10, so, take your own advice and understand it...in it's context.
No-one denies we are sanctified by the Blood, which I why I have repeatedly presented this...
Hebrews 10:10-14
King James Version (KJV)
10 By the which will we are sanctified through the offering of the body of Jesus Christ once for all.
11 And every priest standeth daily ministering and offering oftentimes the same sacrifices, which can never take away sins:
12 But this man, after he had offered one sacrifice for sins for ever, sat down on the right hand of God;
13 From henceforth expecting till his enemies be made his footstool.
14 For by one offering he hath perfected for ever them that are sanctified.
Now, what you do, when you have those in Chapter Ten being sanctified by the Blood of Christ and then coming under eternal judgment (drawing back unto perdition) is...
...nullify what the Writer states here.
What this teaches is that we are sanctified once (for all is an insertion) and those who are sanctified by His Sacrifice are made perfect...
...for ever.
You negate this statement with your view.
Now, you say I deny that men are sanctified by His Blood, when I have repeatedly stated they are over and over. Hence we continue on this merry-go-round because you refuse to understand the context.
Hebrews 10 has one over-riding context, which is...
...remission (forgiveness) of sins.
The contrast is "The sacrifices of the Law cannot take away sin, and cannot make one complete in regard to remission of sin...
...but Christ's does, and furthermore...for ever."
But because you want to believe that Christ's Sacrifice is faulty, and that people can lose their salvation, you go in circles, making your antagonists repeat the same basic principles over and over.
If you want to believe you can lose your salvation, that is your choice, but, I will tell you that you will be held accountable for that teaching. You teach works-based faith which denies that Christ's Sacrifice does what Scripture states it does, which is save people. Christ bestows eternal life to believers, unlike your view, which simply makes Christ a starting point.
He is the Author and Finisher of our faith, my friend:
Hebrews 12:2
King James Version (KJV)
2 Looking unto Jesus the author and finisher of our faith; who for the joy that was set before him endured the cross, despising the shame, and is set down at the right hand of the throne of God.
I have told you numerous times that you will understand this better if you actually learn what the Writer teaches about perfection. The word here is making the same statement we see in Hebrews 10, and here we are told Christ begins our faith (and that is through the Ministry of the Comforter, which the rejecters "do despite unto")and...
...He, not you, is the Completer.
It's really very simple, Vooks, and would have been understood by those who would have had this read to them, because they (1) would have understood the language of that day, and (2) would not have been injecting spurious false teachings that arose through the centuries, as you do.
God bless.