Why have we been washed, sanctified, and justified according to 1 Corinthians 6:11?
Scripture says believers are washed, sanctified, and justified in the name of the Lord Jesus and by the Spirit of our God. This occurs as a result of God's grace, the finished work of the cross, and faith in it, with the triune God—Father, Son, and Holy Spirit—accomplishing salvation for sinful people.
Les explains that 1 Corinthians 6:11 reveals the working of all three persons of the Godhead. God the Father in heaven looks down on sinful men; the Holy Spirit convicts sinful men of the finished work of God the Son. The whole triune God comes in and washes people who were no different from the Corinthians. Les notes that even if we were not steeped in idolatry or gross immorality, the potential was there, and our hearts were born as wicked as theirs. But by the grace of God, the finished work of the cross, and faith in it, we too have been washed, sanctified, and justified.
And such were some of you: but ye are washed, but ye are sanctified, but ye are justified in the name of the Lord Jesus, and by the Spirit of our God.
More Questions
Who washes, sanctifies, and justifies believers in 1 Corinthians 6:11?
In 1 Corinthians 6:11, the washing, sanctification, and justification of sinners is the work of the whole triune God—the Father, the Holy Spirit, and God the Son.
What does it mean to be 'washed' in 1 Corinthians 6:11?
To be 'washed' in 1 Corinthians 6:11 means to be clean.
What does Paul mean when he says believers "are washed"?
Paul's "washed" in 1 Corinthians 6:11 refers not to cleansing by water but to being cleansed by a sovereign act of God.