Sanctification

Sanctification or in its verb form, sanctify (Hebrew קדש Strongs H6942: qadash), "to consecrate, sanctify, prepare, dedicate, be hallowed, be holy, be sanctified, Betroth, be dedicated, be separate, to make holy or sacred" (from the Latin verb sanctificare, which in turn derives from sanctus, "holy" and facere, "to make"). The Greek word is agiasmos (Greek: άγιασμος), meaning "consecration, holiness, or sanctification." It comes from the root agios (άγιος), which means "holy devoted to the gods." Sanctification then, refers to the state or process of being set apart or made holy. What is often missed, or overlooked, is the relational aspect that is associated with the word sanctification.

Only God is truly holy. Everything else, whether things or people, is holy only because of its relationship to God. What Jesus meant when He said,

"...Holy Father, protect them by the power of your name—the name you gave me—so that they may be one as we are one "
(John 17:11)

was that He is Holy because Jesus was, is, and will be one with the Father—without beginning, without end (see also: John 1:1 and John 1:1-30 in context).

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