11. he that sanctifieth--Christ who once for all consecrates His
people to God
(Jude 1,
bringing them nigh to Him as the consequence) and everlasting glory, by
having consecrated Himself for them in His being made "perfect (as
their expiatory sacrifice) through sufferings"
(Heb 2:10;
Heb 10:10, 14, 29;
Joh 17:17, 19).
God in His electing love, by Christ's finished work, perfectly
sanctifies them to God's service and to heaven once for all:
then they are progressively sanctified by the transforming
Spirit "Sanctification is glory working in embryo; glory is
sanctification come to the birth, and manifested" [ALFORD].
they who are sanctified--Greek, "they that are being
sanctified" (compare the use of "sanctified,"
1Co 7:14).
of one--Father, God: not in the sense wherein He is Father of
all beings, as angels; for these are excluded by the argument
(Heb 2:16);
but as He is Father of His spiritual human sons, Christ the Head
and elder Brother, and His believing people, the members of the body
and family. Thus, this and the following verses are meant to justify
his having said, "many sons"
(Heb 2:10).
"Of one" is not "of one father Adam," or "Abraham," as
BENGEL and others suppose. For the Saviour's
participation in the lowness of our humanity is not mentioned
till
Heb 2:14,
and then as a consequence of what precedes. Moreover, "Sons of
God" is, in Scripture usage, the dignity obtained by our union with
Christ; and our brotherhood with Him flows from God being
His and our Father. Christ's Sonship (by generation) in
relation to God is reflected in the sonship (by adoption) of His
brethren.
he is not ashamed--though being the Son of God, since
they have now by adoption obtained a like dignity, so that His majesty
is not compromised by brotherhood with them (compare
Heb 11:16).
It is a striking feature in Christianity that it unites such amazing
contrasts as "our brother and our God" [THOLUCK].
"God makes of sons of men sons of God, because God hath made of the Son
of God the Son of man" [ST. AUGUSTINE on Psalm 2].
JFB.
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