article 10

1833

The New Hampshire Confession of Faith

TRANSLATED INTO CHEROKEE

ca. 1880 by unidentified translators

published in 1880 in Tahlequah, Oklahoma

X. Of Sanctification ᎠᏓᏅᎦᎸᏗᏱ

We believe that sanctification is the process by which according to the will of God, we

are made partakers of his holiness; that it is a progressive work; that it is begun in

regeneration; and that it is carried on in the hearts of believers by the presence and power

of the Holy Spirit, the Sealer and Comforter, in the continual use of the appointed meansespecially

the Word of God, self-examination, self-denial, watchfulness, and prayer. I

Thess. 4:3; I Thess. 5:23; II Cor. 7:1; II Cor. 13:10; Phil. 3:12-16; I John 2:29; Rom. 8:5;

Eph. 1:4; Pro. 4:18; II Cor. 3:18; Heb. 6:1; II Peter 1:5-8; John 3:6; Phil. 1:9-11; Eph.

1:13-14; Phil. 2:12-13; Eph. 4:11-12; I Peter 2:2; II Peter 3:18; II Cor. 13:5; Luke 11:35;

Luke 9:23; Matt. 26:41; Eph.6:18; Eph.4:30