Hebrews 2:10-11

That is Jesus Christ. He is the Sanctifier! He is the One who sets us apart. It is by Him that we are cleansed. He is the One who administers the Holy Spirit of God. He is our High Priest mediating before God on our behalf. He is the propitiation for our sins. He is the Advocate before the Father. We are His responsibility. And so, He is the One who sanctifies those who are being sanctified—you and me.

Is it not interesting that the verb “being” also indicates a process in progress? Does that not indicate activity—movement—toward an end? Yes it does! And it not only indicates those who are being added to the body as they are led to repentance and faith in Jesus Christ, they are being justified before God. They receive God’s Holy Spirit, and so we see a process in that way. But we also see a process because of what the context is, being perfected through sufferings.

The sanctification, then, becomes more and more specific as the process of perfection—of cleansing—is taking place in our lives. It indicates an ongoing process in those likewise being perfected through suffering.

Hebrews 2:10-11

All what? We are one group, one Family. There is something in the context of Hebrews 2:10-11 and Romans 8 that we have in common with Christ. We are all suffering in this world and in that sense there is a family relationship, a commonality, that ties us together. So it says in verse 11: