A container is washed before pouring anything valuable into it. Similarly, God cleanses in from the impurity of what sin did to us, so that we can be sanctified for his glory.
Sanctification implies that we are seperated (not only from sin, but also from the things of this world) for God so that his holiness can be imparted unto us. This was God's glorious aim in redeeming us from our sins and reconciling us to God.
Jesus's sancitificaton enabled his shed blood to break the curse of the law, redeem us from our sins and reconcile us back to God. Jesus didn't submit to his will (inspite of being tempted in the garden of Gethsemane). He submitted himself and his will to the will of the father.
Sanctificaton does not happen without our will. Unlike grace and salvation, sancitifaction happens purely by our efffort. We submit ourself to God and allow God to take control of our lives. God alone should be sole possesor. It cannot be God and something/someone else.
In doing so, it should be in our eagerness to know what the will of our father is and allow it to happen in our lives. We submit ourselves daily unto God no matter what! Temptation will come along, but knowing that this blood cleanses us continously enables us to walk over tempatation and not allow it to dwell in us.
God's holiness should take roots and penetrate deep down our lives. This is the reason why the blood was shed for us.
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