Topic: CALLED UNTO HOLINESS
Memorise: But I say unto you, Love your enemies, bless them that curse you, do
good to them that hate you, and pray for them which despitefully use you, and
persecute you; Matthew 5:44
Bible Text: Matthew 5:43-48, Bible in one year: 2nd Chronicles
23:16-25:13, Luke 24:36-53
The call to salvation is a call to holiness. The day you were invited
to receive Jesus Christ as Lord and Saviour, you were automatically called to a
life of holiness. The Bible in 1st Thessalonians 4:7 says:
“For God hath not called us unto uncleanness, but
unto holiness”
Have you responded to this call? The reason why many Christian leaders
are heading for Hell today is because they have not answered the call to
holiness. This ingredient is so indispensable to the Christian faith that
having salvation without holiness is like leaving the substance and taking the
chaff that can be easily blown away. Without sanctification, the salvation
experience may not know stability. The accounts for the rising-and-falling
syndrome being experienced by many Christians. When you are sanctified after
receiving Christ into your heart, your faith in Christ is given the strong
roots it needs. Hence, when the winds of affliction, temptation, persecution
and other challenges of life blow, your faith in Christ will be unshaken,
because it is deeply rooted. While the experience of salvation is akin to
cruising in God’s shallow waters, experience sanctification is like launching
out into the deep oceans of God’s nature. You need this experience!
When you are sanctified and behave irrationally. What they need is
sanctification. When you are holy, you are not easily provoked. In fact, after
several failed deliberate attempts to make you angry, people will wonder
whether you can ever get annoyed. If you are sanctified, you will find it
impossible to cheat anyone, how much more your fellow Christian Brother. With a
sanctified heart, you will easily forgive your persecutors like Stephen and
Jesus did. You will make excuses for those who fall below your expectations.
You will have grace to love the unlovable, and pray for those who spitefully
use you. When Jesus gave the instruction in today’s reading, He was actually
calling us to holiness. Have you accepted this call? Have you received a new
heart?
Prayer point: Father, as I renew my mind with Your Word, sanctify me wholly that I
may live to please you.
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