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WE ARE CALLED UNTO HOLINESS
WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 19
1 Thessalonians 4:7-8

1 Peter 1:13-16

 

“…not called us unto uncleanness,

but unto holiness.”

 

WE ARE CALLED UNTO HOLINESS
 
As Christians, we are all called to a life of holiness. When we were saved, we repented of our sins. We realised the terribleness of sin and the need for forgiveness. We learned that only through the Lord Jesus Christ can our sins be washed away, and only in Christ can we hope to stand pure and clean before the thrice holy God. Through Christ, we now have the assurance that we are justified in the sight of God. Our sins have been cleansed and we have the righteousness of Christ covering us. We are now called “saints”– holy ones.
 
Yes, that is a name that all believers are given. To be a saint means that we are made holy, set apart for God and consecrated to His service. It means that we have been given a divine mandate to pursue a life of holiness. We are to put away the filth and sin that we once revelled in and enjoyed, and seek instead to live in obedience to the Word of God. This is the calling that we must now live up to - a calling unto holiness, and not uncleanness.
 
But how can we live up to this calling? God’s standard for our holiness is that we must be holy, as He is holy. It is a divine calling that God has given to us and cannot be ignored. The promise is that while God’s standards of holiness for us are high, He has also given us the Holy Spirit to guide us (1 Thess 4:8). The Holy Spirit is the One who convicts us of our sins, helps us to understand spiritual things, and guides us into all truth. When we are filled with the Holy Spirit, He is the One who empowers us and enables us to flee from temptation and to seek after righteousness.
 
Let us all therefore yield ourselves to the Spirit’s control. We need God’s grace to enable us to live up to His calling. God has already made us clean through the precious blood of Christ. May 2 Peter 2:22 never apply to us.
 
THOUGHT: Will God call me to do something that is impossible for me to attain?
PRAYER: Father, may Thou grant me the grace to live up to the calling that Thou hast for me to walk in holiness, and not in uncleanness.

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