Sanctified - Past Tense

1Cor. 1:2 ¶ To the church of God which is at Corinth, to those who have been sanctified in Christ Jesus, saints by calling, with all who in every place call on the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, their Lord and ours (NAS95).

I love this verse...if you have accepted Christ you are "in Christ" and in Him you have been sanctified, past tense! Sanctified, in the NAS Greek dictionary, means:

37. ἁγιάζω hagiazo; from 40; to make holy, consecrate, sanctify: —hallowed(2), keep holy(1), sanctified(16), sanctifies(2), sanctify(7).

God made YOU holy "in Christ"; in fact, you are identified as a "saint" in this and other scriptures. In fact, all those who call on the name of the Lord are made holy and identified as saints...pretty cool.

Are you trying to work on your sanctification? Well, don't...your sanctification is a done deal! If you want something to work on, work on accepting what God has already done inside you as a believer. I know, I know...you don't always "look" and "feel" sanctified. I totally understand. The fact is you are sanctified...as you start believing that truth you may actually begin to look and feel the part.

I stink at blogging but will try again...

Obviously, if you look at my blog history, I am a terrible blogger. I am giving it a go again and who knows, I might actually create more than a couple posts this year! No promises!

Mike and I just started another Freedom From Addictive Behaviors Advanced webinar on August 1; we started these back in October 2008 and have been very happy with the response. There is still time to register if you would like to attend. Each week you will hear Mike Quarles teach and Mike and I answer questions...it's really a fun time and best of all, you don't have to leave your home to attend! Join us on Thursday evenings.

Well, next post may be a little bit on 1Corinthians 1...been chewing on that for a while now. Very cool stuff. We will see!