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.
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