God’s Work of Purification

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Who does the work of making you right with God? Can you set yourself apart for holiness? Can you purify yourself? Can you sanctify yourself?

The process of sanctification, or being made holy or purified from sin, is something we participate in, but ultimately, it is something that God does. God sanctifies us. God purifies us. God completes us. God finishes his purifying work of holiness in us and through us.

The Apostle Paul wrote the Thessalonian church with these encouraging words, “Now may the God of peace himself sanctify you completely, and may your whole spirit and soul and body be kept blameless at the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ. He who calls you is faithful; he will surely do it.” (1 Thessalonians 5:23-24, ESV).

Paul assured the Thessalonian church that it is God that sanctifies completely. It is God who keeps us blameless. The one who calls us to purification, or sanctification, is faithful to do the work of purification in our lives. God is working on each of us to make us blameless. He will surely do it.

May we experience God’s work of purification in our lives as we yield ourselves to him, being confident that God will complete his work of holiness in us.

A Prayer for Inner Renewal Through the Word: “Gracious God and most merciful Father, you have granted us the rich and precious jewel of your holy Word: Assist us with your Spirit, that the same Word may be written in our hearts to our everlasting comfort, to reform us, to renew us according to your own image, to build us up and edify us into the perfect dwelling place of your Christ, sanctifying and increasing in us all heavenly virtues; grant this, O heavenly Father, for Jesus Christ’s sake. Amen.” (#70., Book of Common Prayer, 2019).

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