Sanctification Isn’t Passive

For whom He foreknew, He also predestined to be conformed to the image of His Son, that He might be the firstborn among many brethren. (Romans 8:29)

Read—1 Thessalonians 4:1-12

Did you know that the purpose of God’s salvation isn’t just to save you from hell and get you into heaven? His priority is to shape you into the image of Jesus. But God doesn’t do everything for us—we have to participate in the process with Him. Sady, however, a lot of Christians have a passive attitude that tolerates sin and makes excuses. When you got saved, you began your walk with Jesus, but you also stepped into spiritual warfare with Satan. The last thing our enemy wants is someone who loves the Lord and tells others about Him.

Yet many believers don’t live a holy life. Some of them look and act, just like the unbelieving world. In today’s passage, sexual immorality is one area of compromise that the apostle Paul addressed explicitly. But in truth, we should abstain from anything that interferes with godly living.

Have you allowed something in your life that shouldn’t be there? If so, distance yourself from it now. You don’t want a thread of sin to become a rope, then a chain, and finally a cable that traps you in a stronghold. Turn back to the Lord, and let your sanctification continue.

Let’s Work Together—Ecclesiastes 4:9-12