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“You shall love the Lord your God blameless…” ESV Leviticus 20:26
with all your heart and with all says, “You shall be Holy to me, for
your soul, and with all your mind.” I the Lord am holy and have
This is a good place to start, Love separated (Sanctified) you from
God with your Life, all that is within the people, that you should be
you. mine.” ESV
Then Jesus tells us Matthew If we desire to be holy before
6:33 “But seek the Kingdom of od Him, we must seek Him; lay it all
and His righteousness and all down at the feet of Jesus, be
things will be added to you.” ESV cleansed by the blood, and be filled
James 1:21 says, for us to with the Holy Spirit and He will
“Therefore put away all filthiness guide us on that path of Holiness
and overflowing of wickedness.” 2 that God calls us to walk.
Corinthians 6:17 “Therefore come Sanctification starts with an
out from them and be separate, inner spiritual transformation of
says the Lord. Touch no unclean the Soul-Spirit man. But what
thing, and I will receive you”. NIV
about sanctifying the outer man?
Hebrews 12:1 says, As Apostle Paul talks about in 1
“Therefore, since we are Corinthians 9:27 “But I discipline
surrounded by so great a cloud of my body and keep it under control,
witnesses, let us also lay aside lest after preaching to others I
every weight and sin which clings myself should be disqualified.” ESV
so closely, and let us run with How do we keep this flesh,
endurance the race that is set our bodies, subject to the
before us.” ESV
obedience unto Christ? Matthew
Finally Genesis 17:1, the Lord 16:24 “Then Jesus said to His
God says to Abraham how to walk disciples, “Whoever wants to be my
before Him. “I am God Almighty, disciple must deny themselves and
walk before me and be take up their cross and follow me.”
NIV
By the power of the Holy by walking in God’s way, hence,
Spirit working in our lives, in transforming ourselves into be
powering, leading, and guiding us more like Him.
through these two directions we Surender, Surrender,
travel toward God to consecrate Surender our wills and selves
Wholly to Him. If it is an act or acts totally for His Glory and the Glory
of purifying ourselves of this world
