Daily Bread
1 Peter 1:2 "According to Father God's foreknowledge in sanctification of Spirit unto obedience and sprinkling of the blood of Jesus Christ, grace to you and peace be multiplied."
The Greek word 'hagiasmo' means to be made holy. We were made holy by the Spirit because it was through the Holy Spirit that we were born of God. God made us holy through the new birth so that we could agree with Him and be obedient to His ways. God made us holy and this is far better than if he had made us kings. We should delight in holiness and feel fortunate that we are allowed to participate in the ways of the Almighty. He made us holy by giving us a divine nature and filling us with His Holy Spirit. When we were made a new creation we were renewed in righteousness and true holiness after the image of God (Ephesians 4:24; Colossians 3:10). God wants us to be renewed in the Spirit of our minds. He wants us to think differently about ourselves. The renewed thoughts or the new way that you are supposed to think about what God has done for you through Jesus Christ is that you are a holy man or woman (Ephesians 4:23; Acts 10:15).
Blessings
Pastor Mark Spitsbergen
www.abidingplace.org
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