(Nuggets from Ephesians 5:26)
As the Israelites were about to enter the Promised Land, God gave them a clear instruction: “BE YE HOLY”. Before crossing the Jordan River, before the walls of Jericho fell, the priority was not military strategy, but INNER PURIFICATION. The greatest obstacle was not the external enemy, but the spiritual condition of the people.
Sanctification is much more than a religious word. It is a radical setting apart for God; It is accepting that the Holy Spirit purifies our thoughts, words, attitudes, and motivations. Jesus said, “Blessed are the pure in heart, for they shall see God." (Matthew 5:8). Without HOLINESS, it would be virtually impossible to experience God's Glory.
Those who are united to Christ and effectually called and regenerated have a new heart and a new spirit created in them through the power of Christ’s death and resurrection. They are also further sanctified, personally, through the same power, by his Word and Spirit dwelling in them. The dominion of the whole body of sin is destroyed, and the various evil desires that arise from it are weakened the more by the day and put to death.
This process of being made Holy takes a lifetime as we die to sin and self and participate in the habits of grace by the power of the Holy Spirit. God's desire is that the church, the UNIVERSAL BODY OF CHRIST progressively becomes HOLY and freed not only from the penalty but also the power of sin.
The church that Jesus Christ our Lord is coming for on the day of Rapture is a church that is no longer slaves to sin in the flesh but slaves to righteousness by the grace of God.
Every member of this UNIVERSAL BODY OF CHRIST must guard their SANCTIFICATION AND STATUS OF PURITY JEALOUSLY, maintaining HOLINESS every blessed day through constant washing and cleansing by God's word.
SALVATION SHOULD NOT BE YOUR FINAL DESTINATION; STEP UP, SEEK SANCTIFICATION AND GET INDUCTED INTO THE UNIVERSAL CHURCH.
This is HOLINESS CHALLENGE
DAY 97 OF 365 (2026)
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