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The Holy Spirit said unto me in prayer “Do you not know that you are Holy?
We as believers in Christ are indeed the temple of The Holy Spirit. And Christ Jesus himself The Hope of Glory lives in you.
God is Holy therefore we must be Holy. Now we are not Holy in it of ourselves or by anything that we have done. However, every believer in Jesus Christ has now been washed by the precious shed blood of Jesus and by The Spirit of God (1 Corinthians 6:11) (1 Peter 1:2). The blood of Jesus and The Spirit of God has now made us Holy. We are not who we used to be (2 Corinthians 5:17). This is because now The Living Divine Christ lives in us (Colossians 1:27) (Galatians 2:20). Now we are the children of the most High God through our faith in His Son Christ Jesus (John 1:12) (1 John 5:1) (Romans 8:14, 16) (Galatians 3:26) (Galatians 4:6-7) (2 Corinthians 6:18) (1 John 3:1-2) (Luke 20:36) (Revelation 21:7).
Every child of God has been made Holy by the blood of Jesus (Hebrews 13:12).
We are Holy now
This is true (Hebrews 2:11) (Hebrews 10:10, 14) (1 Corinthians 1:2) (Colossians 3:12) (1 Peter 2:9), but at the same time God is leading us and calling us to Holiness in Him (Hebrews 10:14) (Hebrews 12:10) (2 Timothy 2:2) (Ephesians 5:11) (Romans 6:1-23) (2 Corinthians 7:1).
We are sanctified now
This is true (Ephesians 1:13) (Acts 26:18) (1 Corinthians 1:2) (1 Corinthians 6:11) (Colossians 2:11) (Romans 15:16) (John 17:17, 19), but at the same time, God is calling us to live sanctified lives by The Indwelling Power of His Holy Spirit (Colossians 3:5) (Galatians 2:20) (Hebrews 9:14) (1 Thessalonians 4:3-5, 13) (1 Thessalonians 5:23) (Philippians 2:13) (Romans 6:1-23) (Romans 12:2) (2 Corinthians 6:17) (2 Corinthians 7:1).
We are set apart now
This is true (1 Peter 2:9) (1 John 4:4-5) (Deuteronomy 14:2) (Psalm 4:3) (2 Corinthians 5:17) (Galatians 2:20) (Romans 6:5-6) (Ephesians 2:10) (John 15:18-19) (1 Peter 4:4) (Matthew 5:11-16), but at the same time God wants us to live set apart lives unto Christ. (2 Corinthians 6:17) (2 Corinthians 7:1) (Romans 12:1-2) (1 John 2:15-16) (Matthew 5:14-16) (Matthew 6:24) (Colossians 3:10) (2 Timothy 2:22) (Ephesians 5:1, 11) (John 14:23-24) (Deuteronomy 18:14).
God has not called us to uncleanness people of God For He The Lord Himself is Holy. Throughout your life The Holy Spirit will be tearing down idols, wrong mindsets, and strongholds in your life. This is all part of God's Holy sanctification process in your life. Why is God doing this one may ask? Because these things that you have picked up from the world do not belong in His Holy temple. God cleans His house/His temple and he will be continuing to do this throughout your whole Christian journey (Philippians 1:6). God is currently in the process of conforming every believer into the image of His Son Jesus Christ (Romans 8:29) by the Person and Power of His Holy Spirit.
All these things are being done for you by God and are for your own good. It's very important to note that all these things are being done not for you to be saved but because your saved. For these are all benefits of the believer in Christ. The bible is clear the only thing we must do to be saved is to Believe On The Son and thou shall have everlasting life (John 3:16, 36) (John 6:40) (Acts 16:30-31). So, one may ask when does this sanctification process start? The sanctification process starts immediately once the believer in Christ gets saved.
What Abba wants from you child of God is for you to be an open surrendered, willing available vessel for Him in so that He can use you for his glory and for his purposes as He sees fit. You are an instrument in the hands of Almighty God and He wants to you use for his glory. Do not look at this as a challenge from God rather yet look at this for what it truly is, this is God inviting you to an invitation. This is God inviting you to be used by Him now that He has already saved you by His Son Jesus Christ. And what an amazing privilege and gift this truly is to be used as an instrument in the very hands of Almighty God!
2 Timothy 1:9-10 (KJV)
Who hath saved us, and called us with an holy calling, not according to our works, but according to his own purpose and grace, which was given us in Christ Jesus before the world began,
But is now made manifest by the appearing of our Saviour Jesus Christ, who hath abolished death, and hath brought life and immortality to light through the gospel:
The Holy Spirit says this unto you “Child of God you who believe in Jesus you have been made holy”
This is just another reason why we can be called the children of God and this is because we have been made holy forever by the precious shed blood of Jesus, so now The Holy Spirit can dwell and live in you forever. Yes, now The Holy Spirit can dwell and live in you His holy Temple (Ephesians 2:19-22 (1 Corinthians 3:16).
Ephesians 2:19-22
A Temple for the Lord
So now you Gentiles are no longer strangers and foreigners. You are citizens along with all of God’s holy people. You are members of God’s family.Together, we are his house, built on the foundation of the apostles and the prophets. And the cornerstone is Christ Jesus himself. We are carefully joined together in him, becoming a holy temple for the Lord. Through him you Gentiles are also being made part of this dwelling where God lives by his Spirit.
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