Jesus, my sactification!

Jesus, my sanctification!
- Pastor Ashish Mathews

I Corinthians 1:30
But of Him you are in Christ Jesus, who became for us wisdom from God—and righteousness and sanctification and redemption—

Jesus is your sanctification. The day you accepted Christ, you became as holy as Jesus, as pure as Jesus and as sanctified as Jesus. Jesus is the proof, evidence and guarantee that you are sanctified.

Sanctification is more to do with nature than with conduct. Going to church, Bible reading, praying 37 times and clapping continuously for a week doesn't not sanctify you. Your works cannot make you holy. Living a holy life doesn't make you holy. It's Jesus who makes you holy and gives you the ability to live a holy, sanctified life. Therefore a holy life is a result of a holy nature. Unless your nature changes, no amount of good and beautiful works can make you holy. Isaiah 64.6 says all of our good and righteous works are like filthy rags in the eyes of God. This nature, this eternal life is locked up in Jesus. Whoever has Jesus has eternal life, the nature of God. 1 John 5. 11,12 says 'God has given us eternal life and this life is in His Son, Jesus. Whoever has the Son has life and whoever does not have the Son, does not have life.' You will never be more holier than you were the day you accepted Christ. You are as holy, as pure and as sanctified as Jesus himself. Once you know who you are in Christ, living the Christ life becomes easy. Once you know you are sanctified, you won't try to achieve sanctification but rather you will live a sanctified life by the power of the Holy Spirit. Know your identity and your inheritance in Christ. Jesus, your sanctification!

Friend, knowing that you are sanctified because of what Jesus did, gives you immenese joy and satisfaction in going to church, in reading your Bible and in fellowshipping with the Father in prayer. Relax, Jesus did the hard part and our part is to trust Him and live a sanctified and a holy life through the Holy Spirit who lives in us and gives us the ability to do so. You can live a holy life in this wicked and dark world because Jesus is your sanctification and you are a sanctified, holy and pure child of God. Hallelujah!