CLEAN HANDS AND A PURE HEART

CLEAN HANDS AND A PURE HEART 24/7

Early in my walk with Jesus, I was taught that we are justified by grace through faith, but that we must go through a long and grinding process to get the victory over besetting sins in order to be sanctified (made holy).

We were encouraged to make a statement that would agree with that teaching, Here it is: “I am just a sinner saved by grace.” Nobody was encouraged to call himself a “saint.” (A Holy one)

Then one day I discovered that there is not one instance in the New Testament where believers are called sinners. In every case, they are called saints! Wow! What a revelation.

Then the Lord showed me a number of passages that make it clear that believers are not only justified by grace through faith, they are also sanctified by grace through faith as a free gift at the exact same moment they receive Jesus as their Savior. Consider the following:

“And such were some of you (guilty sinners) but you were washed, but you were sanctified, but you were justified in the name of the Lord Jesus and by the Spirit of our God.” (I Corinthians 6:11) The moment I was justified (declared “not guilty” I was also sanctified, (declared to be holy).

“We have been sanctified (made holy) through the offering of the body of Jesus once for all.” (Hebrews 10:10) The word of God puts my salvation and my sanctification in the past tense, so it is safe for me to do the same and begin to confess that I am not only forgiven but that I am also made holy (perfectly clean) by the blood of Jesus.

As we receive this truth and confess it, we will begin to see its fulfillment in our daily walk, living a holy life, thinking, speaking, and acting just like Jesus Christ who is our Life!

“I have been crucified with Christ and I no longer live, but Christ lives in me and the life I now live I live by faith in the Son of God who loved me and gave himself for me.” (Galatians 2:20) It is the Indwelling Christ who sanctifies my life and makes it holy all day long, 24/7! Amen? Amen!

Robert Fitts
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Kona, HI 96740
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