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Christ’s sacrifice of his life gained much for us as Christians; forgiveness (Col 1:13-14), salvation (Rom 5:9), new life (2 Cor 5:17) and redemption from the effects of sin and evil in our lives (Gal 3:13-14). Wow, we could stop just there.

The bible also tells us that Christ’s sacrifice won sanctification for us (Heb 10:10). To be sanctified means to be holy, to be set apart for God, to be like Christ. Although Jesus sanctified us, most of us would not claim to be entirely Christ like.

“But we all, with open face beholding as in a glass the glory of the Lord, are changed into the same image from glory to glory, even as by the Spirit of the Lord”. (2 Cor 3:18; KJV). This scripture tells us that we can be like Christ but that the process of transformation (sanctification) is a process (Heb 2:11).

As we press into God and his word, the Holy Spirit will reveal more of God and his word to us (John 15:26). The word causes our faith to grow (Rom 10:17), which allows the Holy Spirit to work in our lives and change us. The Holy Spirit develops good `fruit` in our lives: “But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, longsuffering, gentleness, goodness, faith, Meekness, temperance: against such there is no law”. (Gal 5:22-23)

As we become closer to God and more like him, He can move in greater power in our lives releasing all he has for us and wants to do through us. That’s what I want, how about you?

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