God gives Salvation and by doing so we are delivered. Our realization of deliverance makes us sanctified. Without salvation there can be no sanctification. The God who justifies also sanctifies. Those who believe in HIS truth are declared righteous. (Hebrews 2:3)
The salvation of being sanctified is the gracious and continuous work of God, whereby the Holy Spirit transforms believers of Christ Jesus. Continuous work because those who follow HIS precepts are ever growing in righteousness. (Acts 26:18)
Once delivered, we are created anew in Christ and our salvation is connected to sanctification. Simply stated, we are delivered by the grace of God, and as we become increasingly aware of our deliverance we grow in righteousness.
God created a special habitation that represents truth, and from within that place, HIS believers operate. HIS truth is our safe haven and when darkness falls upon the land, HIS light protects us.
We no longer repeatedly knock on bolted doors that HE has sealed shut. Although we still know where all the old doors are, the houses have not changed much, just the knock of those at its front door. Doors that lead to destruction, we are delivered from the desire to visit places where evil breaks forth. Behind doors where one bite of food offered makes us sick. Or a bite from the poisonous viper that live there can kill us. Crossing the threshold of a door where toxic people live is more than likely an evil house. Where the father of lies disguise his words as he speaks in the ear of the unrighteous.
The sanctified of God are not provoked by scorners to act outside of HIS will. Being strong as we watch their foolishness from a great distance. (Isaiah 40:31) Our strength is renewed, as we mount up with wings like eagles. (Proverbs 10:14) We are wise who store up knowledge.
We know that truth does not mind being questioned. Because there is only one side of truth, the other side is a lie. Protect a liar and he will become your accuser. There is only one side of good, any other side is evil. Only one side of love, the other side is hate. Peace is found in God, war originates from the enemy. When we live in Christ, the SON of God, we have life everlasting. To live on the opposite side of God, with HIS enemy, that kind of living leads to death. Choose your way of living very carefully, be wise in the knowledge of God. If taking people at their word means reading between lines, chances are there is no truth in them. Because there is nothing new under the light of the sun, but the darkness of night might have a surprise or two.
In these times of deceit, speaking truth has become a revolutionary act. Those who discern the evil ghost are blessed in this haunted world. We must refuse to live where concealment is the game. Resist the devil and his steps behind you fade like a vanishing heartbeat. Eventually the time comes when a breaking occurs in the parting.
Remember, crowds can be spellbound by what they desperately want to hear. There is a beguiling ambiguity in herd thinking. If a better way exists other than the way you are going, you are going the wrong way. Noise only masks chaos. These days there are many new things in the world that we can watch. The wise will re-watch Jesus and place our focus on HIS life. Realizing that life’s many tentacles can render your focus into fragmented specks, and you will awaken absent the memory of who you really are.
For we know there are no accolades for just existing, a shortcut is never as gratifying as the complete journey. God is the Living Water that never runs dry. If you run out of water on earth, it is only by HIS will. Things essential to life are controlled by the Creator and will never run out until the end of the earth. HIS children recognize salvation and live a sanctified life. (Jude 2:2) Mercy, peace, and love are theirs in abundance. AMEN
Hebrews 2:3
New International Version
3 “how shall we escape if we ignore so great a salvation? This salvation, which was first announced by the Lord, was confirmed to us by those who heard him.”
Hebrews 2:3
King James Version
3 “How shall we escape, if we neglect so great salvation; which at the first began to be spoken by the Lord, and was confirmed unto us by them that heard him;”
Hebrews 2:3
Living Bible
3 “what makes us think that we can escape if we are indifferent to this great salvation announced by the Lord Jesus himself and passed on to us by those who heard him speak?”
Acts 26:18
New International Version
18 “to open their eyes and turn them from darkness to light, and from the power of Satan to God, so that they may receive forgiveness of sins and a place among those who are sanctified by faith in me.’ ”
Acts 26:18
King James Version
18 “To open their eyes, and to turn them from darkness to light, and from the power of Satan unto God, that they may receive forgiveness of sins, and inheritance among them which are sanctified by faith that is in me.”
Acts 26:18
Living Bible
18 “to open their eyes to their true condition so that they may repent and live in the light of God instead of in Satan’s darkness, so that they may receive forgiveness for their sins and God’s inheritance along with all people everywhere whose sins are cleansed away, who are set apart by faith in me.’ ”
Isaiah 40:31
New International Version
31 “but those who hope in the Lord will renew their strength. They will soar on wings like eagles; they will run and not grow weary, they will walk and not be faint.”
Isaiah 40:31
King James Version
31 “But they that wait upon the Lord shall renew their strength; they shall mount up with wings as eagles; they shall run, and not be weary; and they shall walk, and not faint.”
Isaiah 40:31
Living Bible
31 “But they that wait upon the Lord shall renew their strength. They shall mount up with wings like eagles; they shall run and not be weary; they shall walk and not faint.”
Proverbs 10:14
New International Version
14 “The wise store up knowledge, but the mouth of a fool invites ruin.”
Proverbs 10:14
King James Version
14 “Wise men lay up knowledge: but the mouth of the foolish is near destruction.”
Proverbs 10:14
Living Bible
14 “A wise man holds his tongue. Only a fool blurts out everything he knows; that only leads to sorrow and trouble.”
Jude 2
New International Version
2 “Mercy, peace and love be yours in abundance.”
Jude 2
King James Version
2 “Mercy unto you, and peace, and love, be multiplied.”
Jude 2
Living Bible
2 “May you be given more and more of God’s kindness, peace, and love.”